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SV pork belly with homemade bao... and other stuff

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  • CarolinaCrazy
    CarolinaCrazy Posts: 585
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    caliking said:

    @CarolinaCrazy - any tips for making the pork belly?

    @Canugghead - Thanks for the compliment :) After I put the plates on the table, SWMBO asked me if I was finished taking pictures before she put a fork on my plate. It was late and we were starving, but she knows I'm a food geek. So happy that I married her!


    This online version is nearly identical to the Momofuku cookbook version - I've made the cookbook version a couple times. The last time, I did it in the egg. I did it with no smoking wood. I cooked it for an hour at 450˚, and then just shut down the egg to just a crack (almost completely closed) and let to go for about another hour and a half. It was perfect.

    I dont do SV (yet!), but I have to think that roasting the whole time will give a more authentic taste. I'd love to try them head to head!


    1 LBGE in Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Little Steven
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    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    @saltysam- just remember- if you dig through the ice in Henapple's cooler and feel a hand (or worse), don't fret, it's just Little Steven. It's best just to let him finish.




    Hah! The beer will be gone if I'm on the inside.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    @CarolinaCrazy - I'll try that sometime. How big was the belly? A whole side, cut pieces, or pieces like the ones I had?


    Little Steven said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    @saltysam- just remember- if you dig through the ice in Henapple's cooler and feel a hand (or worse), don't fret, it's just Little Steven. It's best just to let him finish.




    Hah! The beer will be gone if I'm on the inside.
    Uh-oh. It's Stefaan's alter ego posting now...

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    Little Steven said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    @saltysam- just remember- if you dig through the ice in Henapple's cooler and feel a hand (or worse), don't fret, it's just Little Steven. It's best just to let him finish.




    Hah! The beer will be gone if I'm on the inside.
    Yep- that is the cue to move along to the next cooler. This one is spoken for.
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Little Steven
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    I think the mods eliminated all of my comments that were of little or no value
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  • caliking
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    Little Steven said:
    I think the mods eliminated all of my comments that were of little or no value
    Nope. They missed a bunch. Your count still says 300+ 

    :D

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Little Steven
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    I guess you will be here all week. I'll tip my waitress and order the veal Piccata. Budadudadudathwump.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    304 now. Where are those mods????

    JIC, can you handle this for us?


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  • caliking
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    You're dead to me.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • CarolinaCrazy
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    caliking said:
    @CarolinaCrazy - I'll try that sometime. How big was the belly? A whole side, cut pieces, or pieces like the ones I had?


    Not sure how big yours were, but I like ~2# pieces - the are manageable size and good surface area to size ratio.

    I like buying locally raised meat, but unfortunately the local bellies I've gotten have a much higher fat to meat ratio than ideal. I may have to go back to the commercially raised bellies I can get at the Asian market. They are beautiful.
     
    1 LBGE in Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Solson005
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    Looks great as always Cali! Glad to see your still cooking outside the box! =D>
    Large & Small BGE, CGW Two-Tier Swing Rack for BOTH EGGS, Spider for the Wok, eggCARTen & and Cedar Pergola my Eggs call home in Edmond, OK. 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    @Solson005 - howdy, bud! Thanks. Long time no see :) Hope things are well with you.

    @CarolinaCrazy - I had 2 strips of belly ~10" long x 1.5" wide x 1.5" thick. I don't recall the weight, but maybe 1# each. These were form a local Asian supermarket, and I was pleasantly surprised with how meaty they were. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Solson005
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    Things are great! Still cooking away a few times a week outside. I've had a couple of posts, but there is so much traffic now they get to page 2 or 3 way too fast. It takes longer for me to get the pictures in the post, than the life of the post. Haha (not a bad thing, it's great there are so many eggheads) plus work is crazy..
    Large & Small BGE, CGW Two-Tier Swing Rack for BOTH EGGS, Spider for the Wok, eggCARTen & and Cedar Pergola my Eggs call home in Edmond, OK. 
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