Pork belly + SV + Egg sear = good.

gdenby

Hi all,

As the subject mentions, and as I'm sure lots of you know, there are some combinations that just work so well.

This is my 2nd time doing belly w/o removing the skin, and letting the SV bath melt it. 48 hours at 140F, followed by a sear skin side down on the Egg, grill at low level. Dome was just under 400F. Not quite getting where I wanted it. Opened the vents to go to 550, flipped the slab a couple of times over maybe 7 minutes.

Pretty good. The skin hand no tough left, and was slightly crispy. Meat side got some good grill marks.

When cut still warm, was at the pulling stage, and even a good knife was just making it fall apart. The remainder is chilling now, and I suppose will slice fine tomorrow.

blind99

delicious!  what was the seasoning?  did you have any seasoning on it during the SV?

gdenby

I used a bunch of Penzey's Galena Street rub. A gift from my SIL. The other branch of the same family runs the Spice House, and their Bronzeville rub is similar, but more intense, and one of my favorites. So I used a lot, which was good, because the SV bag had a small leak, and most of the spices oozed out into the bath. (I'm cooking that down now for pork stock) So I smeared Walkerwood jerk sauce over the meat side before the sear.

Lucked out, texture was very good, flavor was better than average.

Little Steven

I did a similar thing a few years ago at Christmas. I scored the skin rather than removing and went 76 hours in the SV. Reheated on a steel skin down. Just cut it into cubes and served it with some Saigon sriracha on the side. Man it lasted like two minutes

gdenby

Little Steven said:

I did a similar thing a few years ago at Christmas. I scored the skin rather than removing and went 76 hours in the SV. Reheated on a steel skin down. Just cut it into cubes and served it with some Saigon sriracha on the side. Man it lasted like two minutes

Yeah, I was really happy w. how the skin melted into gel. I need more work on crisping the gel. Still, meat that can almost be inhaled. Yum-m-m.

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

That looks and sounds awesome @gdenby

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gdenby said:

Little Steven said:

I did a similar thing a few years ago at Christmas. I scored the skin rather than removing and went 76 hours in the SV. Reheated on a steel skin down. Just cut it into cubes and served it with some Saigon sriracha on the side. Man it lasted like two minutes

Yeah, I was really happy w. how the skin melted into gel. I need more work on crisping the gel. Still, meat that can almost be inhaled. Yum-m-m.

Almost sounds like a deep fry finish would work well?

gdenby

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gdenby said:

Yeah, I was really happy w. how the skin melted into gel. I need more work on crisping the gel. Still, meat that can almost be inhaled. Yum-m-m.

Almost sounds like a deep fry finish would work well?

The recipe that got me going, which I seem to have failed to book mark, cooked the belly at a hotter temp, for a shorter time, then seared in a broiler. The skin turned out looking much like cracklings. As I mentioned, I didn't have the Egg up quite high enough, and I probably should have used a towel on the skin side.

As wet at the whole things was, I wonder if deep frying wouldn't get a steam explosion.

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gdenby said:

Photo Egg said:

gdenby said:

Yeah, I was really happy w. how the skin melted into gel. I need more work on crisping the gel. Still, meat that can almost be inhaled. Yum-m-m.

Almost sounds like a deep fry finish would work well?

The recipe that got me going, which I seem to have failed to book mark, cooked the belly at a hotter temp, for a shorter time, then seared in a broiler. The skin turned out looking much like cracklings. As I mentioned, I didn't have the Egg up quite high enough, and I probably should have used a towel on the skin side.

As wet at the whole things was, I wonder if deep frying wouldn't get a steam explosion.

Can it be patted/blotted dry a little before the high temp finish without it falling apart? Seems like it being real wet would hinder all types of a finish.