Could I make hog jowl burnt ends?

epcotisbest

My wife bought a nice size pack of thick cut hog jowl for the traditional New Years Day meal and we got busy and did not get around to frying them up to go with the black eyed peas and collards.
Hate to let them go to waste and was thinking I might try to cube them up and try burnt ends. Any idea if this might work and how I would go about it, or do you suppose they would be too salty?

nolaegghead

sure, would work great.  same way you make any other burnt ends.

SGH

@epcotisbest
Just a heads up, if you purchased it from a store, most “jowl” is sold already cured and smoked. Not saying yours is since I can’t see it. But look at it and you can tell. 
“Jowl” is a term used loosely. Cheeks in the raw is called jowl as well as smoked and cured cheeks. At a minimum, identify what you have so you can proceed in the right direction. Good luck my friend. 

epcotisbest

SGH said:

@epcotisbest
Just a heads up, if you purchased it from a store, most “jowl” is sold already cured and smoked. Not saying yours is since I can’t see it. But look at it and you can tell. 
“Jowl” is a term used loosely. Cheeks in the raw is called jowl as well as smoked and cured cheeks. At a minimum, identify what you have so you can proceed in the right direction. Good luck my friend. 

Thanks for the info. I checked and you are right, these are labeled as "smoked hog jowl." Guess I'll find a smoked pork belly burnt ends recipe and give it a try as that should work for these.

SGH

epcotisbest said:

Thanks for the info. 

As always, my pleasure my friend👍

The Cen-Tex Smoker

epcotisbest said:

SGH said:

@epcotisbest
Just a heads up, if you purchased it from a store, most “jowl” is sold already cured and smoked. Not saying yours is since I can’t see it. But look at it and you can tell. 
“Jowl” is a term used loosely. Cheeks in the raw is called jowl as well as smoked and cured cheeks. At a minimum, identify what you have so you can proceed in the right direction. Good luck my friend. 

Thanks for the info. I checked and you are right, these are labeled as "smoked hog jowl." Guess I'll find a smoked pork belly burnt ends recipe and give it a try as that should work for these.

Actually, these are still perfect for burnt ends. Rub, Sauce, and reheat with smoke. That’s what burnt ends are.