Recipes

Apple Cider Pork Belly

This Apple Cider injected pork Belly is so crispy and so juicy you won't ever want go back to that boring old recipe with these real easy to follow tips and tricks.

Author

BBQ Pit Boys

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Servings

4

Category

Lunch / Dinner

Ingredients

• Large slab of pork belly with skin on
• Celery
• Onions
• Garlic
• Carrots
• Salt
• Cooking oil
• BBQ rub
• Hard apple cider
• Metal food syringe

Directions

1. With a sharp knife score the skin of the pork belly. This is done to get a crispy skin.
2. Spread/rub on some cooking oil on the scored skin and then rub some salt all over the oiled skin.
3. Now fill the syringe with apple cider and inject the pork belly from the sides, as much as you can.
4. Rub in your favorite BBQ rub deep all over the underside of the meat.
5. In a large deep baking tray, cut up the vegetables in large pieces. Add couple of cans of apple cider. Place the pork belly, skin side up on top of the vegetables.
6. Place the tray on the grill on direct heat initially for the first 30 mins at 400F.
7. Later, on indirect heat at 300/325F for the next few hours till the skin is crispy bronze.