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BBQ Brown Sugar Pork Belly
By Traeger Kitchen
This juicy, melt-in-your-mouth, slow-cooked pork belly is what bacon dreams are made of.
Prep Time
15 Minutes
Cook Time
3 Hours
Pellets
Apple
Ingredients
Number of People Serving
8
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| 1 | (3-4 lb) pork belly |
| 4 Tablespoon | brown sugar |
| 4 Tablespoon | salt |
Step
1
The night before you plan to cook, take your pork belly out of the fridge and pat dry with paper towels. Score fat with a very sharp knife in a diamond pattern making sure not to cut into the meat.
Ingredients
1 (3-4 lb) pork belly
2
Combine salt and brown sugar and rub pork belly on all sides. Place on a drying rack on a pan and refrigerate uncovered overnight.
Ingredients
4 Tablespoon brown sugar
4 Tablespoon salt
3
Thirty minutes before cooking, remove pork belly from fridge. Rinse under cold water and pat very dry with paper towels.
4
When ready to cook, set Traeger temperature to 450℉ and preheat, lid closed for 15 minutes.
450 ˚F / 232 ˚C
5
Place the pork belly directly on grill grate, fat side up, for 30 minutes.
500 ˚F / 260 ˚C
6
After 30 minutes, reduce the grill temperature to 325℉ and cook for 3 hours or until pork is tender and fat is crisp.
325 ˚F / 163 ˚C
7
Remove from grill and allow to rest for 30 minutes before slicing.
8
Serve with baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, white bread, BBQ sauce, or your favorite BBQ sides. Enjoy!