278 pork belly recipes

Slow cooker one-dish meal with ground beef, bacon, smoked sausage, and four kinds of beans in a sweet-smoky ketchup and honey sauce. A hearty crowd-feeder for 10.

Seared pork chops finished in the oven, served over a warm Granny Smith apple relish with curry, cinnamon, ginger, and toasted almonds. Sweet, tart, and warmly spiced for a grown-up fall dinner.

Competition-style Texas chili with brisket and pork shoulder simmered in beer, tequila, and six jalapenos. No beans, massive flavor, thickened with masa harina.

Apple City Championship BBQ ribs with a 6-spice dry rub, apple juice basting, and a homemade sauce with grated apple, soy, and Worcestershire. Smoked low and slow for 5.5 hours of pure competition flavor.

Grilled leg of lamb with currant-bell pepper chutney: red wine and curry-marinated lamb grilled over mesquite, served with a sweet-savory port and currant chutney.

Roast venison loin marinated 24 hours in olive oil and aromatics, seared in clarified butter, and served with a savory wine sauce made from the bones, port, sherry vinegar, and currant jelly.

Slow cooker beef and pork chili with secret Southern twists: bacon drippings, coffee, cocoa, and a touch of sugar for deep complexity. Simmer for hours until thick and rich.

Championship chili layered with chicken broth, pork chops, flank steak, green chiles, and beer. A Texas-style three-meat bowl that's better the next day.

Spicy smoked spareribs with a 10-spice dry rub featuring five spice powder and ginger, parboiled then smoked over hickory with a peach preserves basting sauce.

Gumbo z'herbes, the New Orleans green gumbo: spinach, mustard, turnip, and collard greens simmered with smoked pork, ham, and oysters, spiced Creole-style and served over rice with file powder.

Three meats, a cold beer, and a shot of tequila walk into a pot. Two hours later, you've got a thick, spicy chili with chunks of steak, ground beef, pork, and kidney beans that'll win any cookoff.

Cajun shepherd's pie with a spicy beef and pork meatloaf base, julienned zucchini and squash, and creamy buttery mashed potatoes browned on top. Louisiana comfort food at its finest.

A little to hearty to be called a soup, this recipe is a great way to use left over pulled pork. Such a crowd pleaser, I can't keep it in my house! Great eaten with crackers or your favorite tortilla chips.

Texas-style no-bean chili with hand-cubed beef and pork, beer, whiskey, dried chiles, and masa harina. A fiery, competition-worthy pot that feeds a crowd.

Large pasta tubes get stuffed with a mixture of mashed meatballs and spinach, then layered with slow-simmered tomato sauce and Parmesan for an Italian feast that feeds a crowd.

Italian-American spaghetti and meatballs with a three-meat blend (beef, pork, veal), a slow-simmered tomato sauce with red wine, and parmesan-bread crumb meatballs browned then finished in sauce.