I read a recipe a few years back and adapted it to the smoker. I don’t have a lot of pictures of the process but maybe this will be motivation to do it again and take more photos.
I took a pork belly and scored it. I used a sweet rub, put a little cracked pepper on it. And then I rubbed in a ton of cracked seed cumin I processed by hand in my mortar and pestle. I did not get a picture of that. Sorry.
I first put it under my broiler on high for about 30 minutes and then transferred it in a pan on a rack, to my smoker. The pan caught the rendered fat so it wouldn’t mess up my smoker. There it sat for about 4 hours at 250. The results were incredible. It rested in a cooler for about 45 minutes on our way to a backyard party. I put it on a platter and everyone just used their fingers and pulled it apart. Then, to my surprise and a little shock, they started putting it in corn tortillas with salsa that I didn’t bring and it disappeared in about 20 minutes. I felt a little bad for the person who brought the tortillas and a bowl of hamburger taco meat. I was pretty sure a lot of the pork belly was going to go home with me and I’d use it in Ramen. Nope, every bit of it was gone. It was super simple and I really need to do that again. Cumin and pork belly were made for each other.
I think the other folks went home with their taco hamburger but no salsa or tortillas. Sorry about that.
I took a pork belly and scored it. I used a sweet rub, put a little cracked pepper on it. And then I rubbed in a ton of cracked seed cumin I processed by hand in my mortar and pestle. I did not get a picture of that. Sorry.
I first put it under my broiler on high for about 30 minutes and then transferred it in a pan on a rack, to my smoker. The pan caught the rendered fat so it wouldn’t mess up my smoker. There it sat for about 4 hours at 250. The results were incredible. It rested in a cooler for about 45 minutes on our way to a backyard party. I put it on a platter and everyone just used their fingers and pulled it apart. Then, to my surprise and a little shock, they started putting it in corn tortillas with salsa that I didn’t bring and it disappeared in about 20 minutes. I felt a little bad for the person who brought the tortillas and a bowl of hamburger taco meat. I was pretty sure a lot of the pork belly was going to go home with me and I’d use it in Ramen. Nope, every bit of it was gone. It was super simple and I really need to do that again. Cumin and pork belly were made for each other.
I think the other folks went home with their taco hamburger but no salsa or tortillas. Sorry about that.