How To Cook Pork Belly Slices On A Charcoal Bbq
02 place the pork roast over indirect heat and let it roast for approx.
How to cook pork belly slices on a charcoal bbq. Remove your roast from the packaging and pat dry with paper towel. Rotate with tongs and baste again with the marinade twice again while grilling broiling. Place pork belly strips on a baking tray and bake them for 15 minutes.
If using a 57cm charcoal barbecue you will need chimney starter of lit weber briquettes. Place the pork belly on a pan with a roasting rack skin side up and place on the grill not over the coals. Return to the oven another 10 15 minutes.
Let it marinate for a few hours or better overnight. Pour the rest of the apple juice in the pan below the pork to keep moist. First pat it down with paper towels and then score the skin in a nice fine chequerboard pattern then load up with salt.
If time allows leave the scored roast uncovered in the fridge for 1 hour or ideally overnight. Once your charcoal bbq is really hot add the pork belly and leave it for about 25 minutes to create the crackling and seal the meat. After 25 minutes reduce the heat of the grill to around 150c and leave it to cook for around 3 and a half hours.
Smoke the belly for 2 to 3 hours or until the internal temperature of the pork belly approaches 200 degrees f. Pork belly is best smoked at 250 degrees fahrenheit f. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
With a small sharp knife deeply score the rind at 1cm intervals being careful to not cut into the meat. Just before cooking wipe the excess salt off the skin and give it a thin coat of oil and reapply another fresh dusting of salt. Cook on the high heat for an hour to help crisp up the skin.