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2 pork belly tacos on grey plate with white napkin

Melt-in-your-mouth Pork Belly Tacos

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Keyword pork belly tacos
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Author Breathing and Cooking

Ingredients

For Pork Belly

  • 1 1/2 lb pork belly skin-off
  • 1 Tbsp Ancho Chili Powder
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 tsp Diamond kosher salt if using table salt reduce to 3/4 tsp
  • 1/4 tsp coriander

Simple slaw

  • 1/2 head of cabbage sliced very thin or use 1 10 oz bag of angel hair cole slaw mix
  • 1/4-1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro to taste
  • 1 lime juiced
  • 2 Tbsp avocado oil
  • pinch of sugar and salt and pepper to taste

Sauteed peppers

  • 3 bell peppers any combination of red, yellow & orange, sliced into 1/2 inch strips
  • 1 large red onion sliced into 1/4 inch slices
  • 1 Tbsp avocado oil

For Tacos & For Serving

  • 12- 6 " white corn tortillas or 8- 8" flour tortillas or a combination
  • guacamole
  • Tomatillo salsa
  • 1 fresh jalapeno or fresno chili
  • 1 Tbsp cider vinegar
  • cotija cheese lime wedges

Instructions

  • Make the pork belly
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Combine all spice rub ingredients in a small bowl
  • Pat pork belly dry with paper towels and score the top (fat side) about 1/4 inch deep in a diamond pattern
  • Rub spice mixture over pork belly on all sides making sure to get it into the scored areas, too. You'll have a nice thick coating and you may have spice rub left (put it in a little jar or baggy and use in another recipe).
  • Place an oven proof rack on a rimmed baking sheet and place seasoned pork belly on top of rack. Place in center of preheated oven and roast for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes reduce heat to 300 degrees f and continue roasting for 1 1/2 hours more.

  • 15 minutes before pork belly is done
  • Slice jalapeno or fresno chili into thin rings (remove seeds if you want less heat), place in small bowl and pour vinegar over. Set aside.
  • Combine all slaw ingredients in bowl and work mixture with your hands until everything is well combined. Cover and place in refrigerator until ready to use.
  • Wrap tortillas in foil and place in oven with pork belly.
  • In large skillet heat 1Tbsp oil over medium-high heat and add onion, stirring constantly 3 minutes. Add bell peppers to onions and continue stirring 4 minutes more, until they're crisp tender. season with a little kosher salt and cracked pepper. Transfer to a platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
  • When pork belly is done, remove it from the oven (turn off oven but leave tortillas inside to stay warm) and wait 5 minutes before slicing thinly

Serve pork belly and peppers with tortillas, slaw, guacamole, tomatillo salsa, cotija cheese, pickled chilis, lime wedges and lots of napkins