Pork Belly Burnt Ends

Hasty Bake Pork Belly Burnt Ends recipe is one for the books! The perfect appetizer! Smokey little pork belly nuggets are what you call meat candy!

Ingredients:

• 1 whole pork belly
• Sweet BBQ rub (Recommends Meat Church Honey Hog)
• Hasty Bake BBQ sauce
• Disposable foil pan

Instructions:

1. Slice whole pork belly into 1.5”x1.5” cubes.
2. Season all sides of the pork belly cubes liberally with a sweet honey rub. Set aside until Hasty Bake Charcoal Grill is up to temperature.
3.  Bring the Hasty Bake grill temperature up to 225-250ºF with the Hasty Bake firebox in the smoke position with heat deflector on,
4. Place pork belly on a cookie cooling rack, and place rack on the Hasty Bake grill.
5. Maintain smoking temp with your choice of smoking wood for roughly 2-3 hours, or until tender and dark in color.
6. Spritz pork belly burnt ends with apple juice every 45 minutes.
7. Once the pork belly is rendered and has a dark color, remove from cooling racks.
8. Place an aluminum foil pan on the Hasty Bake grill, toss in the pork belly, and Hasty Bake BBQ Sauce or your choice of tangy bbq sauce.
9. Bake uncovered at 250-300ºF degrees for 30 minutes – 1 hour, or until bubbling. Add a few small wood chunks of your choice directly to charcoal fire for additional Smokey flavor.
10. Pull the burnt ends and allow them to cool down for a few minutes.
11. Ready to serve and enjoy!