Candy Bacon Burnt Ends

3h 30m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Start off by making the rub by combining brown sugar with garlic powder, onion powder and smoked paprika and salt and pepper.
  2. 2Then carefully slice the skin off the pork belly and cut it into 1-inch cubes.
  3. 3Place the cut pieces in a bowl.
  4. 4Thoroughly coat the pork belly pieces in the brown sugar rub and then place them on a wire rack on top of a baking tray.
  5. 5Bake the pork belly in a 275° Fahrenheit oven for 3 hours.
  6. 6When it's done cooking, add the cooked pork belly to a bowl and drizzle a quarter cup of maple syrup and honey on top of it and toss it all together.
  7. 7Then bring the pork belly over to a parchment paper lined cake pan and add about five nubs of butter.
  8. 8Cover it with some aluminum foil and cook it for an additional 30 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 lb pork belly
  • 0.25 cup maple syrup
  • 0.25 cup honey
  • 5 nubs butter

Equipment

wire rackbaking trayovenbowlparchment paper lined cake panaluminum foil

Tips

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