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Roasted Pork Belly!

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 9 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds Pork Belly
  • 3 heads Garlic
  • Bunch Thyme
  • Bottle White Wine
  • Olive Oil for drizzling
  • 2 cups Chicken Stock
  • Salt & Pepper

Instructions

For the Pork

  1. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
  2. Cut garlic heads in half
  3. Put garlic and bunch of thyme in bottom of roasting pan
  4. Score the fat side of the pork
  5. Drizzle pork with olive oil, salt and pepper until coated
  6. Turn pork over and do the same to the other side
  7. Place pork, fat side up, over garlic and thyme
  8. Pour half of the bottle of wine in the bottle of the roasting pan
  9. Cover with foil, cook for 2 1/2 hours
  10. Take out and let sit for 4-6 hours

For the Sauce

  1. Remove pork from roasting pan. Put pan with all the excess drippings of garlic and thyme on the stove and cook down on medium heat
  2. Add another splash of wine and 2 cups of chicken stock
  3. Reduce down until thick
  4. Using a strainer, strain the sauce and discard the garlic/thyme

Re-heat Pork

  1. After the 4-6 hours, re-heat the oven to 500 degrees.
  2. Heat the pork for 10-15 minutes.
  3. Re-heat the sauce
  4. Cut the pork into slices and pour sauce over the meat.
  5. Serve warm

Recipe Notes

This dish is from a Gordon Ramsey recipe...the great Gordon Ramsey! It can be made the day before and put in the refrigerator. Just heat it up the next day. It takes a long time but trust me it's worth it! Serve with mashed potatoes and a veggie.