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The Unmanly Chef

Grilled Pork Belly Tacos

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients
  

  • Marinade
  • My Korean-American friends swear by making the
  • Spicy Korean BBQ Sauce
  • a part of your marinade. And I'm no expert on Korean food so I listen to the experts.
  • If you don't want to use that sauce it has some unhealthy ingredients You can try this as well to replicate it. Which I did today.
  • 1/2 Asian Pear Shredded
  • 1 Tbsp. of Red Chilli Paste
  • 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tsp. Garlic Powder
  • 1 Head of Garlic Crushed
  • 1/4 Cup Rice Wine
  • 2 Tbsp. Shredded Ginger
  • 2 Tbsp. Fish Sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. Hoisin Sauce
  • Taco
  • 2 Packages of Sliced Pork Belly
  • Flour Tortillas
  • 1/2 Cup Red Cabbage
  • Taco Sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. Mayo
  • 1 Tsp. Soy Sauce
  • 1 Tsp. Sugar

Method
 

  1. Mix together your marinade ingredients, put your pork belly in a plastic Ziploc or bowl and add your marinade. Put in the refrigerator and let this marinate for 2-3 hours.
  2. If you are using the storebought sauce. Do the same thing, put the pork belly in the Ziploc or bowl and add the sauce.
  3. Mix your red cabbage and your taco sauce together, to make a slaw. Save to add onto your taco.
  4. Set up your grill, make sure the heat is nice and hot. I used my cast iron on the grill to avoid burning my pork bellies, you can put it directly on the grill as well. I did both. I found that actually using a hybrid of both is the best method.
  5. I like to start the pork bellies on the cast iron skillet and then I move them over to the grill side to get some nice grill marks on the meat. By cooking it in the cast iron a lot of the grease goes in there rather than into your fire. That grease creates lots of flames which can burn your meat. This method worked great.
  6. Grease your tortillas with some olive oil and heat up on a hot pan so they puff up. Be sure to not burn them.
  7. Plate your tacos and enjoy!
  8. Enjoy!