Dr Pepper Pork Candy | Pork Belly Burnt Ends
You probably heard people mention pork candy, and went "HUH". Well let me tell you what, this is what you call pork belly burnt ends... a combination of fatty pork, smoked until a nice bark forms, then give it a nice bbq sauce, butter & honey bath until it falls apart. This recipe went viral on all my social media accounts. OVER 4 MILLION views on both TIK TOK & INSTAGRAM. You have probably heard the term, don't fix what's not broken, well this recipe has been around for ages, and I just did the basic method, of cubing this delicious meat, apply a rub, smoke for a few hours then a bbq sauce/butter bath until it falls apart. This is a delicacy in the BBQ world, make. For this recipe cut the pork belly into 1-1½ squares. Remember that pork belly is about 50/50 meat to fat ratio so you will lose a lot of the weight during the cook. To 4 MILLION VIEWS I had to post this on my blog.
Ingredients
- 5-6 lb Pork Belly Skin removed
- 2 L Dr pepper (optional) brine
- 7-8 tbsp Traeger BBQ honey apple Seasonings / lawry’s salt seasoning You can use your favourite bbq seasoning
BBQ Sauce/Butter bath
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter cubed
- 1/4 cup Dr Pepper
- 1 cup BBQ Sauce You can use your favourite bbq sauce
Instructions
- Cube the pork belly into 1-1½ inch cubes and brine in Dr Pepper for minimum 4 hours to overnight
- Prepare your smoker for indirect cooking at 250-275°
- Remove from fridge, dry pork belly & season with Traeger BBQ honey apple Seasonings / lawry’s salt seasoning
- arrange cubes fat side down on your smoker grate.
- OPTIONAL you can also spritz (dr pepper or apple cider vinegar) every 30-40 minutes which will help with the bark build up and keeps the meat moist).
- Smoke Pork belly for 2-2.5 hours
- place your pork belly in an aluminium pan and cover with bbq butter bath
- Return to smoker uncovered for another 1-1.5 hours until pieces are tender.
- Those turned out sweet, sticky and tender. You can eat those as an appetizer or serve over rice, or in tacos.
