Crispy Pork Chicharrón

Chicharrón Casero

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    2

    dozen
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Claudia's Cocina: A Taste of Mexico from the Winner of MasterChef Season 6 on FOX

By Claudia Sandoval

Published 2016

  • About

My season of MasterChef featured some incredible ingredients, but there’s one rarely seen in the MasterChef kitchen that I’m so glad I requested—pork skin!

Pork skin is a relatively uncommon ingredient, and that’s why I knew I had to include pork chicharrón in my finale menu. This crispy treat is so humble and simple, yet so technically complex that it’s difficult to complete it in sixty minutes. But where there is a will, there is a way—and this Latina sure found a wa