Pork Belly for Ko Kimchi Consommé

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By David Chang and Peter Meehan

Published 2009

  • About

This is a lightly modified version of the way we make belly for buns and ssäm and everything else—it’s pressed after it’s cooked, so it’s denser and easier to cut. If you have it on hand, you can substitute belly prepared for those other recipes.

Ingredients

  • One 450 g slab of skinless pork belly
  • 2 tablespoons (24g) course sea salt

Method

  1. Nestle the belly into a roasting pan or other ovenproof vessel that holds it snugly. Mix together the salt and sugar in a small bowl and rub the mix all over the meat; discard any excess salt-and-sugar mixture. Cover the container with cling film and put it into the fridge for at least 6 hours, but no longer than 24.
  2. Preheat the