Chicharrones

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    four

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother: The Real Taste of Spain in 150 Traditional Dishes

By Pepita Aris

Published 2013

  • About

The Spanish eat everything that comes from the pig, and even the humble rind goes to make this delicious little salted, piquant snack. This crispy, crunchy pork crackling is the perfect accompaniment for a glass of wine or chilled bottle of San Miguel.

Ingredients

  • 115 g/4 oz pork rind
  • vegetable oil, for frying
  • paprika and coarse sea salt

Method

  1. Using a sharp knife, cut the pork rind into strips. There is no need to be too precise, but try to make the strips roughly 1 cm/½ in wide and 2.5</