Jerk Pork Belly Bites

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This is a Malcolm Reed recipe and I've been wanting to do this for a long time. :-D

https://howtobbqright.com/2020/03/05/jerk-pork-belly-bites/


It's a fresh marinade with white and green onions, garlic, ginger, habanero peppers, pimento, honey, jerk seasoning (I'm using Oakridge Jah Love), soy sauce, and fresh lime juice.

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Chopped and spun in the processor (it smelled and tasted great):

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I cubed a 12 pound belly and it's swimming in the marinade overnight tonight.

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It goes on the smoker tomorrow on racks at 250 for 3 hours. While it's on the smoke, I'll make the sauce from the recipe. Once the color is set, it gets sauced in a large pan with brown sugar, covered, and smoked another 1 1/2 hours. I'll pull the foil, stir, and let the sauce reduce and caramelize.

Going to be a fun day in the smoke tomorrow! :-D
 
I did a kind of mojo-jerk "burnt ends" out of cured (5-day) rib tip trimmings from a rack of STL spares last week. there was a bunch of ghost chiles in the wet cure brine lol so the flavor profile just made sense for it

Besides just my finishing sauce, a little Tiger and extra homemade scorpion sauce bc those taste closest to scotch bonnets to me-
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also u forgot the ketchup in the marinade!

its the secret of the best shacks on the island
 
Didn't forget it.

The ketchup goes into the sauce I use tomorrow after I smoke to color. :-D

I said marinade, not the sauce!! :wink: Honestly, just seems like it adds some especially good color/smoke ring (to me). maybe especially tangy but i often make a VERY hot sauce to brush on, and then squiggle a line of ketchup (red gold if possible) on it like u do on a hotdog to ruffle someones feathers


Gonna be good stuff regardless!! Excited to see it. Got a bunch of drums today for somethin jerk-esque myself (thanks to u!)
 
Love where this is headed, John.

I seriously look forward to the second half of this adventure.

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