Pork Belly in Jambalaya

I would think it would be too fatty and an odd texture for jambalaya. Use pork butt cubed up, try to cut it to leave a little piece of fat on as many pieces as possible. Some people use boneless pork chops, but I find that cut too lean.

Go to the grocery store and buy a Boston butt. I would not put pork belly in a jambalaya, it will be to greasy.

Thanks for the info. Pork belly back into the freezer. Gonna go bu the Pork Butt.

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Go to the grocery store and buy a Boston butt. I would not put pork belly in a jambalaya, it will be to greasy

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This. Get the pork butt.

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country style ribs


Is Boston Butt sliced into squares.

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For an extra $2 per pound

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I've use pork belly before and the jambalaya was one of the best I've ever made. That said it was pork belly I had previously smoked. I also cubed it into really small pieces and pan fried it first to get a good sear and cook out some of the extra grease. I would only use pork belly again if I followed the same process.

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just wanted to say i did almost this exact same thing and my jambalaya was absolutely delicious. i think pork belly is a much better option than buying a whole shoulder.

i picked this up for $1.79



cut it into small cubes and tossed it in a hot dutch oven along with a leftover fried chicken breast from publix and a pound of andouille and chopped up the trinity and added after i had scraped the pot for about 20 minutes.

because all the meat was already cooked there was no guessing; just dumped everything in and voila.

came out perfectly; not greasy in the slightest and the little pork belly cubes were delicious.

here's a pic (sorry for quality its a screengrab of a video i made for someone)

boxed , preheated pork belly. yikes

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Edit: wtf cad, 3 year old thread?

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i searched for pork belly jambalaya and this popped up

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Would be a grease bucket

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nope. see pic above