pork belly

American  

noun

1. a side of fresh pork.

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Etymology

Origin of pork belly

First recorded in 1945–50

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• salt pork vs. pork belly

Example Sentences

Don’t miss some returning favorites, such as the barbacoa tamal de res, in which the beef is pleasantly tender, or the braised pork belly adobo, one of the heartier dishes at the festival.

From Los Angeles Times

Roast pork belly redolent and tender as Castilian suckling pig.

From Salon

BBC Food has a recipe made with sweet and spicy pork belly and chilli sauce.

From BBC

You may unfortunately remember the era through the parts that quickly calcified into cliché: $14 cocktails in Mason jars, the monoculture of pork belly, a nationwide proliferation of flaccid fried green tomatoes.

From Salon

Under the heat lamps of the serving counter his team of chefs are busy carving a chunk of crispy pork belly, plating haddock fishcakes and replenishing huge bowls of new potatoes and roasted carrots.

From BBC