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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

25 Pork belly Recipes From 17 Cuisines.

Alternating layers of fat and meat that can be pushed in two opposite directions: crisped hard for crackling and Korean grill plates, or braised soft until the fat turns to jelly, as in Chinese hong shao rou and Filipino lechon kawali. Skin-on belly needs to be dried in the fridge overnight if you want it to blister. Ask for even thickness across the slab, and buy a piece with clear stripes rather than one solid seam of fat.

25 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Bowl of crumbly dark buckwheat žganci topped with golden pork cracklings and their fat

Slovenia45 min

Ajdovi Žganci

Buckwheat Spoonbread with Cracklings

A wide tray holding red beans, white rice, ground beef, chicharrón, chorizo, fried egg, plantain, arepa and avocado

Colombia11 hr 10 min

Bandeja Paisa

Antioquian Mixed Platter

Golden turmeric rice crepe folded over shrimp and bean sprouts with crisp lacy edges, beside a plate of herbs

Vietnam1 hr 25 min

Bánh Xèo

Crispy Vietnamese Turmeric Rice Crepe

Thick coiled boerewors sausage browning on a braai grid over glowing coals, skewers holding the spiral together

South Africa10 hr 15 min

Boerewors

Coiled South African Farmer's Sausage

Bowl of charred pork patties and belly slices in amber dipping broth beside cold rice vermicelli and fresh herbs

Vietnam1 hr 55 min

Bún Chả

Hanoi Grilled Pork with Rice Noodles

A bowl of chifrijo layered with white rice, soupy beans, crisp pork chicharrón, pico de gallo and avocado

Costa Rica1 hr 25 min

Chifrijo

Costa Rican Rice, Beans and Pork Bowl

Dark glossy Filipino adobo of chicken thighs and pork belly with bay leaves and peppercorns beside steamed rice

Philippines1 hr 15 min

Filipino Adobo

Soy-Vinegar Braised Chicken and Pork

Two folded Taiwanese gua bao buns filled with glossy braised pork belly, pickled mustard greens, crushed peanuts and coriander

Taiwan4 hr

Gua Bao

Taiwanese Steamed Pork Belly Bun

Glossy yellow noodles and vermicelli in prawn gravy topped with prawns, squid and crisp lard, with sambal and lime on the plate rim

Singapore1 hr 45 min

Hokkien Mee

Singapore Prawn Stock Fried Noodles

Kalakukko loaf with its dark rye crust cut open to show layers of small fish and pork belly inside

Finland6 hr 45 min

Kalakukko

Rye-Crusted Fish and Pork Loaf

Hakka stir-fry of dried squid strips, crisp pork belly, pressed tofu and celery in a dark soy glaze

Taiwan4 hr 40 min

Kejia Xiao Chao

Hakka Stir-Fry with Dried Squid

Bubbling red kimchi jjigae in an earthenware pot with pork belly slices, tofu slabs and spring onions

South Korea40 min

Kimchi Jjigae

Sour Kimchi and Pork Belly Stew

Every recipe on this route.

All 25 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

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