Maple Bourbon Pork Belly Burnt Ends
March 12, 2024 • 0 comments
PORK BELLY:
2 lbs Pork Belly cubed
Maple Bourbon Seasoning or your favorite pork rub
½ cup Brown Sugar
6 tbsp Butter
Oil as needed
BBQ SAUCE:
⅓ cup Cowboy Prairie Fire BBQ Sauce or your favorite bbq sauce
2 tbsp Maple Syrup
2 tbsp Bourbon
- Prep Time:
- Cook Time:
- Servings: 4
Ingredients
- (2lbs) Bacon Ends
- (To taste) Maple Bourbon Seasoning (Or your favorite rub)
- (1/2 cup) Brown Sugar
- (6 tbsp) Butter
- (As needed) Oil
- (1/3 cup) BBQ Sauce
- (2 tbsp) Maple Syrup
- (2 tbsp) Bourbon
Directions
- Start by lathering your cubed pork belly with oil then thoroughly season with my Maple Bourbon seasoning or your favorite pork rub.
- Set in the fridge for 1-2 hours.
- Using Cowboy Charcoal, fill one chimney full of coals, light and let preheat for your smoker for low heat (250F).
- Top with 1-2 Cowboy Hickory Pit Logs for added smoke flavor.
- Add your pork belly onto the smoker and cook for 2.5 hours.
- Once done, pull off and place in an aluminum foil pan & top with butter and brown sugar.
- Place back in the smoker for 1.5 hours or until they are 205F internal.
- Heat up your bbq sauce along with the maple syrup and bourbon.
- Simmer over low heat until thick (about 10 minutes).
- Lather your pork belly in bbq sauce, crank up the heat in the smoker and let caramelize for 5-10 minutes.
- Pork Belly Burnt Ends is ready, now pull out of the smoker and enjoy!
