pork belly

noun

: an uncured side of pork

Examples of pork belly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With menu items like crab omelets, pork belly, taro puffs and curry, Saneh Bangkok is making a flavorful splash on the Pleasant Hill dining scene. Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024 Vang and Nancy Yang plan to eventually apply for permits to serve hot Hmong food such as spring rolls, tilapia plates and sticky rice with pork belly or sausage at Calvin’s Market. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024 The Kentucky plant will combine high-tech robots that help eliminate ergonomically stressful tasks like transporting large pork bellies, packing and stacking boxes, and safely moving products through production zones with driverless forklifts. arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2024 Before a screening and Q&A with the actor known for his role in Parasite, Snowpiercer, and The Host, Oh prepared a menu that allowed film buffs to enjoy dishes featured in the Oscar Award-winning film Parasite including pork belly bossam and steak jjapaguri. Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024 Korean pork belly nachos, made with wonton chips, pork belly bacon, gochujang spiked cheese sauce, quick kimchee, pickled red onion and scallions. Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024 To translate the flavors and textures of a Cantonese-style roast hog into a dish that home cooks can recreate, this Siu Yuk (Cantonese Roast Pork) recipe uses a slab of pork belly and a mostly hands-off oven-and-broiler method. Condé Nast, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024 Its signature items include marinated beef short rib patty, or tteok-galbi; pucks of thin pork belly to be wrapped in ssam; and garlic-laden short ribs. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024 Note the Asian influences in a time-intensive pork belly sandwich: A 24-hour marinade flavors the meat with lemongrass, ginger, lime juice, cinnamon and coffee. Gabe Hiatt, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pork belly was in 1863

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“Pork belly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pork%20belly. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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