Have you tried uncured pork belly? I bought a package at Costco last week, thinking it was just sliced uncured bacon, and wanted to try it.
It’s in large slabs, about 1” x 1” x 10”. If you want to slice it, put it in the freezer to firm it up.
I cooked a few slices on a griddle in the oven at 400°. For cured thick sliced bacon, I let it go 10-12 minutes. For pork belly, I left it in for 20 minutes, but that rendered out too much of the fat. Add salt, and it tastes just like a pork chop.
Yesterday I cooked one of the slabs. I put it on a rack, then in the oven at 275 for a couple hours. Then cube it up. I’m going to use these as fat bombs. The fat is not objectionable.
I looked up the macros, I think it’s 92% calories from fat.
I bought one of those one time by mistake. Talk about yuck. Never again.
Pork belly is delicious.