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Maple Mustard and Cider Braised Pork Belly

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It’s officially the week of Paleo f(x) and Suzanne and I couldn’t be more excited and nervous at the same time. We’re doing a cooking demo for a modified version of our Paleo Eggs Benedict with a totally FOOLPROOF hollandaise sauce. I’m also on a panel for the Journey of Transformation where I’ll be talking about my path to treat my epilepsy and overall health utilizing nutrition and lifestyle. It should be an amazing time. If you can’t make it to Austin this year, they are streaming the event LIVE so you don’t have to miss a thing!

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Also, after a month or so of working on it, this is the OFFICIAL launch of Suzanne and my new website here at Pastured Kitchen, we are going to include a giveaway along with our friend Steve from Steve’s Original.  We are super excited to officially join forces on one single website and we will still work hard to bring you amazing recipes and information regarding the paleo lifestyle, my journey of epilepsy treatment and so much more. Now, what is in this giveaway you ask?  Well, we’re giving away not ONE but TWO different sampler packages.  The first one, is the Paleo Sampler.  This is perfect collection of all the most popular Paleo Goods all in one place.  You’ll get a delicious variety of PaleoKits, PaleoStix, PaleoKrunch Cereal and Bars, Dried Fruit, PaleoChef Dressings and Sauce.

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The second sampler we’re giving away is the PaleoChef Sampler.  This has to be one of my favorite things ever.  Each one of these sauces are delicious and have a wide variety of uses including my personal favorite, the Maple Mustard sauce which I used in the recipe for pork belly below.

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Now for the recipe!  Last month, Suzanne and I were fortunate enough to attend EXPO West a gigantic natural food convention in Anaheim, CA.  We were informed about the event over Christmastime while we were hanging out in Colorado with our friend Stacey from Cappello’s (the genius paleo pasta and cookie dough company).

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We met up with Steve at his booth and we showed Steve and his wife the post for Peach BBQ Chicken Legs.  It was then, that they mentioned one of their favorite ways to use the PaleoChef sauces was to throw it in the crock pot with some meat and let the magic making take place.  I decided right then that I would try this method with a pork belly I had in my fridge from Cook Pigs.  The result was nothing short of amazing.  This is one of the tastiest things that I’ve made in a long time.  It really is incredible how tasty the crock pot can make any dish with minimal effort.  These tasty morsels are perfect as an appetizer or even a main dish with a side of veggies.

Braised Pork Belly

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Maple Mustard and Cider Braised Pork Belly
 
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Serves: 4
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  1. Rinse pork belly with cold water and pat dry
  2. Season all sides of pork belly with salt and pepper and set aside.
  3. On the stovetop, melt lard in a large skillet over medium high heat.
  4. When skillet is nice and hot (lightly smoking), sear pork belly on all sides for 1 minute per side.
  5. Remove pork belly from skillet and place in a crock pot set to low heat.
  6. Add hard cider, Paleo Chef Maple Mustard sauce, and thyme to crock pot and cook on low for 6 hours, turning pork belly half way through.
  7. After 6 hours, carefully remove pork belly from crock pot and set aside to cool.
  8. Slice belly how you like and serve with cooking liquid spooned over the top.
  9. Enjoy!

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Comments

  2. grilling some meat and sauce it up. Eat some kits are times I take son to early hockey

  3. My family and I would chow down on the Paleo Sampler, we are big fans. I would love to get my hands on the sauces and come up with some new fun flavors for dinner!

  4. I’m a HUGE Steve’s fan and always keep his jerky with me at all times for emergencies!!

  5. I would love to use the sauces for dips and marinades 🙂 and the snacks for when I’m hungry but don’t feel/can’t cook something before I starve lol 🙂

  9. Would love to try these! I’ve been introducing new items as my budget allows so this would be just so fantastic! They all look so delicious!

  10. I would save some time cooking dinner and making all my sauces from scratch! I could really use it, being pregnant with a toddler makes dinners a little hard sometime 🙂

  11. Eat them all up!! I have been dying to try the sauces and I love the kits for hiking and traveling!!

  13. I would love to try them all. Our family is a big BBQ family I think this would be a great addition and for us to try new things.

  16. I travel a fair bit and I’m always on the god, so I will likely take some of these with me so I can have a paleo-friendly snack while on a road trip or a paleo-friendly sauce to add to my meal while at a restaurant.

    The Peach BBQ sauce and the Ginger Cilantro sounds absolutely and utterly amazing si I would probably open those right away and try them out every time we barbecue – which, now that it is finally warmer outside, is going to be every weekend 😉

  17. What will I do with all those Paleo Kits and Sauces? Become a better cook and get the love from the hubs, because jerky.

  20. With spring time here and summer knocking on our doors, I can see these sauces going on so much great tasting meat being cooked on the grill.

  21. Grilling season is upon us!! These would be AWESOME to toss on some meat for the grill.