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[USA] Pork rinds

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 18:06
by BonAir
Hi.
There is an interesting topic on polish sausage maker's forum called "Pork rinds chips" with some Youtube links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHEx4AH ... ature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERTmzdWr3yo

This topic is very interesting because we do not have any traditions in making pork rinds in Poland , at least in region I live.
Furthermore they are not commercially available at all and it looks like they are popular in USA (as you can see on second YT video).
So, do you have any experience in making homemade pork rinds ?

Regards
B.

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 19:03
by Trosky
Pork rinds are good and my favorite ones are the Hot and spicy ones. I Never tried to make them myself, can't buy the skin around here. What is the difference between "Skwarki" and pork rinds, I always thought they where the same :?:
Trosky

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 05:02
by atcNick
Trosky wrote:Pork rinds are good and my favorite ones are the Hot and spicy ones. I Never tried to make them myself, can't buy the skin around here. What is the difference between "Skwarki" and pork rinds, I always thought they where the same :?:
Trosky
I may be wrong. But I think skwarki is either bacon or backfat fried in small little pieces. My mom use to put them on top of pierogi with some sour cream. Oh man oh man....Im getting hungry now!!!

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 09:42
by BonAir
atcNick is right.
So called "Smalec ze skwarkami" (lard with cracklins) is made from grinded backfat (bacon is rather "too good" for this purpose ;) )

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 01:46
by steelchef
I have finally convinced my butcher to supply my back fat with skin attached. I insinuated that without the skin, i couldn't be sure which part of the hog it actually came from.
So wise associates, what do I do to convert this into puffy pork rinds. I'm guessing a really hot oven or deep frying at a high temp. I do prefer the oven route. Of course it will have to have a brief exposure to the hickory. Maybe a basic bacon brine for 12 hours, rinse, dry and smoke for an hour with dampers half open?
Lend me your thoughts, please!

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:08
by Emmanu
Thanks for posting this wonderful recipe.
Lots of appreciation for you dear. I hope you would keep informing us about new and good recipes in the future.

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 02:42
by ssorllih
I have no experience with pork rinds but I do know that you need water to get puffyness. Try deep frying fresh noodles before they have dried dried noodles and noodles that were cookedin water before subjected to frying.

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 18:40
by DLFL
Deep fry fresh skin pieces to get pork rinds.

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 22:51
by DLFL
Sounds like why when we have cracklings from our lard you can take the skin pieces if not cooked till hard and puff them in the microwave. If you try this use lots of paper to soak up the grease. I found out the hard way.

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 01:24
by nepas
My mom put cracklins in her pinto beans when she cooked em.

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 02:24
by ssorllih
I have a picnic that I am planning to use a portion for bacon with the rind on for use in Boston or New England baked beans.

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 06:45
by Maz
The way I found that works is to cut the skins to the size that you want, place them on a baking tray in the oven at 50 deg C until they are dry.
I then transfer them to a wok on low heat without any lard or fat and allow the fat to render out , you need to give them a regular stir a bit like making popcorn. Keep stiring until they have all fizzed out , do not over heat them as they will become bitter. Once I have poured the fat off I add salt and spices and give it a good shake up to distribute evenly.

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Enjoy. :smile:

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 17:25
by DLFL
I was watching a cooking show that was visiting Louisiana. The Cajuns rendered the skin to get the fat out. They then let the skins cool while heating the fat to a high temperature. When they put the cooled skins into the hot fat they puffed up .

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 22:50
by story28
One technique that is worth trying is to slowly braise the skin or even ears until tender before going into the drying phase. Once the skins are dry you can fry them up and they will be quite a bit more aerated and unctuous.

Another wild tip is to add tapioca maltodextrin to Franks Red Hot or your favorite hot sauce. When you mix the two ingredients in a blender at a ratio near 2:5, you will see a transformation of liquid to powder that you can then sprinkle on your pork rinds.