Pork Rinds "Chicharron"

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Finally had a few minutes to post this. every time I made the attempt it went hard left or right along the journey and did not turn out as I wanted. in using the search bar finally I ran across an older post from "The Mule" I believe (Thank You) and it appeared to be simple and straight forward. well in one of my bacon runs the belly's were skin on.....so the beginning of this latest attempt turned out perfect.

I did change up the seasoning a little for my taste by using additional Cayenne pepper and adding smoked paprika.

I did boil the skins for 2 hrs and they were a little fragile but you are going to cut them all up or tear them at some point anyway. you might be able to boil for a little less time but at two hours it was very easy to scrape the fat off the skin.

one other thing I did was as the pieces were drying in the dehydrator I noticed there was a shine (excess fat/oils?) on them when done so as I pulled them off the dehydrator I placed them on layers of paper towel's to see if the towels would soak anything up. this process lasted over night and the towels did the trick. the rest of the process followed "Mule's" step by step again Thank - you Mule. Pictures below; sorry I did not get pictures while scraping the fat.

The Belly's before Boiling and trimmings to throw away to the left


Here are the chips heading to the Hot Tub...


Drying the Skins in dehydrator not shown
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Skin Chips in paper towels


These are the skins fresh from the paper towel resting


here are the Skins in the oil for the quick fry


Here are the finished Chicharrons


Thanks for Enjoying This,

Tom
 
Tom, those look totally killer, my mouth is watering. Nice job on the Chicharrons.

I love those and have made them often, my kid loves them too, fresh out of the fryer cant be beat.

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AK,
would be my pleasure but big brother is watching all my shipments, hate to get you involved, LOL :laugh1:

Tom

No problems shipping them up to me. Just hop in your rig and head on down. Tie them on top of your rig though so you're not tempted to snack on them along the way!

Tasty treats, nice fry!
 
Tom I followed his thread and made bunches of them this summer,nice job makes me want some and a cold one 5:50 AM ah its past 5 LOL

Richie

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