Pork belly slices today!
It's a loved Greek appetizer on charcoals
and I will show you the simplest way to grill it
which is also the fastest
It's also great for novice grillers,
and for grillers that happened to be in an unscheduled gathering
or want to grill something quick
as in my case right now
that my brother has just arrived with his family
-Welcome!
-Hello from me, too.
And we have to grill something quick
and in a situation like this pork belly slices are perfect
because it's a loved appetizer among children and grown-ups.
Besides grilling pork belly slices, we'll also grill some meat rods (kondosouvli)
because we are many here today.
And because we arrived unexpected, there's no marinading today
it'll just be a simple grilling process.
So this is also a quick grilling option
because we should consider this as well, the quick grilling.
Let's see all these!
Hello dear friends!
-Hello from me, too!
We are brothers Malliora,
Andreas and Yorgos (George)
and we construct grills and ovens.
Our love and passion for grilling
have driven us to create our own channel,
Grill philosophy,
to be able to spread the word
that grilling is communication.
So, Happy grilling!
-Exactly that.
Happy grilling everyone!
This size and especially this thickness
is ideal, I'd say, to grill the pork belly slice to be crunchy
and crusty.
Your butcher can also slice it for you,
but I sometimes prefer to personally cut the meat parts
when possible and I'm able to do so.
The rib bone is also included.
Let's light the charcoals and grill them.
Lighting the charcoals and grilling
We're lighting the charcoals
and, as I've mentioned many times before,
charcoals light upside down from top to bottom
that's why the kindling is placed on top, alcohol soaked cottons.
So this way the charcoals light easily, quickly and without smoke.
Today I'm trying olive tree charcoals.
The charcoals are ready.
They light reletively easy.
We're spreading them.
Starting first with the meat rods (kondosouvli).
We grill the pork belly slices on a strong fire.
I haven't used more charcoals alongside
so as to grill a second round using the same pile
for saving on charcoals.
And we turn them early for the first time.
Here I should point out that
we use tongs and not fork to avoid piercing the belly slice.
This applies to every piece of meat that is grilled on a grilling grate.
Pork belly slices are easy to grill
and perfect for begginers.
And it's also a very tasty grilled appetizer.
We continue with the turnings.
They have started to take color.
We could also add some salt if we like
just before or during grilling
but I prefer to make any taste adjustments at the end
on something that is quick to grill.
We continue with the turnings.
They have started to take a nice color.
This golden color fascinates me...
When these are ready we'll replace them.
We continue with the turnings.
This is the color we're going for.
I don't like to make the belly slices too crusty
so they can be juicy.
They we'll be ready to remove in a bit.
They are quick to grill, they take less than 25 minutes.
This is the color that it must have to be removed.
Here it is. Ready.
Ready, as well.
Pork belly slices; maybe among the quickest meat grilling options.
And among the tastier, I'd say.
Let's place some more on the grate.
It's ready.
And the grilling goes on.
The skewers will also be ready soon.
One tablespoon sea salt
I prefer fleur de sel
and 1/2 tablespoon oregano, freshly ground
this will be our flavoring.
Plenty of lemon
and salt with oregano.
This alone is more than enough to give a very good tasty
to the pork belly slices.
Let's try it!
Excellent taste!
In future grillings I'll show you several marinades
to marinade your pork belly slices and give different tastes.
Plenty of lemon here as well.
And salt with oregano.
Freshly groung oregano and quality salt.
You see, very juicy.
Rotation always makes the difference.
Happy grilling to everyone!
Grilling is communication
