Colombian-Style Fried Pork Belly Recipe (Chicharrón Colombiano)

Name: Colombian-Style Fried Pork Belly Recipe (Chicharrón Colombiano)
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 1360 g pork belly; 1 tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; 500 ml water

Crispy golden chicharrón made by simmering pork belly pieces with baking soda and baking powder, then frying until crisp.

25 min 862 kcal/serving serves 6

862kcal34gprotein-1gcarbs81gfat

Erica DinhoView the original on mycolombianrecipes.com More from Erica Dinho on Mello

🥓pork belly

🧁baking powder

🧁baking soda

🧂salt

💧water

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About Erica Dinho

Colombian home cook and founder of My Colombian Recipes

Erica Dinho is the creator of My Colombian Recipes, a long-running blog dedicated to traditional Colombian home cooking. She has spent years documenting regional dishes and family recipes, helping introduce Colombian cuisine to a wider audience online.

Her recipes stay close to traditional Colombian home cooking, built around staples like plantains, corn, pork, and beans, with dishes ranging from hearty soups such as ajiaco and sancocho to fried snacks like patacones and buñuelos. She favors classic techniques and familiar regional flavor combinations over reinvention, aiming to make dishes like tamales antioqueños and bandeja paisa approachable for home kitchens.

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