Mennonite Cracklings and Fried Potatoes
Potatoes fried in rendered pork fat with cracklings and onion.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 470 kcal
Equipment
- •Cast iron pan
Nutrition
Per serving, approximate
- Calories
- 470 kcal
- fat
- 27 g
- carbs
- 45 g
- protein
- 14 g
- calories
- 470
Instructions
- 1
Render the diced pork slowly in a cold pan over low heat for 20 minutes until the pieces are crisp.
- 2
Lift out the cracklings, leaving the fat behind.
- 3
Fry the potatoes in the fat over medium-high heat without stirring for 6 minutes to build a crust.
- 4
Turn, add the onions and cook until both are browned.
- 5
Return the cracklings, season and serve straight from the pan.
Chef's tips
Render the fat from cold and slowly — hot fat seizes the pork and the cracklings never crisp.
Ingredient substitutions
- pork belly → thick-cut bacon
Storage
2 days refrigerated; re-crisp in a hot pan.
Common mistakes to avoid
- •Stirring the potatoes too often
Serving suggestions
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