Pork recipes

Leg roast of venison larded with salt pork, onion, and apple slices, seasoned with allspice and rosemary, then slow-roasted on a rack. A classic hunter's approach to game meat.

Caldo Gallego: hearty Galician white bean stew with salt pork, ham bone, chorizo, potatoes, and collard greens. A slow-simmered Spanish comfort stew that warms you to the bone.

Try a new fish dinner this summer with this succulent recipe that will become one of your favorites for years to come.

Slow cooker baked beans with navy beans, salt pork, molasses, and brown sugar. Cooked low and slow for up to 14 hours, these old-fashioned crockpot beans are thick, smoky, and deeply sweet.

Traditional slow cooker baked beans made from dried white beans with molasses, brown sugar, salt pork, and Dijon mustard. Low and slow for 13 hours until thick and smoky.

New England clam chowder made the proper way with whole clams steamed open, salt pork rendered, and a milk-flour finish whisked in at the end. Pennsylvania-style chowder with a creamy thick body.

Fried okra soup with salt pork, lima beans, corn, tomatoes, and cabbage simmered into a thick Southern vegetable soup. Browning the okra in pork drippings adds smoky depth and keeps the okra from getting slimy.

Black bean soup built on a foundation of salt pork, ham hock, and aromatics, slow-simmered until the beans collapse, then pureed smooth and finished with sherry and wine vinegar. A Cuban-style classic that makes 16 generous servings.

Slow-simmered pinto beans with salt pork, crushed chilies, and beef bouillon. Southwestern side dish that cooks low and slow for creamy, flavorful beans.

Key West conch chowder with tender ground conch, potatoes, salt pork, and tomatoes. Hearty Florida-style seafood chowder where potatoes dissolve to naturally thicken the broth.

Caribou roast larded with salt pork, marinated in port wine with cloves and bay leaves, then slow-braised with cranberry juice and onions. A Northern wild game classic for hearty appetites.

A simple and delicious baked beans side dish that can made with some help from your crockpot.

Cape Cod fish chowder with fresh haddock, crispy salt pork, potatoes, and creamy milk broth. A hearty New England classic built on homemade fish stock for real depth.

Manhattan-style red clam chowder with fresh-steamed clams, salt pork, tomatoes, and thyme. The tomato-broth chowder New England purists love to argue about.

Spaghetti all'Amatriciana with salt pork, sieved tomatoes, white wine, chili pepper, and pecorino Romano. A classic Roman pasta sauce with smoky, spicy, tangy depth.

This tasty side dish made with pinto beans, salt pork and jalapeno peppers goes great with rice or even bread bowls.