Sweet Potato-Pork Belly Hash

Sweet Potato-Pork Belly Hash

I clipped this recipe out of Bon Appetit magazine. I consider this one of the more adventurous recipes I have tried. I have never cooked a pork belly before. I followed the recipe exactly except that when it came to cubing up the pork belly, I actually shredded it more than cubed it. The pork belly I had did not have a ton of meat on it and maybe that's how they all are. I felt like it would be way too much fat if I just cubed it up, so I tried to get mostly meat shredded/cut into smaller pieces. I also cut the sweet potatoes into smaller pieces than called for and I felt this cooked better. I didn't have shallot and used minced onion and it was great. I sautéed the minced onion in melted pork belly fat and some oil. I would probably make this again sometime. I would cut down on the amount of maple syrup, and I think I would add minced garlic along with the minced onion or shallot.