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Black Folks Pork Jowl Bacon In The Air Fryer

Best New Year’s Soul Food Recipes | Black Folks Pork Jowl Bacon

Pork jowl or hog jowl is a Black Folks soul food staple served on New Year's Day w/ black-eyed peas, cornbread & collard greens.
This recipe is a contemporary soul food recipe for pork jowl. A new twist on an old classic, cooked quicker, easier, and still to perfection in the air fryer!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 13 minutes
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Soul Food, Southern Food
Servings: 16 pieces of bacon
Calories: 231kcal
Author: Shaunda Necole

Equipment

  • Air fryer

Ingredients

  • 12 oz bacon thick slices
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes (1 teaspoon if you like it hot!)

Instructions

  • Mix together the brown sugar, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and red pepper flakes in a medium-sized bowl.
  • Cut the bacon strips in half for a proper pork jowl size to better fit in the air fryer.
  • Then lay the bacon out on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Generously drizzle the maple syrup over the bacon strips.
  • Next, spread a generous amount of the brown sugar seasoning on the bacon.
  • Transfer the bacon to your air fryer basket or air fryer tray.
  • Air fry at 350 degrees F for 8-9 minutes (8 minutes for soft bacon and 9 minutes for crunchy bacon).
  • Place the cooked pork jowls on a paper towel-lined plate or baking sheet to cool for about 5 minutes. The bacon will continue to get crispy as it cools.
  • Repeat the above steps until all the bacon is air-fried, as it’s not likely that it will all fit in the air fryer in one batch.
  • Serve Black folks pork jowls with cornbread, collard greens, and black-eyed peas or Hopin John, and enjoy!

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Notes

  • Depending on the size of your air fryer basket or tray, you may need more than one round of air frying to cook all the bacon.
  • After the cooking time has finished, you can air fry in 1-minute increments until you’re satisfied with the crunchiness. 
  • You can crumble jowl bacon with crispy skin to make bacon bits!
  • Be sure to let the slices fully cool. This will allow the caramelized sugar to harden. 

Nutrition

Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 32IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
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