tocino
Spanish pork belly
Tocino is a cured meat preparation in Spanish and Filipino cuisines.
In Spain, it refers to salt-cured pork belly or fatback, often used to flavor stews and beans.
In the Philippines, tocino is pork marinated in sugar, salt, and annatto, then fried until caramelized—a staple breakfast dish served with garlic rice and eggs: We had tocino for breakfast.
Italian salt-cured belly
- guancialeCured pork jowl
- lardonPork fat for flavoring
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
- speckMinute visible particle
capicola · coppa · lardo · salumi · charcuterie · fatback · streaky · rashers
Spanish appetizer portion
- vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
- aniseLicorice-flavored seed plant
pancetta
Italian salt-cured belly
- guancialeCured pork jowl
- lardonPork fat for flavoring
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
speck · capicola · coppa · lardo · salumi · charcuterie · fatback · streaky · rashers · smoked
tapa
Spanish appetizer portion
- vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
belly
Front midsection
pig · swine · hog · butcher · carnitas · lechon · crackling · rendered · marbled · fatty
desayuno
First meal of day
cured
Restored to health
panfried · caramelized · glazed · rendered · crispy · charred · browned · fatty · tender · juicy
tocinofresh meat
Naive new targets
pork loin · fresh cut · tenderloin · raw meat · fresh produce
tocinoturkey bacon
Cured poultry breakfast meat
beef bacon · lamb · chicken · halal meat · fish
tocinotofu
Coagulated soy milk block
tempeh · seitan · vegetables · halal meat · legumes