Swedish Pan-fried Pork Belly with Onion Sauce/ Fläsk med löksås

Pan-fried pork belly with onion sauce is a Swedish classic dish and a true autumn and winter favorite. This is a very old dish, passed down through generations and is warming and loved by most.

The salty, cured, and slightly smoked pork belly is cut into strips and pan-fried on low heat in butter until dark and crispy.

Onions are sliced and sweated down in butter until translucent. Milk, cream, pepper, and soy sauce are added to give the sauce a rich and creamy flavor.

The pan-fried pork is eaten with boiled or strained potatoes and sometimes with lingonberry jam. This is real Swedish soul food that is hard to resist and can be found in every household in Sweden.

Pan-fried Pork Belly with Onion Sauce

Catja Kroon

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Swedish

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

 

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• 600 g smoked or salted pork belly with rind
• 300 ml milk
• 100 ml cooking cream
• 1.5 tbsp flour
• 3 small yellow onions
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tasp salt 
• 8 potatoes for serving

Instructions

 

How to make Pan fried pork belly with onion sauce:

• Peal and boil the potatoes. 
• Cut the pork in to 4mm (0.15 of an inch) thick pieces and place in a frying pan (preferably a cast iron) on medium heat. Do not over crowd the pan. Fry the pieces until dark and crunchy.
• Slice the onions in half rings and add to a saucepan on low to medium eat to sweat down until translucid. Add the flour and stir for a minute before adding the cream, salt and pepper and stir until the sauce thickened. Add a tbs of soy sauce at the end to give the sauce a nice color and depth. 
• When the pork is done, remove the pork and place it on kitchen paper and add the frying juices to the saucepan.
• Serve the pork and potatoes with the creamy onion sauce.

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Catja Kroon

Catja Kroon is a Swedish freelance writer and cookbook author based in Spain. Food and drinks are her lifelong passion. She left the professional kitchen to follow her dream as a writer, which has given her the opportunity to work with food in various ways.