How to Make Pork Rinds on Keto

Pork Rinds

A Pork Rinds keto snack that’s similar to chips, popcorn, or bacon, Pork Rinds are boiled, seasoned, then deep-fried into puffy, crispy snacks. They’re usually available pre-packaged in bags in the snack aisle of grocery stores, but they’re also easy to make at home.

Traditionally, pork rinds are made from the skin of a pig—the most fatty part of the animal—and they’re rendered, or cooked until very fat is released, and then puffed into a crunchy, airy snack. The skin is then seasoned and often sprinkled with powdered spices, like salt and pepper or herbs, or even hot sauce. Different cuisines around the world have their own versions of puffed pork skin, with names like chicharrón (Chile), pork cracklings, or pork scratchings.

The Ultimate Guide to Pork Rinds

The process of making a bag of seasoned pork rinds starts by boiling the pork skin in boiling water, then chilling it for several hours so that the fat can be separated from the skin. The skin is then dried in the oven, reheated in a hot oil to puff up, and seasoned with whatever flavors you want. Popular seasonings include barbecue and salt, and the snack can be either hard or soft, depending on how long you cook them.

Another variety of pork rinds is called tender cracklins, and they’re a staple in the South. Unlike traditional pork rinds, which are fried in lard, tender cracklins are seasoned with salt and other spices before they’re fried, so they don’t puff up in the same way.


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