Frozen large Pork Belly - best ideas to take a piece?

[Richeh]

So I got a 3kg+ slab of pork belly. At the time, it was sealed and frozen, but my mistake was to not cut it into smaller amounts as it is just to feed 2-3 people at a time.

Aside from taking a bread knife to it and putting in the time and effort to cut it to a sizeable portion and have the remaining left frozen are there any other options?

 

[hillbilly2]

Band saw if you got one, or a saber saw.

 

[BUDFORCE]

You could also just let it defrost enough so you can cut through it, then put it back in the freezer, it'll be fine.

 

[sigma]

Ask a butcher to cut it

 

[Sinbad2000]

Cook it all, pull it or similar, and stick what you don't eat back in the freezer.

 

[monkeyspank]

You could also just let it defrost enough so you can cut through it, then put it back in the freezer, it'll be fine.

This is what I would do. + cook it well (measure temps as with any meat tbh) Any pork parasites will be killed in the freezer after a couple of weeks. I wouldn't do the same thing with chicken or even maybe beef. The only downside is extra freezer burn.

 

[dowie]

Better to not defrost it until you're actually going to use it.

You could try an electric carving knife - a decent one should be able to cut through frozen meat.

Or a manual/hand bone saw that butchers used to use.

 

[Yulaw]

Cook it and get tucked in,.enjoy the meat coma.

 

[Bear]

You could also just let it defrost enough so you can cut through it, then put it back in the freezer, it'll be fine.

This. You can defrost meat and refreeze it so long as you defrost it in the fridge.

 

[jpaul]

Mini hacksaw with the protruding blade ? .. after sterilising/cleaning blade

 

[Philtor]

Hatchet? I would take it to the butchers shop and ask them to do it whilst I pick up whatever I need at the same time.

 

[One More Solo]

Can't imagine many butchers offering to cut up meat of unknown provenance on their premises.

 

[haaammit]

As others have said, defrost it enough to cut it with a normal knife. To be perfectly honest, there's no issue with defrosting and re-freezing food as long as you stay within the use by time frame. The main reason that we're told not to thaw and refreeze food is most people are unable to keep track of the times, if that makes sense.

 

[Philtor]

Can't imagine many butchers offering to cut up meat of unknown provenance on their premises.

That’s what the hatchet is for but… to persuade them to do it

Yeah fair point like. The post above seems like the logical solution.

 

[Rotty]

You could also just let it defrost enough so you can cut through it, then put it back in the freezer, it'll be fine.

Thats what I do

 

[drakulton]

dunk it in liquid nitrogen, tap it with a hammer and bag up the pieces to defrost and use at your leisure.

 

[Begbie]

2-3 people, 3kg. Sounds about right.

 

[pre]

Sounds like a personal challenge to eat in one sitting - then you can have your own porky belly.