Ontario Pork Blog

Kids and adults alike will have fun picking what to coat these pork strips in! Whether it’s their favourite chip or tortilla flavour these chops will be addictive and perfect to serve up with potato fries! Have your favourite dipping sauce around for added fun.

While in North America we may order pizza on a Friday night, in Greece it’s souvlakia. 

This sandwich has all the flavour of a great Diner lunch but you can make it at home! Choose a soft bun to serve it up in so you get the crunch of the crackle from the pork belly.

This classic appetizer has a new twist, pork belly! Delicious on its own or serve it up with mashed potatoes or creamy polenta. Each bite leaves you wanting another.

If you love pasta carbonara this frittata will soon become a favourite. Made with Ontario bacon, this frittata recipe is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. You can even slice and enjoy it like pizza!

I knew that I wanted to pair Ontario pork with local Ontario asparagus; and then it hit me. Pork chops are an incredibly versatile cut of pork, we stuff so many different cuts of meat with vegetables, why not stuff pork chops with asparagus?

The grilled pork "wing". Classic chicken wing meets pork chop. Be sure to serve these wings with carrot and celery sticks and blue cheese or ranch dipping sauce.

Based on our popular "Ontario Pulled Pork (Slow Cooker Version)" recipe from a few years ago, Lauren from Maritime Glutton took that pulled pork recipe and made it Instant Pot friendly. A few tweaks by Lauren make this classic recipe perfect, and will bring tasty pulled pork to you faster than ever before with only an hour cook time!

The following recipe is inspired by Mexican flavours and Mexican-style chorizo (featuring Mexican chilis, vinegar, salt and pepper), and is very forgiving to whatever kind of fresh chorizo you have access to. Most Ontario grocery stores carry a few varieties of pork sausage labelled “chorizo” that would work well for this recipe.

Instant Pot apple butter basted side pork ribs recipe. For tender ribs, the Instant Pot works well to enhance flavour. The additional juices help create a sweet sauce you can use to baste and/or dip the ribs.

Other than perhaps Vietnamese coffee, the bánh mì sandwich is one of the most famous culinary creations to have emerged from the French colonial period in Vietnam. 

Yes, you can do these ribs in your oven or on a grill. Be a pal and supply plenty of paper napkins, a finger bowl, a bone bowl and toothpicks for after dinner!