pork belly

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pork belly (usually uncountable, plural pork bellies)

1. A boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig.

   Synonym: belly pork

   • 2012 April, Tyler Cowen, “Revolutionizing the Supermarket Experience”, in An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies, New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN, page 48:

     I thought I would spend a lot of time eating pork belly bought in the store, but no. Great Wall does sell pork belly but not in thinly sliced form, rather in thick rolls.

• side of bacon