What is crackling in crackling cornbread?

Question

crackling appears to be an ingredient but i can;t find it in the grocery store. What does it do

Answer 1

it is tiny pieces of pork skin.. usually it is in the meat department

Answer 2

Crackling is deep fried pork rind. Also called pigskins.

Answer 3

When pork fat is rendered down (melted) for lard, the crunchy parts are skimmed off and called cracklin's. It's not too healthy. Crushed bacon would be a good substitute.

Answer 4

Cracklings are hog fat that's not good enough to be lard.  They're gray and lumpy bits but they taste so good!  Most store bought ones have the skin on it -- you cannot eat them, you will choke.  And it's impossible to get the skin off.  Use bacon instead.

Answer 5

Rendered pork fat (Fatback from the butcher) You heat cubed pork fat it in a pan until all that remains are crispy little bits of pork  (Make sure you open the windows as this smell hangs

in the house from cooking)  it takes a LONG time....drain off the grease into a bowl and refrigerate until hardened, and use the cracklins (Crispy pieces) in the cornbread and the rendered fat to grease the skillet...heres my recipe for cracklin cornbread stuffing (you can make just the cornbread plain and not use it as stuffing)

Wendy's Cracklin Cornbread Stuffing

~CORNBREAD~

2 cups Cornmeal

2 teaspoons Baking powder

1 Tablesoon Baking Soda

3/4 Teaspoons salt

2 Beaten eggs

2 Cups Buttermilk

2 Tablespoons Vegatable Oil

rendered Pork Fat or bacon grease for greasing the pan

1 cup Craclkings

~DRESSING~

1 cup Celery

1/2 cup Onion

1 stick butter

1 lb Bacon, Cooked and Crumbled

Directions

   1. Mix cornmeal Baking Powder, Baking Powder and Salt in a large bowl.

   2. Ad Eggs, Buttermilk, Vegtable oil and Cracklings and stir until moistened

   3. Grease 10 in Iron Skillet generously with Rendered pork fat. and place in oven 4 mins until hot

   4. Remove from oven

   5. Spoon batter into Skillet and bake at 450 for 25 mins until lightly browned

   6. Cool and crumble into a large bowl

   7. mix into cornbread bowl 1 lb cooked crumbled bacon and refrigerate overnight

   8. Cook celery and onion in 1 stick of butter until tender.

   9. add celery mixture to cornbread mixture

  10. Use to stuff Turkey

Answer 6

The remaining fat in the skin of the animal is the sound or crackling sound you here.