🇺🇸 United States · Approximate
Pork belly
Pork belly
Spare ribs is the traditional name in United States. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.
Substitutes for Spare ribs that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.
🇺🇸 United States · Approximate
Pork belly
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Baby backs are leaner, smaller, and more tender while spare ribs are larger, fattier, and more flavourful — spare ribs require longer cooking but reward with more richness.
Both come from the belly/underside of the pig and share rich fat content and flavour, but belly is boneless while spare ribs are bone-in from the same general area.