Microwave Pork Puffies Pork Rinds, Original, 5 Lb

I've been ordering these for close to a decade and they're always amazing! Being almost 9 years Paleo and a nutrition specialist, even grainfree and root vegetable chips are often made unhealthy with inflammatory vegetable or seed oils. Those made in clean, healthy oils are still pretty high in carbohydrates and having metabolic syndrome due to parental negligence while I was growing up, my system can't handle the carb load. These puffies are the perfect, low-calorie, pure protein, chip replacement! 1:40 on a paper towel in the microwave results in light, airy, crispy, warm vehicles for everything from guacamole to salsa to tuna salad to a fully loaded burger, cut up to be made scoopable. YUMMY!

I recommend cooking in an air fryer with a window to watch them. Did not have much luck microwave cooking

I've read a couple if different methods for microwaving these Carolina Gold Nuggets pork rinds. These methods include using a paper plate and using the Nordicware Microwave popcorn bowl. My first two batches were, in fact, tried using these two microwave methods. Neither of these two methods succeeded in giving me pork rinds that were fluffy, crunchy and properly cooked. What I ended up getting was portions that were tough, teeth cracking pieces. Some parts were fluffy, some were hard-crispy and some parts weren't cooked no matter how long I left them cooking. I have tried the Lowrey's Microwaveable pork rinds in the past which cook in what look like Microwave popcorn bags. These bags always produce fantastic, crispy, crunchy and fluffy pork rinds with no chewiness or teeth cracking pieces. The problem with Lowrey's bags is that they're pricey and heavy with salt. I bought the Carolina Gold Nuggets in hopes that I could save some money and reduce the amount of salt on them. Sure enough, they come unsalted. Unfortunately, I couldn't seem to reproduce the texture of what Lowrey's microwave pork rind bags give. At first, I thought the pork rinds were some how different from what Lowrey's uses. I found that to be wrong. Instead, what I've determined is that there's really only one way to microwave pork rinds properly... and that's in the bags that Lowrey's uses for their cooking method. Why does this method make such a big difference? Steam. When you cook on a paper plate or in a Nordicware microwave bowl, too much steam escapes. In the microwave bag, the steam doesn't escape. The steam is released from the pork rinds and it is this steam that is used to reinforce the cooking power of the microwave. The steam leaves the pork rinds even fluffier, crispier and without any hint of a rubbery texture or any hard pieces to break your teeth. This method ensures that every piece in the bag cooks fully and completely. This means getting a bag and trying this method. When packing the bag, you must make sure the pieces don't overlap, so you need to move the bag around so that the pieces lay flat inside the bag. The Lowrey's bags show you how to do this. In my microwave, the cooking time is 2 minutes to perfectly cooked pork rinds (even using Carolina Gold Nuggets) using a bag. I couldn't get anything close to this with 3 or more minutes using any other method. Using an old Lowrey's bag, the rinds come out perfect. If I cook on a paper plate or in the Nordicware popcorn bowl, they come out unevenly cooked, including break-your-teeth hard pieces. This is wasteful and unnecessary when those pieces could have fully cooked. If you've bought any Lowrey's in the past, save the bags and reuse them for the Carolina Gold Nuggets. You can reuse the bags over and over. You might even be able to reuse microwave popcorn bags. You'll just need to wipe them out after each use. I don't dare try this with a standard brown lunch bag as they're not designed for this purpose and might catch fire. The Lowrey's bags are designed for this cooking purpose. A single bag has withstood several reuses without any hint of browning (i.e., fire). These are great pork rinds when cooked properly. However, Carolina Gold Nuggets needs to sell us the same commercial microwave bags like what Lowrey's uses so we can properly cook them. I'm rating this 5 stars because the pork rinds are perfect when properly cooked. Unfortunately, we need the proper tools to make that happen. Hopefully, this helps you get better rinds out of your microwave with the Carolina Gold Nuggets. Good luck.

OMG! These things are awesome! First off, let me say that these were purchased for the simple fact that I like pork skins and purchase them from the store quite frequently.. I'm not on keto, or looking for a healthy snack. that being said, I do not cook these according to the bag directions. I do not microwave, bake or air fry. I deep fry these for about 4 or 5 minutes at 350 in what I would say is maybe a 75/25 blend of peanut oil and clean filtered bacon grease. Remove from grease and onto paper towel lined tray and generously salt with some Diamond Crystal Kosher salt. I now don't ever have to buy pork skins from the store anymore. You can season these how you like. I have tried salt and vinegar seasoning on them also, but just plain kosher salt is the best to me. Everyone loves them!! Just ordered second bag. I wish they shipped quicker is my only con.

We have been eating these for at least 5 years. Cooking is key to a great tasting rind. Microwave cooking can be good but I really think it depends on the microwave. The microwave in our house does not do a good job. After 5 minutes on high many are cooked properly but about 1/3 are still hard or partially cooked. Placing the uncooked back in the microwave does not work for us. We have tried the microwave popcorn cookers without success. The microwave in our RV is the same wattage and it does a great job almost every time with very few uncooked. No explanation but it is definitely true. Cooking in oil. Heat about a cup of canola oil to about 450 F in a small 4 or 5 inch high wall pot and add 5 or 6 chips. Every one will cook perfectly. You have to be right there when they are cooking because they will burn. Remove them to paper towels. My criticism of this method is that I don’t think they taste as good. Maybe the oil extracts some flavor but the rinds are beautiful. Baking is our preferred go to easy method. Preheat oven to 450 F place a single layer of rinds, don’t crowd, and bake for 3 minutes. You must watch them from about 2.5 minutes because they will burn quickly after they are done. Almost every rind will cook and those that don’t can be put back and usually they will finish. We have not tried air frying but that sounds like a good option.

I bought a 5lb bag 18 days ago. I was looking for a snack to hold off type 2 diabetes. I searched for the pork pellets on YouTube and saw where people tried cooking them in the microwave, oven, hot oil and air fryer. The air fryer seemed to come out on top but I decided to try all four methods myself. the hot oil resulted in oily half puffed skins as did the oven and microwave minus the oily part on the latter 2 methods. The air fryer on air fry for 7 minutes = nice fluffy pork rinds every time, no preheat necessary. Combined with a can of sardines makes a good lunch. I don't add any flavorings because to me have they just the right amount of salt. The only thing I find Bad about these pork rinds is that it only lasted 18 days. I need to order another bag!

I like pork rinds and this was a good way to buy them, two minutes in the microwave and they were done.They are not overly prcocessed with salt. Good snack for me and my dogs, and they love them.