Salt Pork

Salt pork is a fatty pork product used to flavor stews and other dishes. Rinse salt pork and pat dry well before using. Frequently the salt pork will be minced fine then fried crisp to extract all the fat. The fat is then used to fry meats or vegetables to infuse a distinctive pork flavor.

If you don't have salt pork you can substitute equal amounts of
Thick sliced bacon
OR Ham (less salty)
OR Pancetta
OR 1 ham hock

1/4 lb salt pork = 1 cup cracklings