Applewood Smoked Bacon
Serves: 40
Ingredients:
10-pound pork belly, slab
1/3 pound pickling salt
4 tsp BBQ Rub
1 tsp pink salt (Prague Powder #1, a curing salt)
1/3 pound brown sugar
Method:
In a large mixing bowl, combine pickling salt, rub, pink salt, and brown sugar and mix well.
In a large non-reactive container, liberally rub both sides of the pork with the mixture.
Refrigerate for 4 days in the container.
Remove pork and rinse well with cold water. Dry with paper towels.
Setup cooker for smoking or indirect heat at 180 degrees F. Use apple wood for smoke.
Cook bacon until the internal temperature has reached 140 degrees F, approximately 4 hours.
Cool overnight in the refrigerator.
Slice into strips of bacon using a deli slicer. Freeze any excess bacon.
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