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Reply #13 on: February 28, 2020, 10:31:42 pm »
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrKb38kk8IToday we are going to start the curing process for homemade bacon. This easy homemade bacon recipe is super simple. We are using our Bradley smoker with apple bisquettes to smoke the bacon and in this part 1 we'll be curing bacon with Morton's Tender Quick and brown sugar.
If you want to know how to make bacon at home then follow along. This home cured bacon recipe is one of the easiest and best tasting bacon recipes you'l find. You can even spice this diy bacon recipe up by adding Jalapenos, onions, or any other flavors that you like during the curing process.
Just use 1 tbsp of Morton's Tender quick per pound of uncured pork belly and brown sugar. Place pork belly in a 2 gallon ziplock bag and seal. place in refrigerator, turning over every day, for at least 5 days or up to 7 days until meat becomes firm. Remove and rinse off all spices and Tender Quick from outside of cured pork belly.
Fry up a small piece and test for saltiness. if to salty for your tast soak pork belly in cold water for 15 minutes and replace water with fresh cold water. After a total of 30 minutes fry another small peice and taste test for saltiness. Continue with this process until you have your desired salt level taste.
Apply a good coat of black pepper and smoke on smoker using hickory or apple wood until an internal temperature of 150 degrees is reached. Remove from smoker and allow to cool to room temperature.
Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, over night is preferred. remove from refrigerator and slice to desired thickness and enjoy. We normally vacuum seal in 1 lb packages and freeze until needed.

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