SMYE'S LIGHTLY PEPPERED BACON
Bacon, what's not to love? How about the incredibly high salt content, cost, inconsistent flavor, and oft-questionable quality of the meat prior to the cure? Well folks, here's the solution, home-cured, home-smoked bacon from scratch. It's absolutely incredible and less than 1/3 the cost of storebought.
Provided by Smye Sarrel
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork
Time P1DT3h15m
Yield 40
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Rinse pork belly and pat dry. Mix brown sugar, salt, paprika, red pepper flakes, black pepper, curing salt, and cumin seeds together. Add maple syrup. Spread the cure mixture evenly over pork belly.
- Vacuum-seal the pork belly or place it into a resealable plastic bag, squeezing out as much air as possible. Refrigerate for 7 to 10 days.
- Remove pork belly from bag and rinse thoroughly. Pat dry and refrigerate while preheating your smoker to 220 degrees F (105 degrees C) according to manufacturers' instructions.
- Place pork belly, fat-side down, onto the wire rack. Place the rack into the smoker. Add 1 fist-sized chunk of applewood and 1 chunk of hickory wood to the smoke pan according to manufacturer's directions. Smoke for 1 1/2 hours; add 2 more chunks of applewood. Continue smoking until pork belly reaches an internal temperature of about 150 degrees F (66 degrees C), about 1 1/2 hours more.
- Remove pork belly from smoker and slice as desired. Store in the refrigerator for roughly 30 days. You can also portion out the finished bacon and freeze whatever you don't plan to consume right away, as you would any other meat product. To use, simply thaw in the refrigerator and you're good to go with little loss of texture.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 114.5 calories, Carbohydrate 3.4 g, Cholesterol 20.6 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 7.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 1213.2 mg, Sugar 2.2 g
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Sadie Farez
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rashid alya'afytz
[email protected]I was a bit skeptical about this recipe, but I was pleasantly surprised. The bacon turned out great! It was crispy and flavorful, with just the right amount of heat. I will definitely be making this again.
Louis Collazo
[email protected]This was my first time making peppered bacon, and it was a success! The bacon was delicious and flavorful. I will definitely be making this again for my next breakfast.
MS fatema Sadia
[email protected]I love peppered bacon, and this recipe did not disappoint. The bacon was cooked to perfection and the peppercorns added a nice kick. I would definitely recommend this recipe to anyone who loves bacon.
Kevin Kentish
[email protected]This peppered bacon was amazing! I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out perfectly. The bacon was crispy and flavorful, with just the right amount of heat. I will definitely be making this again.