Are you a bacon lover who is tired of buying pre-packaged bacon that is loaded with preservatives and additives? Have you ever considered making your own bacon at home, but thought it would be too time-consuming? Well, think again! With this easy and quick recipe, you can make your own delicious bacon in just 60 minutes.
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Let me show you what this recipe is all about.
You can find the full instructional video at the end of this page.
Ingredients
1,5 kg / 3.3 lbs pork belly
4 tbsp fine table salt
Tools
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How to
- Take a sharp boning knife and use it to slice off the pork skin.
- Fire up your smoker. I'm using hardwood lumb charcoal because i'm using a gravity fed charcoal smoker.
- I'm adding 2 additional chunks of beech smoke wood and I'm adding that to the ash tray. In this BBQ the hot ash will fall down inflaming the extra smoke wood.
- Set the temperature for 120°C or 250°F.
- Put your pork belly skinside down in the center immediately after you turned the smoker on.
- Stick in a wireless Meater to keep track on the temperature.
- Smoke until you hit a core temperature of 70°C or 160°F.
- Slice the pork belly into thin slices.
- Season with 4 tbsp of regular table salt and mix it in with the salt.
- Heat up a pan and start rendering down your bacon strips and turn it into beautiful dark brown bacon.
