Bourbon cured bacon

Name: Bourbon cured bacon
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 5 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: • 3-1/2 # Pork belly; • 1 tsp Curing salt; • 3 tbsp kosher salt; • 1/2 cp brown sugar; • 1-1/2 tsp black pepper; • 2 oz bourbon

8 steps

Prep:2hCook:3h

Homemade bourbon 🥃 cured Bacon. This sweet and salty deliciousness is so easy to make you may never buy store bacon again. The combination of flavors can be endless and invites creativity. I mean really who can ever have enough bacon???

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:02:48 GMT

Ingredients

20 servings

3 #Pork belly

1 tspCuring salt

3 Tbspkosher salt

0.5 cpbrown sugar

1 tspblack pepper

2 ozbourbon

Instructions

Step 1

1. Mix together all dry ingredients.

Step 2

2. Pat dry pork belly with paper towels. Massage into all sides dry mix.

Step 3

3. Drizzle on bourbon 🥃

Step 4

4. Place belly in a large ziplock bag. Add any left over ingredients. Press out any air from the bag. Lay flat on a pan and store on refrigerator for 7- 10 days. Flip the belly daily

Step 5

5. Remove from bag and dry any moisture. Lay on a cookie rack and place back in the fridge for 4 hours until surface is dry. This will help smoke adhere to the surface.

Step 6

6. Smoke at 200 degrees until internal of 150. I used cherry wood and lump charcoal.

Step 7

7. Refrigerate until firm and slice.

Step 8

8. Enjoy!!

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