How To Make Measured Dry Cure Bacon At Home – How To Make Home Cured Bacon
Making bacon at home… but why? Because home made bacon has great flavour, texture, and you control the ingredients. That’s why! This measured dry cure bacon recipe is the foolproof diy bacon recipe.

Ingredients By Weight:
Pork Belly 100%
Salt: 2.5%
Sugar: 1%
Pink Cure #1: .25% (150ppm)

Method:
Weigh your piece of pork belly.
Weigh the rest of the cure components:
Salt is 2.5% of the weight of the pork belly.
Sugar is 1% of the weight of the pork belly.
Pink Cure #1 is 0.25% of the weight of the pork belly.
Mix together the salt, sugar, and pink cure #1.
The above constitutes the ‘cure’.
If you wish to ‘flavour’ the bacon you can layer on as much as you want of almost whatever you want.

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Flavour #1:
We added 2% ground black pepper to one belly.

Flavour #2:
Ground black pepper: 2%
Bay leaves: 4-5 / Kg
Juniper berries: 0.5%
Thyme: 0.5%

Leave the skin on the pork belly, and rub the cure all over – ¾ of the amount should be on the side that is skinless.
Don’t forget the sides and ends.

Place on a rack, above a non-reactive dish and place uncovered in a refrigerator for 5-7 days.
Turn the belly daily, and drain off any accumulated liquid.
Don’t let the belly sit in the liquid, the whole idea is that the belly will dry out – this drying inhibits bacterial growth.

After 5-7 days rinse off any ‘cure left on the surface, place on a clean rack and put back in the fridge for 12-24 hours.

We cold smoked the bacon for 2-3 hours, but you could also hot smoke it if that makes you more comfortable.
Cold smoking needs to be done a temperatures below 30ºC (86ºF) – but ideally below 18ºC (65ºF).
We smoke for 2-3 hours depending on the thickness of the belly.

After cold smoking this bacon is ‘shelf stable’ which means you can store it by hanging in a cool area out of sunlight.
But really you could leave it on the kitchen counter…
This is accomplished by proper curing (salt and sugar) and air circulation that removes water from the belly.
The combination of low water content and salt deters any bacterial growth.
The added comfort of Pink Cure ensures safety.

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From an entire pig all the way to how to make bacon.

Straight from The Bearded Butchers, we’re going to show you how to make bacon. Who doesn’t like bacon? We’re going to show you where does bacon come from on the pig. We’ll cure bacon with natural celery powder and how to cure bacon with curing salt. After that, we’ll smoke bacon for you and cook bacon on the stovetop. Follow along!

Jump ahead and watch us sizzle this bacon at 39:34!

45:38 – What’s the difference between sodium nitrites and celery juice powder for curing? Scott explains.

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4:25 – If you buy a pork belly from a local butcher, be sure that the rind (skin) is removed. We butcher our own pigs and remove the pork rind ourselves, so if it’s still attached, you’ll get a better product if you remove the rind before you cook the bacon.

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RECIPES:

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– 50lb MEAT lug https://meat-your-maker.pxf.io/vngKBj
– 440lb digital scale (for the meat lug) https://meat-your-maker.pxf.io/x9qKWv
– Small dry goods scale (better for weighing the powder) https://meat-your-maker.pxf.io/NKYxOV
– Vacuum Sealer https://meat-your-maker.pxf.io/15KYj9 (Scott’s hot tip at 36:41)
– 10” Meat slicer https://meat-your-maker.pxf.io/KeY6nN

1) 10lb Pork Belly with Natural Cure:
a) 2 gallons cold water (not chlorinated) – water weighs 8lb per gallon
b) 2 pounds of sea salt
c) 1.3oz celery juice powder (https://bit.ly/43FDjpR)

2) 10lb Pork Belly with Nitrites the Old Fashioned Way:
a) 2 gallons cold water (not chlorinated) – water weighs 8lb per gallon
b) 2 pounds of sea salt
c) 1oz pink salt/sodium nitrite (https://bit.ly/3obO7vA)

– We smoked the pork bellies (super smoke mode on our Traeger https://traeger.uym8.net/4e5nB9) at 185 F for 6 hours. Our probe goal was set for 152 F. If you need to bump up the temperature, it’s ok to go to 200 F or 225 F if needed. We smoked with hickory.

– We finish by frying the bacon in our cast iron skillet on the Burch Barrel. Want to see what this unique cooking item is? Check it out here: https://burchbarrel.com/products/burch-barrel

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Index:
1:03 – Bust off the hams from the end of the pork sirloin.
1:25 – Break off the pork shoulder next with the saw. Then, the all important pork belly is cut off of the pork loin.
1:58 – The ribs get cut out of the pork belly. Don’t cut too deep! Then, Seth likes to square up the belly.
6:00 – How to cure bacon with nitrites and how to cure bacon naturally.
12:36 – 12 days later, the bellies are cured, time to cut the bacon!
20:22 – Take the pork bellies out to the smoker and smoke the bacon!
28:55 – The slabs of bacon have had a chance to cool off overnight, now, how to slice the bacon from a pork belly.
40:25 – How to fry bacon on cast iron
45:38 – What’s the difference between sodium nitrites and celery juice powder for curing? Scott explains.

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