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    This document provides instructions for curing bacon at home, including a list of necessary equipment and ingredients and step-by-step directions. Curing takes 5 days and involves coating the pork belly with a mixture of salt, sugar, and other optional spices before refrigerating and then slicing or cooking the bacon.

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    This document provides instructions for curing bacon at home, including a list of necessary equipment and ingredients and step-by-step directions. Curing takes 5 days and involves coating the pork belly with a mixture of salt, sugar, and other optional spices before refrigerating and then slicing or cooking the bacon.

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    This document provides instructions for curing bacon at home, including a list of necessary equipment and ingredients and step-by-step directions. Curing takes 5 days and involves coating the pork belly with a mixture of salt, sugar, and other optional spices before refrigerating and then slicing or cooking the bacon.

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    How To Cure Bacon at Home - Small Footprint Family™

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    This document provides instructions for curing bacon at home, including a list of necessary equipment and ingredients and step-by-step directions. Curing takes 5 days and involves coating the pork belly with a mixture of salt, sugar, and other optional spices before refrigerating and then slicing or cooking the bacon.

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    The key takeaways are that curing your own bacon allows you to control the quality and ingredients, and it involves salting, sugaring, and refrigerating the pork belly for 3-10 days.

    The steps to cure bacon at home include cutting the pork belly, mixing dry and wet cure ingredients, coating the pork belly and pressing in the cure mixture, refrigerating for 3-10 days, washing off the cure, and drying/smoking/cooking the bacon.

    The curing process takes 3-10 days in the refrigerator, with 5 days being average for a thin belly about 1-1/2 inches thick.

    How to Cure Bacon at Home

    When you cure your own bacon, you get to control the quality of the meat and the
    ingredients it is cured with!

    Prep Time: Curing Time: Total Time:


    20 minutes 5 days 5 days 20 minutes

    Course: Breakfast Cuisine: GAPS, Gluten Free, Keto, Paleo Keyword: bacon
    Servings: 12 people Calories: 1018kcal Cost: $20

    Equipment
    Candy thermometer
    3-quart glass dish with lid

    Ingredients
    5 pounds pasture-raised pork belly skin/rind removed
    1/4 cup sea salt NOT refined table salt
    1/2 cup raw cane sugar coconut sugar, honey, or pure Grade B maple syrup
    1 Tbsp ground black pepper freshly ground

    For a sweet cure, consider adding one or more of the following:


    1 tsp nutmeg
    4 Tbsp coffee
    1-2 Tbsp raw apple cider vinegar
    bourbon to taste

    For a savory cure, consider adding one or more of the following:


    3-4 bay leaves crushed
    4-5 cloves garlic crushed
    1-2 Tbsp fresh thyme
    1 Tbsp fennel seeds toasted
    1 Tbsp whole coriander seed
    1 Tbsp juniper berries
    2 Tbsp smoked paprika
    2 Tbsp red pepper flakes

    Instructions
    1. Cut your pork belly into a nice square, bacon-like block. Rinse it and pat it dry.
    2. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl until they are uniformly combined.
    3. Mix the wet ingredients (if using) in a separate bowl until they are uniformly
    combined.
    4. In a glass dish, use your very clean hands to slather the meat all over with the wet
    ingredients (if using) until thoroughly coated everywhere.
    5. Place one half of the dry cure mixture in the bottom of the glass dish.
    6. Place the wet pork belly into the dish and press it into the salt/sugar mix.
    7. Carefully pour the rest of the dry mixture across the top of the meat and press it in
    uniformly all around, using your hands to thoroughly apply the cure mix into every
    nook and cranny of your pork belly.

    8. Place the dish in the refrigerator for 3-10 days, until the meat feels firm throughout. (5
    days is a good average for a thin belly about 1-1/2 inches thick, but check to be sure.
    The longer you cure it, the saltier it will be.)
    9. Turn the bacon over every day in the liquid that will accumulate in the dish.
    10. After 3-10 days curing, wash the salt/sugar mixture off of the pork belly very carefully.
    11. Pat the bacon dry with a clean towel and set it on a rack over a baking sheet. Allow
    the bacon to air-dry uncovered in the refrigerator for 48 hours.
    12. At this point, you can slice it for "green bacon" or you can smoke or roast the whole
    belly. Only smoking will give the pork belly that smokey flavor most are used to.
    13. If roasting, preheat the oven to 175-200 degrees. Roast the pork belly in the oven until
    it reaches an internal temperature of 150 degrees F, or about 90 minutes.
    The meat should be cooked a bit on the outside, but not all  the way through.
    14. If smoking, smoke over hickory or applewood at 175-200 degrees until meat reaches
    an internal temperature of 150 degrees F, or about 3 hours.
    The meat should be cooked a bit on the outside, but not all the way through.
    15. Let the bacon cool to room temperature on a wire rack over a baking sheet, tightly
    wrap in parchment paper, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
    (This sets the flavor and texture.) 
    16. With a long, very sharp knife, slice it thin or thick, as desired. Use hard-to-slice pieces
    in pots of beans or soup.
    17. Homemade bacon will keep for a week in the refrigerator and several months in the
    freezer.

    Nutrition
    Calories: 1018kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 100g | Saturated Fat: 37g |
    Cholesterol: 136mg | Sodium: 4777mg | Potassium: 378mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A:
    85IU | Vitamin C: 2.9mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1.4mg

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