Made-from-Scratch Bacon Recipe

Name: Made-from-Scratch Bacon Recipe
Ingredients: 1 4- to 5-pound pork belly, skinned; 1/3 cup kosher salt; 3 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper or cracked black peppercorns; 1 1/2 teaspoons pink curing salt, such as Prague Powder #1; 1/3 cup brown sugar, granulated sugar, maple sugar, freeze-dried sugar cane juice (Sucanat), or a mixture of these sweeteners

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Make your own bacon at home with Steven Raichlen's recipe. Here are steps and ingredients, from curing the pork belly to smoking to slices!

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Ingredients

1 4- to 5-pound pork belly, skinned
1/3 cup kosher salt
3 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper or cracked black peppercorns
1 1/2 teaspoons pink curing salt, such as Prague Powder #1
1/3 cup brown sugar, granulated sugar, maple sugar, freeze-dried sugar cane juice (Sucanat), or a mixture of these sweeteners