Dizzy Pig Homemade Belly Bacon - Dizzy Pig Craft Seasonings

Dizzy Pig Homemade Belly Bacon - Dizzy Pig Craft Seasonings

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Homemade bacon will not taste like your store bought variety.  And no, it will not just taste better. It will change your life!

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Ingredients

  • Pork belly, cut into 3lb pieces
  • 1 Curing Brine (measurements depend on project weight)
  • 2 Water to cover pork belly(s) completely and snugly in a non-reactive brining vessel (such as a food grade pail or small cooler)
  • Salt or Morton’s Tender Quick at 3% of project weight
  • Sugar (light or dark brown recommended) at 2% of project weight
  • .05 oz ‘pink salt’ per pound of project weight* (use only in conjunction with straight coarse sea or kosher salt. Omit if using Tender Quick!)

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