I Made Bacon!

[Phil Perrin]

We finally got some pork belly last weekend. I cooked a nice chunk for dinner last Sunday and put some in the freezer for later. But most of it went for bacon!
I used Steven Raichlen's recipe and rubbed it down last weekend. Simple enough. K salt, curing salt, brown sugar and black pepper. I didn't have a big enough ziplock bag, so I made a big vacuum bag and just sealed both ends. I flipped it daily,then Friday night, I took it out, rinsed it well and onto a rack in the fridge.

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Yesterday, I took it out and onto the kettle with a snake of K and maple chips.

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I also got to use my iGrill mini again. That's a handy little unit, I'll tell you what!
After about 4 hours, it reached an internal of 160* and back to a rack to cool.

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Which brings us to this mornings breakfast.

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Holy. WOW! As I imagined, it was soooooo much better than store bought!
I gave a chunk to a buddy last night. He called me this morning saying he NEEDED some more! I laughed and told him next time I made some, I'd hook him up again!
Thanks for looking everyone!

 

[Tim McCann]

Looks awesome! Once you make your own, you won't buy again!

 

[Clint]

you know we want the crunchy pic

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Great job on that bacon Phil!

 

[Robert T]

That's awesome Phil. Congrats on a successful first try. I really want to do this some day.

 

[Barb D]

Phil outstanding and you won't want store bought bacon very again. Yes Robert T you do need to make some.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Welcome to the Homemade Bacon Society! You'll never look back. I just made my fourth batch. This one was breakfast bacon, brown sugar, white sugar and cinnamon and smoked with peach and apple. It's wonderful!

 

[Mark B]

Great job Phil ! I must try that one day...

 

[Ed M.]

Great job on the bacon, Phil!! Hope to do this real soon myself.

 

[Phil Perrin]

The hardest thing about this was finding pork belly! It's really so simple!

 

[ChuckO]

Fantastic looking bacon Phil! I have so got to do this

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

Looks awesome, I will take a slice or 10 please

 

[Phil Perrin]

Pammi put a few chunks in the beans she made for dinner tonight. So much better than the smoked pork hocks she had been putting in!

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[Don Reed]

DANG !!! that does look good, hmmm, the Chef's Store has bellies on sale this week.

 

[russ olin]

Nice looking bacon. You will never buy store bought again.
I hear you on how hard it is finding pork belly. My sister brings it down from Craig CO when she comes down several times a year.
Congrats on your team last night too.

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Damn that looks fantastic! Definitely on my to do list!

 

[Tommy B]

looks like a really good cook. Did you keep the skin on the belly?

 

[Phil Perrin]

Tommy, this was already skinned.

 

[Robert-R]

Great job there. Home made bacon is a game changer. You will never be the same again. Goes for pork belly tacos, too.

 

[John Sp]

Wow that is some great looking bacon Phil. I love the color on the grill and the frying pan shot made me wish for breakfast time!

Regards,

John