How to Make Bacon

Bacon is a cured meat prepared from several different cuts of meat. It is usually made from side and back cuts of pork, except in the United States, where it is almost always prepared from pork belly. Bacon may be eaten smoked, boiled, fried, baked, or grilled, or used as a minor ingredient to flavor dishes. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo by wEnDaLicious [/caption]

Bacon

Ingredients: pork belly (liempo), 1 kg salt, 2 1/3 tbsp sugar,3/4 tbsp prague powder, 1/4 tsp ascorbic acid (Vit. C), 250 mg Utensils: knife weighing scale chopping board mixing bowl measuring spoons tray Procedure: 1. Mix dry ingredients thoroughly. 2. Rub the ingredients on the skin side of the trimmed bacon, and then on the fleshly portion. 3. Pack the slabs skin down on an enameled or non-corrosive container. 4. Cure in the refrigerator for 1 week. 5. After curing, soak the slabs for a few minutes in warm water. 6. Drain the bacon. 7. Smoke for 2 hours. 8. Dry for 9 days. 9. Slice thinly. 10. Cook by frying in its own lard. Ingredients can be bought at: Ultima Entrepinoy Center Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines Bldg. 107 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave., Quezon City Tel: 411-1349; 742-0826; 742-7866 Email: lulu_sfmh@yahoo.com Web: www.spicesandfoodmix.com sources: dost.gov.ph, wikipedia