How to make homemade Agave & Bourbon Smoked Bacon

How to make homemade Agave & Bourbon Smoked Bacon
How to make homemade Agave & Bourbon Smoked Bacon is a dairy free beverage. This recipe makes 20 servings with 713 calories, 11g of protein, and 60g of fat each. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up madhavan agave nectar, maker's mark bourbon whiskey, pink curing salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

1
If necessary, defrost your pork belly in the refrigerator. You cannot cure frozen pork!
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Combine the salt, pink salt and sugar in a bowl and mix well.Rub this mixture over the entire surface of the belly.
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Place pork belly in a 2 gallon Ziploc bag or shallow container. (The salt will make the pork release water creating a brine).
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Pour the agave nectar over the pork belly. Make sure its distributed evenly on all sides of the pork belly.Refrigerate, turning the pork, and redistributing the cure every day for seven days.
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Remove the pork from the cure, rinse thoroughly, and pat dry.
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Place it on a rack set over paper towels in the refrigerator and allow to dry, uncovered for 12-24 hours.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings20
Health Score1
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