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Well people, I seem to have been put in my place. Although I am still alive, apparently you are NOT to use my recipe because it may be fatal. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Most curing salts will tell you to use 1 tsp for 5lbs of meat. Here is the recipe that I have used several times and it works great. This is for 1 lb of skinless pork belly so you can adjust accordingly.
1 lb pork belly
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp curing salt (I know that sounds like to...
I got bored the other day so I decided to make some Chicken Brats.
Hot and Spicy (a little disappointed, not really that hot)
Jalapeno and Cheddar
Buffalo Wing Cheese with Blue Cheese
I am not sure if what I do is considered "double-smoking", but that is what I call it. After the 1st smoking, and I mean heavy, heavy smoking, I throw it in the fridge for a couple of hours then smoke the heck out of it again. Compared side-by-side with the single-smoke method, the double has...
I love making homemade bacon and I use a dry rub. Curing salt, crushed black pepper, kosher salt and brown sugar. I coat each side thoroughly and wrap with plastic wrap, several times, very tightly and seal in a container. I will let it sit around 10 or 11 days in the fridge, depending on the...
Has anyone ever used, or tried to use, any other cut of beef other than brisket for homemade corned beef? Just wondering what you used and how it turned out.
I like the idea of the hot water bath more than what I did. Putting it in the oven seemed to dry the sausage out a bit. One question: Using the hot water bath, did that seem to pull out or dilute the smoke flavor at all?
I recently made some summer sausage on my smoker. Where as almost all were done, a few slipped by me and were not finished. I temped about half the batch and they all checked out good but I noticed that a few still felt very soft. I have already put them in an ice bath and everything and was...
I am looking to buy a smoker for making smoked sausage, summer sausage, snack sticks, etc. I am really hung up on what will work best. Other than the obvious differences between electric, propane and charcoal, what seems to work best. I have done a ton of reading and there are several pros...