Looking for bacon recipe

[jbellard]

Hey folks!

Did my first batch of dry cured bacon last week and it turned out well but way too sweet. Like bacon candy.
Looking for a recipe that will give me more like store bought bacon taste.

Just found a store that has whole pork belly so help me out!!!

Thanks!

 

[tropics]

Hey folks!

Did my first batch of dry cured bacon last week and it turned out well but way too sweet. Like bacon candy.
Looking for a recipe that will give me more like store bought bacon taste.

Just found a store that has whole pork belly so help me out!!!

Thanks!

Use less sugar.Do a smaller piece an see how it taste.
Richie

 

[motocrash]

What did you use?

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Just did a big batch last month used tender quick and brown sugar. Smoked for around 11 hours. Tastes great not to sweet or salty. The slabs I coated in black pepper were even better!

 

[tropics]

http://www.diggingdogfarm.com/page2.html

Adjust as needed
Richie

 

[smokerjim]

I use pops brine, always comes out good, like the others said you can always adjust your sugar to your liking. if your looking for more of a store bought flavor I would say try pops brine, I think the dry cure will give you more of a country taste.

 

[jbellard]

Thanks for the responses!
I don’t have room in the fridge to do pops brine method.

Here is what I did last time.
5lb batch

 

[bregent]

View attachment 385029 Thanks for the responses!
I don’t have room in the fridge to do pops brine method.

Here is what I did last time.
5lb batch

Those numbers look fine. That's 1% sugar - really not too much and should not have been that sweet. Is it possible you measured incorrectly? Maybe swapped salt with sugar :) Anyway, try reducing it slightly next time.

 

[tropics]

Here is diggydogs for 5#

You can see the calculator on the right side for the meat weight
try cutting the sugar back to .75%
IMHO it should work
Richie

 

[motocrash]

What bregent said.Your numbers are right on.

 

[jbellard]

Thanks fellas!
Anything is possible as far as my measuring but I feel I was pretty focused since I had read that it needed to be precise measurements.
Will lessen sugar and give it another go!

I did use brown sugar, don’t know if that would make a difference

 

[indaswamp]

Thanks fellas!
Anything is possible as far as my measuring but I feel I was pretty focused since I had read that it needed to be precise measurements.
Will lessen sugar and give it another go!

I did use brown sugar, don’t know if that would make a difference

Yes, brown sugar will make a difference. More of a molasses taste to the finished bacon. White sugar will give you a cleaner taste like store bought.