Pop’s brine in ziplock bag

[cooperman]

Hey all,
I’m going to brine 2-5 lbs pork bellies in Pop’s brine. I don’t have a big enough container for the bellies, can I use big ziplockbags?
Thanks

 

[pc farmer]

Yes. Be sure they are sealed. Would hate for it to leak all over the fridge

 

[daveomak]

If you can mix up a gallon of Pops brine and add it to each 5# belly that would work...

 

[pops6927]

Certainly! Echo what cfarmer said.

 

[buzzy]

Remember to try to get most of air out of bag

 

[cooperman]

Thanks for all the replies, can you use those disposable aluminum roasting pans with the plastic covers?

 

[daveomak]

If the meat is in a zip bag, then it "can" be put in a disposable aluminum container as leak protection... I would not use aluminum for a brining bucket.. "maybe" if it was marine grade aluminum and nothing else was available..

 

[zippy12]

I have brined a corned beef in a 2+ gallon zip lock.
Remove all the air
place bag in a drip catching container (zip locks do leak a bit I find)
put in coldest part of the fridge

 

[cooperman]

Thanks Dave, good idea Holly, got me thinking I have 2 Lems meat lugs with my sausage eguipment, so I dug those out. I'll put the 2 bellies in the bags of brine, and contain them in the lugs. One more question. Does the brine container have to be covered?
Thanks again all

 

[buzzy]

Not if using ziplocks