Starting My First Canadian Bacon

[DrewJ]

Started curing my first pork loin this weekend to make Canadian Bacon using Bearcarver's Tenderquick method. The local supermarket had loin on sale for $1.99 a pound and I picked up two 4 pound chunks. I only have one photo because I need to keep an eye on my sous chef while handling raw meat and cure. He's almost 3 and loves to help in the kitchen but isn't fully aware of food safety yet. :) So the only photo so far is the meat bagged and ready for a rest in the fridge. And of course a pic of my sous chef helping making a batch of chili around Christmas time.


I'll follow up once it's cured and smoked. Thanks to all the contributors to this forum it makes doing stuff like this so easy!

 

[HalfSmoked]

Great chef there how long have you been in training with him?

Warren

 

[oddegan]

I use Bears TQ method as well and I've never made a bad batch of back bacon with it. Look forward to seeing how it turns out. Keep us posted.

 

[PerazziMx14]

Please remove

 

[Bearcarver]

Great Start, Drew!!
Good looking helper ya got there too.

Better keep an eye on him. He's about the same age as I was when I got caught standing on a chair, holding a Hot Dog on a big fork, over one of the gas burners. Boy did I get it!!!

Be Back!!

Bear

 

[DrewJ]

Don't be surprised if your asks for a Big Green Egg or a Traeger for his 3rd birthday.

That's one way to get my wife to agree to more kitchen and grilling stuff. "But Sweetie, it's not for me, it's for the boys." ;)

 

[SmokinAl]

Great start!
Al

 

[DrewJ]

Here is the follow up to my first attempt at Canadian Bacon. Very good stuff and I will do it for sure again. It is just a little bit salty for some of the members of my household so next time I'll give it a soak for a couple of hours and see how that goes. It wasn't too salty for me which is why I didn't soak it this time after the fry test. Here are some pics.

Out of the cure, rinsed and ready for the fry test:

In the smoker with pepper, garlic powder and onion powder:

All done and cooling off a bit before cutting into one of them:

Very good stuff:

Since I still had one row of pellets left in my AMPS we had smoked brats and salmon patties for dinner:

Thanks again to everyone for the great info on this board! I would never have tried making my own Canadian Bacon without it!

-drew-

 

[weev]

I hope it taste as good as it looks.
I have a batch sitting in the fridge that will go in the smoker on Sunday its been torture waiting for it

 

[oddegan]

The bacon looks outstanding and the smoked salmon patties sound amazing. I'd like to see the recipe for those please.

 

[Bearcarver]

Nice Job, Drew!!:)
All Looks Great !!
Like.
Don't eat all that CB in one sitting!!:rolleyes:

Bear

 

[gmc2003]

Looks really good Drew, CB is something I've yet to try. The to-do list just keeps growing and growing.

Point for sure

Chris

 

[DrewJ]

The bacon looks outstanding and the smoked salmon patties sound amazing. I'd like to see the recipe for those please.

The salmon patties were a bit of an experiment and couldn't be any easier. Coscto sells wild Alaskan Salmon Patties from Trident and we usually grill them. They get tossed on the grill from frozen and are really good that way. I just tossed 6 of them still frozen into a 225 degree smoker until done. About 2 hours or a little less. I didn't really watch the clock. They were tasty and super easy.

 

[DrewJ]

I hope it taste as good as it looks.
I have a batch sitting in the fridge that will go in the smoker on Sunday its been torture waiting for it

If it's as good as mine you are going to love it!

 

[oddegan]

I smoked 5 pound of it Sunday. I pulled it from the smoker and left it in a pan on the stove to cool because I had to run an errand. A half hour later when I got back one of the pieces was an inch and a half shorter and my daughter had a guilty look on her face. I must have done ok. Back bacon is always a winner. Drew that does sound like an easy to make recipe for salmon patties. LOL!

 

[ab canuck]

Great looking CB..... That is on my list as well. Waiting for decent weather now that I have the time.... Point