1. Cleaning treatment: Before curing the bacon, clean the bacon and cut it to facilitate the absorption of fragrance. Then, coat the bacon surface with salt to remove excess water.
2. Packaging: put the cured meat in a sealed bag to prevent air and moisture from entering. Vacuum sealed bags can be used to completely exclude air. It is best to seal the bacon bag with zipper, so that the bacon can be taken out conveniently when needed.
3. Placement: Put the sealed bacon into the freezer, preferably in the coldest place. If there is a partition in the freezer, bacon can be placed at the bottom of the partition to prevent cross-contamination.
4. Pay attention to the temperature: the bacon should be placed after reaching the lowest refrigeration temperature, generally-18℃, which is helpful to freeze the bacon and keep its freshness. At the same time, ensure that the freezing room temperature is stable and avoid freezing or thawing.
5. Avoid refreezing: Frozen bacon should avoid refreezing, because it will destroy the quality and taste of bacon. If you need to take out a part of bacon, you can cut it directly without thawing, take out the needed part, and then reseal the remaining bacon.
To sum up, it takes some skills and efforts to preserve bacon correctly, but it can ensure the delicacy and freshness of bacon. Therefore, if you want to preserve bacon for a long time, the above method is very useful.