Four points for curing bacon: first, prepare materials, pork belly, salt, star anise, pepper, vinegar (soy sauce) and wine; The second is to stir-fry the prepared ingredients. Add salt, star anise and pepper to the pot and stir-fry for one minute. The purpose of frying is to fry the aroma of star anise and pepper thoroughly, so that the raw aroma can't come out; The third is to rub pork, and repeatedly rub the fried ingredients on the prepared pork belly. Make sure that every piece of pork has the aroma of ingredients and marinate for about three days; Fourth, vinegar (soy sauce), wine or the above materials can be well colored and have a strong flavor, and then marinated for one or two days. The rest is hanging, and the bacon will be cured in a dry and ventilated place for about a month.

The above four points are similar to the curing method of ancient bacon. Modern people put a lot of materials in curing, but the actual effect is not very good, which will cover up the original flavor of meat. Last year, the bacon cured by the above method was very popular with relatives and friends, far more delicious than those complicated tutorials on the Internet, and it lasted for a long time and could be eaten all year round.

Pay attention to three points in curing bacon: First, pork belly is the best choice. Pork belly is suitable for curing bacon, and the aroma of ingredients can be melted into the meat during kneading. If the meat is too thin, the aroma of the ingredients can only float on the surface; Second, there is no need to wash pork belly before kneading, which will lead to the possibility of pork deterioration. Some people will wash the pork before pickling, which is not right. Third, it is good to have a large amount of salt. A lot of salt is not absolutely good for cured meat. Don't just consider the storage time and ignore the taste. What bacon wants is salty and fragrant. In addition, don't use complicated materials for bacon. Bacon is bacon, and simplicity is truth.

Now that the solar term of heavy snow is coming, as the saying goes, "Pickled vegetables are fragrant with light snow, and bacon is fragrant with heavy snow." If you have time, you might as well use the simplest and simplest method to pickle bacon, which can be used to entertain relatives and friends until the New Year.