Slice pork, apply coarse salt, knead for 2 minutes, put white sugar, white wine, soy sauce and other materials in a pot, wrap pork with marinade, put pork and marinade in a plastic bag, seal and marinate for 7 days, take it out after marinating, tie a rope at the top, sun the cured meat for about 7 days, take back the cured meat, spread tin foil on the baking tray, pour rice, black tea, dried orange peel and white sugar, and bake the pork for 25 minutes.

How to cure Hunan bacon

How to cure Hunan bacon

Main ingredients:

Pork belly1000g

Marinade:

30g of crude salt, 50g of white sugar 1 5g, 30g of high-alcohol liquor, 30g of light soy sauce, 20 prickly ash, star anise 1 piece, and dried orange peel1piece.

Smoked material:

Rice 1 cup, black tea 1 packet, dried orange peel 1 chunk, 2 tsps of white sugar.

The practice of Hunan bacon:

1. Pork is cut into strips, cleaned, drained, coated with coarse salt and kneaded for 2 minutes;

2. Put white sugar, white wine, soy sauce, pepper, star anise and dried orange peel into a basin, put pork in it and wrap it with marinade;

3. Put the pork and marinade into a plastic bag, exhaust the air inside, seal it, put it in a 0 degree refrigerator and marinate it for about 7 days;

4. After pickling, take out the bacon, remove the marinade on it, then put a hole in the top, and then tie a knot through the rope;

5. Put the cured meat in a ventilated and cool place and let it dry for about 7 days;

6. Take back the dried bacon, and then you can smoke it. I use an oven here;

7. Spread a piece of tin foil on the baking tray, pour 2 tsps of rice, black tea 1 packet, dried orange peel 1 chunk and white sugar and mix well;

8. Turn on the oven for 250 degrees, put the baking tray on the bottom layer, put the pork on the penultimate layer, cover the pork with a piece of tin foil and bake for about 25 minutes;

9. After smoking, let it cool, wrap it in a plastic bag, and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration or frozen preservation.

How to cure Hunan bacon

Tips:

1, the best season to cook bacon is December, because the temperature is relatively low, and you don't have to worry about mildew when curing and drying meat.

2. If you don't have an oven at home, you can also use a waste wok. Spread a layer of tin foil in the wok, pour rice, black tea, orange peel and sugar, put a shelf on it, put pork pieces on it, cover the pork with a newspaper or tin foil, cover the lid, and smoke with medium and small fire 10-20 minutes.