Grocery near my house is selling these salt pork packages for $5 a pop. From what I understand, this is just regular salt cured pork belly, yeah?
Can I just take one of these lil slabs and smoke it to make bacon? Would I have to soak in cold water to remove excess salt first?
Educate me bros.
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>>9361125
>Can I just take one of these lil slabs and smoke it to make bacon?
Yes, pretty much.
If you cold smoke it, then you're basically making something similar to the bacon you buy in the store, and can fry it up the same way.
Hot smoke it, and you'll be cooking it in the process, but will still get a smoky flavor added to it when it's done.