First time bacon

[gus4416]

First try at bacon
I used a recipe of the internet called for a cup of kosher salt and a cup of brown sugar and a teaspoon of pink cure salt it all so had a mix of molasses and maple syrup rubbed on it before the salt and sugar then in the fridge in a baggie for 7 days turning daily took it out washed it of and it is so salty you can’t hardly eat it so I have it soaking in water before I smoke it

[detter22]

gus4416 I would soak it three times (20 mins) in a Meat tub slice off a piece and cook it up and see how salty it is still salty keep soaking.

[gus4416]

Thanks that is what I thought but wasn’t sure

[jim arner]

I used the same recipe but used 1/2 of salt, came out excellent
Used apple wood smoke

[detter22]

jim arner seems like most all the ones I tried way to much salt. I gave up on the internet and went Waltons!

[Jonathon]

gus4416 We’ll try to get a bacon cure on sale for you in the next few months, sometimes online recipes work out but sometimes they don’t!

[gus4416]

Thanks I will be looking for it

[OKLHUNTER]

I had a similar recipe and cut the kosher salt back to 2/3 cup and brown sugar up to 1 1/3 cup. I also add 1TBS course ground pepper, 1 TBS onion powder and 1 TBS garlic powder. I did this because the pink curing salt made the mix too salty for my taste. My next venture will be to add the maple syrup to the mix and see how that works out.