How to make homemade Hunan smoked bacon

The old saying "Misfortune comes from the mouth, trouble comes from the mouth" makes a lot of sense, because the latest medical research has found that the vast majority of diseases in the human body are caused by "eating". So for the sake of health, we must eat healthily. To eat healthily, it is best for us to cook for ourselves. Now, please learn from me how to make homemade Hunan smoked bacon.

1.121 Spread the coarse salt evenly on the pork and knead it with your hands for 2 minutes

2.212 Prepare the marinated seasonings, cut the pork into thin strips, wash with cold boiled water, drain and set aside

3. Put sugar, white wine, soy sauce, pepper, star anise (break into small pieces), and dried orange peel (break into small pieces) into a large bowl.

4. Put the pork into the pot and turn it over a few times to coat it with the marinade.

5.1 Take out the marinated bacon, clean the marinade on it with your hands, pass a thick cotton rope through the top and tie a knot

6.2 Pour the pork together with the marinade into a thick, sturdy, unbreakable plastic food bag, expel the air and seal it. Move to the 0 degree refrigerator and marinate for 5-7 days (usually it will be tasty after 3 days of marinating, but the longer it marinates, the more fragrant it will be. The specific marinating time depends on the temperature at that time, it must be below 15 degrees, so that the meat will not go bad)

7. Dry the marinated meat in a clean, ventilated, cool place for 5-7 days (the specific drying time depends on the temperature at the time, it must be below 15 degrees so that the meat will not go bad)

8. The dried bacon can be collected. At this time, the surface of the bacon is very dry, but the inside of the meat is still soft when pinched. (Don’t dry it too much, it won’t taste good if it’s too dry)

9. I was reluctant to use my new pot for smoking, so I used the oven to smoke. First, put a piece of tin foil on the baking tray, pour rice, 1 small packet of black tea, 1 large piece of dried orange peel (break it into small pieces), 2 teaspoons of white sugar, and mix well.

10. Heat the oven to 250 degrees, place the baking tray on the bottom layer, and put the pork on the second to last layer.

11. Cover the pork with a piece of tin foil and bake at 250 degrees for 25 minutes. (You can now see the rice underneath has been burnt black and black smoke is coming out of the oven.)

12. If you don't have an oven, use an old frying pan. Put a layer of tin foil in the frying pan, pour rice, black tea, orange peel, sugar, put a rack on it, put the pork, cover the pork with a piece of newspaper or tin foil, cover the pot, and smoke over medium-low heat for 10-20 minutes. You should see black smoke coming out of the pot and the pork turning brown.

13. Let the smoked bacon cool naturally, then wrap it in a plastic bag and store it in the refrigerator or freezer.

After reading the above introduction, you no longer have to envy others for being able to cook delicious food. You can also try it yourself and make your own Hunan smoked bacon according to the steps above.