Making Bacon
Recipe Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
Ingredients
1 cup honey
1 cup kosher salt
1 pound pork belly
3 cups hickory chips, soaked in water
Directions
In a mixing bowl, whisk the honey and salt together. Place the pork
belly on a piece of plastic wrap. Pour the cure over the pork and wrap the pork belly tightly in the
plastic wrap. Place the pork in a plastic zip-lock bag and seal the bag tightly. Cure the meat for
36 hours under refrigeration. Remove the bag from the refrigerator. Unwrap the pork and rinse off
the cure. Pat the pork dry. Mound 2 1/2 pounds of charcoal briquettes in the center of the grill and
light them. Let burn for 40 minutes. Add the chips and allow them to smoke for about 10 minutes. The
interior temperature of the grill should be 300 degrees F. Place the pork near the outermost part of
the grill rack. This is to avoid direct heat. You want the bacon to absorb the maximum amount of
smoke flavor before it is fully cooked. Smoke the bacon for 30 minutes. Spray the coals as often as