Slow-smoked homemade bacon from cured pork belly, deeply savory with sweet and spicy edges.
5 steps, about 260 minutes start to finish.
Divide pork belly and apply two different cures: brown sugar cure on one half, kimchi cure on the other.
Cure the pork belly (duration not specified in transcript).
Rinse cured pork belly thoroughly.
Rest uncovered in refrigerator for 24 hours to form a pellicle (tacky surface).
Smoke at 200°F until internal temperature reaches 150°F.
“Don't skip the uncovered fridge rest, that tacky pellicle it forms is exactly what the smoke clings to. Smoke low and slow to an internal 150, going by temperature and not the clock.”