Acadian/Canadian Bacon

[squirtthecat]

 ;D

Mixed up some of Hab's Canadian Bacon cure.  And added a Cajun twist to it..




A little taste of Ville Platte. 




A 2.25 and a 2 pound top loin, rubbed up and vacuum sealed for a week in the fridge.




We'll check back next Saturday...  (I'll flip/massage them daily)

[Habanero Smoker]

Looks good. I just made some using a mild chilli powder. I'm hoping to taste it either today or for breakfast tomorrow.

[mrmcdowe]

squirtthecat, is there any special reason you vacuum seal instead of using ziplock bags?  It looks much cleaner and easier to put in the refrigerator because those bags rarely leak. 

I might try this next time.

Thanks

[squirtthecat]

squirtthecat, is there any special reason you vacuum seal instead of using ziplock bags?  It looks much cleaner and easier to put in the refrigerator because those bags rarely leak. 

I might try this next time.

Thanks

That's exactly why I did that.  I put a double seal down on those bags, so there is no chance of the bags leaking into the lettuce crispers.    I had that happen once with some belly bacon and wow what a smelly mess.

[squirtthecat]

Time to smoke!

Rinsed and banded up.  (thanks KyNola for the high temp cooking bands!)




I was going to copy his 'strung up' idea as well, but wanted to try making a cradle of sorts.    Dug out a cheapo rib rack and bent it to shape.



In we go..  225*, top shelf of the MAK.






90 minutes later...  Getting some color now.





They might be done in an hour or so - we'll check back then.

[pensrock]

Looks good, I got some sitting in the fridge right now. Will probably smoke on Thur.

[KyNola]

Beginning to get some pretty color on it.

[MidKnightRider]

Starting to look great!

[squirtthecat]

Cough cough cough...




Done!





One is just a bit short of the temp I want, so they are in the crockpot on 'low' while we head to church.

[Quarlow]

Mm mm mm I gots ta make some more soon. Love the rubber band trick, beats tieing.

[KyNola]

Pretty pretty pretty.  If it tastes half as good as it looks.............awesome.

[seemore]

wow neat stuff looks good also

[OU812]

OH YA!

Thats gonna be gooood!

[wyrman]

That looks really good, I think I'm going to have to try that.

[pensrock]

Great looking bacon.

One is just a bit short of the temp I want, so they are in the crockpot on 'low' while we head to church.

I always under cook mine cause I plan to quick fry it to eat. This way I avoid the chance of drying out.