A culinary guide to authentic ethnic cuisine
The Smoker’s Corner
Hickory Applewood Smoked Bacon
Tips For Smoking Bacon Pat your pork belly dry before dry rubbing. Do not skip adding the pink curing salts to the dry rub. Without them, you will just have smoked pork belly and not bacon. Store and cure the bellies in gallon sized storage …
Smoked Bone In Chicken Breasts
Tips For Smoking Bone In Chicken Breasts If using smaller chicken breasts under 1lb, brine them for 3 hours. If they are larger, over 1lb, they will need to brine for 4 hours. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and let rest at room …
Canadian Bacon
Tips For Making Canadian Bacon Brine the pork loin for 3 days. You need to add the pink curing salts. If you skip adding them, you will have smoked pork loin and not the hamminess of Canadian bacon. Dry out the pork loin in the …
Smoked Pork Shoulder (Dry Rubbed)
Tips For Smoking A Dry Rubbed Pork Shoulder Rub the pork shoulder in a thin layer of mustard. The mustard acts as a binder, allowing the dry rub to stick better to the pork shoulder. Marinate the shoulder overnight in the refrigerator. Use a bone …
Pepper Encrusted Smoked Eye of Round Roast
Tips For Smoking Eye Of Round Roast Rub salt into the roast and let sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. This will help extract moisture and dry out the roast. Let the roast sit out at room temperature for an hour. Throwing a cold …