A few of you know that I have not been confident in this area. I have never cured any meat before and this was a scary area for me. Well, I finally got the courage to give this a try and I'm sooo glad I did. I had a 4lb loin that I cut in half. One half I used TQ and sugar. The other half TQ and brown sugar. Here they are just bagged for the cure:
I left them in the fridge for almost a week. Here they are soaking.
I only let them soak for about 30 minutes and did the fry test.
Tasted pretty good so off to the smoker with them.
I know I should have trimmed off a little more fat on the one before the cure, but I cut my finger while doing so, and said the heck with it.
I smoked them with hickory until internal temp reached 160. I started late last Friday so by the time they were finished, I just let 'em rest and then put them in the fridge. I sliced the next morning and used some for breakfast.
TQ and sugar one.
TQ and brown sugar.
Don't laugh at my slicing ability (need meat slicer now) I was very surprised at how well they turned out. Next time I will let them soak in water a bit more and try some different variations. Thanks for checking out my q! Thanks also to those who gave words of encouragement
I left them in the fridge for almost a week. Here they are soaking.
I only let them soak for about 30 minutes and did the fry test.
Tasted pretty good so off to the smoker with them.
I know I should have trimmed off a little more fat on the one before the cure, but I cut my finger while doing so, and said the heck with it.
I smoked them with hickory until internal temp reached 160. I started late last Friday so by the time they were finished, I just let 'em rest and then put them in the fridge. I sliced the next morning and used some for breakfast.
TQ and sugar one.
TQ and brown sugar.
Don't laugh at my slicing ability (need meat slicer now) I was very surprised at how well they turned out. Next time I will let them soak in water a bit more and try some different variations. Thanks for checking out my q! Thanks also to those who gave words of encouragement
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