How to Make Homemade Bacon

How to cure, smoke, and cook homemade bacon. It’s much easier than you’d think; it just requires a couple of special ingredients and the right equipment. Jalapeño Garlic Bacon 3 lb. pork belly with skin attached 40 grams kosher salt (about 5 tbsp Diamond Crystal, about 3 tbsp Morton) 1 ½ tsp pink salt (Prague Powder # 1, Insta-Cure, DQ Curing Salt, etc.) 40 grams maple sugar (or 40 g/3 tbsp brown sugar) 5 cloves garlic* 4 mashed jalapeños*