Sichuan Style Bacon (四川腊肉)




I have been craving Sichuan style bacon for a while. I did some online research and it turned out making it on you own is not complicated at all. Why not give it a try? The best part of home cooking is that you have complete control of what ingredients to put to each dish, and it saves tons of money, especially for meat products.

For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category.

Ingredients
  • 500 grams fresh pork meat (pork butt roast)
  • 15 grams salt
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar 
  • 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn. Most Chinese grocery stores carry it, you can order online as well:

    Preparation Time:  10 minutes plus 2 weeks in fridge

    Preparation Steps

    1. Buy fresh pork meat, I prefer pork butt roast, which has mixed lean and fat texture. Measure around 500 grams meat cut, little variation of the weight is ok.
    2. Measure 15 grams salt, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn.

     15 grams of salt

    1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 15 grams salt

    3. Mix all the ingredients together.

    4. Rinse off blood from the meat, cut the meat into 1 inch thick, 1 inch wide strips.

    5. Sprinkle the mixed ingredients onto the pork strips evenly, use hand to mix further more.


    6. Place the pork strips in an open tray, do not stack the meat, let each strip open to the air.
       Put into the fridge for 3 weeks. Flip the meat a few times.

        Note the fridge works as a free natural dehydrator, and the low temperature mimics the winter weather.

    7. Stay tuned for coming recipes of how to cook Sichuan style bacon!

     

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