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 tsp pink salt (Prague Powder, 1, InstaCure, DQ Curing Salt, etc. ) 40 grams maple sugar (or 40 g, 3 tbsp brown sugar) 5 cloves garlic 4 mashed jalapeños