Homemade Pork Tocino

Ingredients

• Pork leg (fresh ham)

  whole, raw, lean and fat

  1000g

• Salt

  table

  1 ½ tbsp or 27g

• Premium #1 Prague Powder Salt

  Hoosier Hill Farm

  50g

• Granulated sugar

  white

  ¾ cup or 150g

• Malt liquor

  25g

• Pineapple juice

  canned, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid

  ½ cup or 125g

• Garlic

  raw

  ¼ cup or 34g

• Garlic powder

  1 tbsp or 10g

• Lime

  raw

  1 fruit or 67g

• Food Colorings, Caramel

  Castella

  2 drop or 6g

Directions

1. Slice the pork ham to about 1/4 inch thickness
2. Dissolve the sodium phosphate in 5 tablespoons of water.
3. Except for the meat, combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well
4. Apply the combined mixture to the meat by rubbing. Make sure that the mixture is evenly distributed across the meat
5. Place the mixed ingredients in a covered container
6. Store the covered container (with meat and mixture) in room temperature for 14 hours. It may also be refrigerated but would take at least 3.5 days to complete.
7. Recipe by: Vanjo Merano (source: https://panlasangpinoy.com/homemade-pork-tocino-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-49047)