{"id":123,"slug":"applewood-bacon","title":"Applewood Bacon","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 pork belly from the loin end","2 cups salt","2 cups white granulated sugar","1 gallon apple cider","1 gallon iced water","Applewood chunks"],"ingredients_norm":["pork belly from the loin end","salt","white granulated sugar","apple cider","iced water","applewood chunk"],"steps":["In a large pot, bring to apple cider to boil. Stir in salt and sugar until dissolved.","Transfer cider mixture to a very large container, and add iced water.","Once ice has melted and brine is cool enough, submerge the pork belly in the brine.","Refrigerate for 3 days.","Remove belly, and place on top of a running box fan for 30 minutes per side to dry out.","Place dry applewood chunks in the firebox of a cold smoker.","Insert pork belly and smoke for 3–4 hours.","Remove from smoker and place in the freezer for up to 2 hours.","Slice bacon as thick or as thin as you like, and cook or refrigerate for up to 3 weeks."],"categories":["Pork recipes","Recipes for bacon","Recipes using pork","Smoked recipes","Recipes using apple","Recipes using apple cider","Recipes using white sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Applewood_Bacon","source_ref":"4509172","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Applewood_Bacon&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"ec88c60b17b10707ce6350fb5019c4c98ec3f740cdd3a4604844e4a2bb13c05d","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/applewood-bacon"}