BACON WRAPPED SMOKED PORK LOIN RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
• Start with the bacon weave.
• To make the weave, lay out eight strips of bacon vertically on a piece of foil or plastic wrap.
• Then, fold over every other vertical piece of bacon in the middle. Next, place a strip horizontally across the vertical bacon.
• Then, unfold the folded strips and fold back the alternate row of bacon that you previously left flat. Place the next piece of bacon across the vertical strips directly adjacent to the first horizontal piece. Repeat this process two more times.
• Once you finish the first half, repeat with the other half.
• Season the top of the bacon with a little salt and pepper.
• Now it is time to prepare the turkey breast. You can do this with a bone-in turkey breast, but it will take a lot more bacon. I prefer the ease of a boneless turkey breast. If your turkey breast was packaged with a net around it, make sure to cut the net off and dispose of it. There really won't be a need for the net as the sweet bacon weave will take its place. Once you have the turkey breast unwrapped and de-netted, season with a little salt and pepper. Then, wrap in the bacon. The foil/plastic wrap that you assembled your weave on will help you encase the turkey with the bacon.
• Once you have the turkey wrapped, place it on a rack on foil lined sheet pan.
• Insert a probe thermometer and then place into the oven. Cook until the internal temperature of the turkey breast is 165 degrees Fahrenheit. This took about 1 hour and 45 minutes for my 2.5 lb turkey breast. This time will vary based on the size of your breast. As always, make sure to cook based on temperature and not on time.
• Once the breast has come to temperature, remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
• Serve and enjoy!

Steps:

• Lay the strips of pork belly on a flat sheet pan for dry brining.
• Sprinkle salt on the top side of the meat at about 10% coverage then place in the fridge for 1 hour.
• Flip the meat over, salt the other side in the same way and place it back in the fridge for another hour.
• After the 2nd hour, the meat is ready to be seasoned with the original rub.
• Season both sides liberally with Jeff's original rub waiting in between top side and bottom side for the rub to acquire that "wet' look before flipping them over.
• Smoke the pork belly slices at 240°F for approximately 90 minutes or until they reach an internal temperature of 200-205 °F as measured by an instant-read hand-held digital thermometer such as the Thermapen or ThermoPop.
• When finished, remove them from the smoker and let them cool for about an hour. You can also place them in the fridge to cool for longer if you are making them ahead of time.
• Just before serving, heat a skillet or electric griddle to medium heat and cook both sides of the pork belly slices until they are seared but not blackened.
• Serve immediately.