Homemade low sodium bacon?

[kentucky fisherman]

One of my best and longest friends has some kidney/liver damage from eating too much "Ranger candy" in his 20+ years in the Army. He's now on an extremely low sodium diet. I think one strip of bacon probably has 3 days worth of sodium for him. Anyway, I got to wondering if anyone has figured out a way to make extremely low sodium bacon. I've not yet messed with fresh pork belly, but could you smoke it, slice it and then fry it like bacon, without curing it? I have a feeling the cure, salt and brown sugar are part of why bacon tastes like bacon, but I could be wrong. Can someone help me with my pork belly idea? Thanks!

 

[Sowsage]

Yes your right. The curing process is whats going to make it taste like bacon! pops6927 posted this ...check it out. He's going to be one of the most knowledgeable guys here as far as the curing goes ,he's got a long history of that stuff. He also is in the same type of situation as your friend needing to stick to a strict low sodium diet. Hopefully this helps you out.

"Clear Pickle" Ultra Lo-Salt Canadian Bacon

Ok, I can only have under 1500 mg of salt per day (a small teaspoon or less). So, I am experimenting again, like I did with Pop's Curing Brine, using only the salt contained in the Cure #1 ingredient! I also added ½ cup of sugar substitute (Stevia) 0 calorie. I named it "Pop's Clear Pickle...

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[pops6927]

Yes, that can be used with regular belly bacon as well, but the low fat of Canadian bacon is an added plus to control fats, sugars and salts in (my) diet, as well as his!