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Hickory flavored liquid smoke

loco_engr
loco_engr Posts: 5,801
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wondering if anyone has tried using this as an injection to get hickory flavored bacon?
I'm guessing the LS would have to be diluted . . . 
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,342
    I've always found liquid smoke has this over powering flavor that becomes all you can taste in a dish. No matter how little you use. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,435
    It has a place for me, usually in any pot of beans I'm cooking.  
    Sounds like cutting it would do just fine from my perspective.
    So given the pro's and con's here, you need to give it a test run.  I would cut the LS until it tasted good to me, then juice it up.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,137
    No I haven’t and unless you meant injectiing some pork belly before egging without real wood smoke and then slicing etc etc etc I’m not sure I even would at that! Don’t get me wrong I have a favorite BBQ sauce recipe in which I use LS as an important ingredient, so I’m no LS snob at all!
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  • ChillyWillis
    ChillyWillis Posts: 893
    edited August 2021
    Hickory flavored bacon is easy as pie on the egg. Cure the belly, then smoke it low and slow over hickory chunks/chips and your best charcoal until 145. Don’t bother with liquid smoke in the brine or spices. It’s not needed. Liquid smoke has its places in certain dishes but if you’re using an egg to cook just cook it and let it ride. As with most things in the world liquid smoke is fine for imitation purposes but no comparison to the real deal if you can use it (which you can if you have and egg and a few chunks of hickory)
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