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    I won a can of tocino spam Saturday night, cooked it Sunday morning and absolutely loved it! Time for some research. Found some recipes, the common thing was that it needs a red color. Some use cure 1, food coloring, or red beet powder. This is a sweet meat. Found a recipe that I had the ingredients for and gave it a go.
    Started with just shy of a 3 pound pork shoulder. Sliced about 1/4" slices

    Mixed up the marinade of salt, brown sugar, rice vinegar, garlic, soy sauce, orange juice and pepper. For the redness I went with both the cure and food coloring. I added the cure to give it a hammy taste. Tossed the meat into a ziploc with the marinade.


    This will now cure in the fridge for 3 days. A traditional Filipino tocino is fried and served with garlic fried rice and a sunny side up egg. This is what's planned for Saturday morning breakfast if I don't have to work. I'll be back in 3 days.
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  • #2
    That sounds good! Can't wait to see the finish
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Fishawn View Post
      That sounds good! Can't wait to see the finish
      I can't wait either, I've got a sweet tooth and this should be right up my alley. Here's a pic of it cooked crispy I found.
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      • #4


        Damn, that looks killer!
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        • #5
          Looks a bit like Char Sui. Love that stuff....
          Once you go Weber....you never call customer service....

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          • #6
            Originally posted by IrishChef View Post
            Looks a bit like Char Sui. Love that stuff....
            That's on my to do list. Got some bellies in the freezer for it. If I recall that's a hoisin based marinade I'll find out, probably do it next weekend.
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            • #7
              sure looks good
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              • #8
                How you plan on cooking this Ryan?
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Fishawn View Post
                  How you plan on cooking this Ryan?
                  Some I'll try just frying like bacon, a couple minutes per side. And some I'll try on the grill. I'm thinking grill will work better.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by IrishChef View Post
                    Looks a bit like Char Sui. Love that stuff....
                    I'm going to have to look this up and tocino ham, not common names to me.
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                    Weber 22.5" Kettle (blk)
                    Vision Kamado grill
                    Weber Genesis Silver
                    Smokin Tex
                    MES 40 with legs Gen 2.5
                    Maverick ET 732
                    Brown and lime green ThermaPens
                    2 orange ThermoPops
                    A-Maze-N Tube 18"
                    A-Maze-N Smoker 5"x8"
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                    • #11

                      Tocino, garlic fried rice, and sunny side up eggs. This is a keeper. Fried it in a pan, just a setting under medium. I didn't want it to burn. It'd be really good if I sliced it thin 1/4" at most my slices got a bit wide. Still great. Its sweet but not overly. Got a great balance of flavors going on.
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                      • #12
                        You had my attention at
                        I won a can of tocino spam Saturday night
                        I been to a lot of places but not one that raffled off spam...

                        Looks great.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by nickelmore View Post
                          You had my attention at

                          I been to a lot of places but not one that raffled off spam...

                          Looks great.
                          they give door prizes out. The prizes are what the kitchen committee gets for donations from area businesses. One of them must've worked at the local Hormel. I can only find it by special ordering it.
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                          • #14
                            that looks tastey to me
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                            Vision Kamado grill
                            Weber Genesis Silver
                            Smokin Tex
                            MES 40 with legs Gen 2.5
                            Maverick ET 732
                            Brown and lime green ThermaPens
                            2 orange ThermoPops
                            A-Maze-N Tube 18"
                            A-Maze-N Smoker 5"x8"
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                            • #15
                              My parents always cooked it in a frying pan with a little bit of water, just enough to reach about 1/2 way up the meat. Bring that to a boil and when the water boils off, you let it cook a bit longer to char up a little bit.

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