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.
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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