Schwein - September 14, 2023

Flaming Bacon Sandwich

Recipe Facts

Difficulty level:
medium ◉◉◉◎◎

Quantity for:
approx. 4 people

Preparation time:
⧗ individual

Grilling time:
⧗ individual

Grill(s) & Equipment:
• Smoker, wood chips

Ingredients

• 1 ½ kg pork belly
• some maple syrup
• BBQ rub of your choice
• 3 slices of cheddar cheese per sandwich
• 1 slice of bread per sandwich
• 1 pickled cucumber (sweet and sour)
• BBQ sauce of your choice
• 4 slices of bacon
• green jalapeño rings, pickled
• 3-4 hickory wood chips (or fruit wood such as apple, pear or cherry for mild smoke flavor

For the Sriracha chili mayonnaise:
• 8 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp Sriracha chili sauce
• ½ small red onion (very finely chopped, for the perfect consistency of the finished mayonnaise)
• 1 small garlic clove, pressed
• 1 dash of lime juice
• Salt
• Pepper
• approx. 1 tbsp fresh tarragon, chopped

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preparation

➊ Remove the rind from the pork belly, sprinkle the BBQ rub on all sides, drizzle with a little maple syrup and massage the rub into the meat.

➋ Mix the Sriracha chili mayonnaise from the listed ingredients and season with salt, pepper and tarragon.

➌ Prepare the grill for indirect grilling and set it to 165 °C. For a strong smoky taste, smoke with 3-4 hickory wood chips until the core temperature reaches approx. 70 °C.

➍ Then cut the pork belly into thin slices.
Fry the 4 bacon slices on a grill plate until crispy. Cut each slice of bread in half and spread with the Sriracha mayo. Top one half with cucumber slices, then with the pork belly slices, the cheese, the jalapeño rings and the crispy bacon. Drizzle or spread with more Sriracha mayonnaise and BBQ sauce as desired. Cover with the other half of the bread and grill indirectly at 180 °C until the cheese melts and the bread is slightly crispy.

Jenny Eriksson: “Baguette rolls, ciabatta, onion bread and much more are all suitable for sandwich bread. Homemade bread is even better, with onions, nuts or crispy bacon cubes and chili.”

Recipe by Jenny Eriksson

"I can't imagine life without BBQ anymore," explains BBQ pro Jenny in an interview with FIRE&FOOD. "My mission is to show people what culinary delicacies you can prepare on the grill and in the smoker. It's time for women to finally have more confidence on the grill!"

Recipe first published in FIRE&FOOD Magazine 01/2017