Tocino

Tocino is a cured meat product native to the Philippines. It is usually made of pork and is similar to ham. This is a very common breakfast food in the Philippines. This is the recipe for home-made tocino, there is frozen tocino. The ingredients include:

• 2 lbs pork ham
• ¼ tsp Prague powder
• 1 tsp phosphate
• 2 tbsp coarse salt
• 7-10 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp Anisado wine (or ground star anise and/or anisette)
• ½ tablet ascorbic acid (250 mg)
  
  
  Cooking Instructions:
  
  
  1. Slice the pork ham to about ¼ inch thickness
  2. Except for the meat, combine all ingredients in a container and mix well
  3. Apply the combined mixture to the meat by rubbing. Make sure that the mixture is evenly distributed across the meat
  4. Place the mixed ingredients in a covered container
  5. Store the covered container (with meat and mixture) in room temperature for 14 hours. It may also be refrigerated but would take at least 3.5 days to complete.
  
  Filipino Recipes, Healthy Eating, & Diet | Panlasang Pinoy. Web. 20 Aug. 2011. <http://panlasangpinoy.com/>.