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  • Smoked Pork Loin

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    Smoked Pork Loin
    Prep: 1700 min Cook: 90 min Servings: 8
    by Mark Estee
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    Ingredients

    • 1 Niman Ranch Boneless Pork Loin, about 2 lbs
    • 2 quart water
    • 6 ounces salt
    • 2 ounces brown sugar
    • 1 cup apple cider
    • 1 apple, chopped
    • 2 cinnamon sticks, whole
    • 2 star anise, whole
    • 1 Tbsp fennel seed
    • 2 Earl Grey teabags (optional)

    Directions

    1. Place pork in non-reactive bowl. Mix all ingredients except pork and teabags and stir until sugar and salt are dissolved. Pour over pork. Brine in refrigerator for 24-36 hours, then pour off brine and dry the loin.
    2. Cooking options:
    3. Cold smoke: soak teabags, add to wood used for smoking, finish roast in 350 degree oven till internal temperature reaches 145 degrees
    4. Hot smoke: soak teabags, add to wood used for smoking, cook in smoker till internal temperature reaches 145 degrees Oven roast (without smoking): roast in 350 degree oven till temperature reaches 145 degrees

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