Which Salt for Meat Curing? Quick & Dry Curing or Smoking
So when you are saying, making some dry-cured equilibrium curing style bacon, you will have a base salt amount of say 1.5% – 2.5% of kosher salt or sea salt. You will then add 0.25% of the meat weight of Pink Curing salt No. 1. In terms of taste, you will want to get the right amount of 'total' salt to meet your taste requirements.