Easy Pork Brine Recipes

BASIC PORK BRINE

Steps:

• Mix water, brown sugar, and salt in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Stir in garlic and ginger.

BRINE FOR A PORK LOIN RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine your water with the salt and brown sugar and bring to a boil.
• Once the salt and sugar are completely dissolved, add your bay leaves, thyme, peppercorns and rosemary.
• Simmer for approximately five minutes at low heat.
• Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
• Once your brine formula has cooled completely, place it in a bag with a ziplock.
• Place the bag into a large bowl or a pot containing your pork loin.
• Make certain your prok loin is covered completely by the brine solution.
• Put the bowl into your refrigerator for a minimum of twelve hours and a maximum of 24 hours.

BRINED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Immerse pork roast of your choice in the cooled brine mixture, and refrigerate for 12 hours or overnight (up to 24 hours) turning occasionally if necessary for even brining.
• Remove roast from brine, rinse, and pat dry with paper towels, and roast (on a rack or grill pan) according to your favorite recipe until a thermometer, inserted in the center of the roast, reads 155 degrees.
• Allow the roast to rest for 20 minutes before carving.
• (Roast may be coated with mustard, breadcrumbs or glaze of your choice before or during roasting, if desired.) NOTE: Smaller cuts of pork, such as pork tenderloins, may also be brined in this way- but should be immersed in the brine solution for proportionately less time, to avoid over-salting.

ALL-PURPOSE MILD BRINE FOR POULTRY AND PORK

Steps:

• Mix cold water, salt and sugar and stir to dissolve.
• In a non-reactive container, immerse food in brine, seal and refrigerate.
• Use 1 quart of brine per pound of meat, not to exceed 2 gallons.
• Brine for 1 hour per pound (when brining multiple items, time is based on weight of a single item), but not less than 30 minutes or more than 8 hours.
• WILL NOT WORK IF MEAT IS FROZEN.

SIMPLE PORK CHOP BRINE

Steps:

• Heat 2 cups of water until hot (I use a microwave.)
• Stir together the brown sugar, salt and the hot water until the sugar and salt dissolve.
• Add the 4 cups of cold water and stir.
• Place the pork chops in a resealable bag and add the brine, making sure the pork chops are submerged.
• Refrigerate for 1-4 hours.
• Remove pork chops from brine, pat dry and use them in your favorite pork chop recipe.

EASY PORK BRINE

Steps:

• Mix brown sugar, salt, mustard powder, and garlic powder in a large bowl. Pour in cider vinegar; stir until sugar and salt have dissolved. Add water; stir until well combined.