I've never used Jowl Bacon before.I want to season greenbeans, potatoes & onions.How much do I use?!
Answers: Do I put the whole piece in there or just a portion of it? I also will put in ham pieces in it as well. I've never used it before, so I don't know anything about it.
cut off just a piece of the bacon ... about 3 inch long piece, depending on how salty you want your beans. but dont use much extra table salt! It is salty enough with the bacon.
You are adding the jowl meat for flavoring mostly and not for meat to eat like a steak so you don't want to use the whole portion unless you have a really huge pot of beans.
use 2 pieces no longer than 3 feet
It's like fatback, just a big hunk of smoked fat, maybe a bit of lean meat, and sometimes skin. For a big pot of beans, I'd use a hunk the size of your first 2 fingers. Render a bit in the pan, add onions to that, THEN add green beans to that.
Unless you are really into Jowl Bacon, just use regular bacon and use two or three strips.
Like you , I had never used jowl bacon until rather recently. I was kind of disappointed by the level of flavor. As a matter of fact,I was preparing green beans too. In the future, I'll stick with smoked turkey wings/necks or center cut bacon for additional flavor :)