Helsingborgsfläsk: Lager-Brined Homemade Smoked Bacon

What You Need

• pork belly, skin on
• oak wood chips (or your own favorite)
• 2 bottles of lager (or your favorite beer)
• 1 ⅔ cups water
• ¾ cup + 1½ tbsp non-iodized salt
• ⅓ cup + 1½ tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 1 chopped red chili
• 2 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tbsp mustard powder
• 2 crushed garlic cloves
• 1 yellow onion, cut into wedges