Unsmoked bacon is bacon that has been cured in salt, but not smoked.
While many people prefer the taste of unsmoked bacon to smoked, others consider a piece of unsmoked bacon basically just a thin slice of ham, and not really bacon at all.
Cooking Tips
Useful for barding meats when the unsmoked bacon in question is streaky (fatty) bacon and you don’t necessarily want the smoked flavour going into the meat, such as with beef, for instance.
Substitutes
Ham, Pancetta, Lardons, Salt Pork, thin boneless Pork Chops.