emilgower

I know I’m late in the conversation, but if you want to get rid of much of the smoky flavor and salt that’s in bacon you can blanch it (put it in boiling water for a few minutes) before using it in a recipe. This will also boil off a little of the fat.

Also, if you can’t find pork belly anywhere consider salt pork, which isn’t smoked but does have a lot of salt. You can blanch this also to reduce the saltiness, and it doesn’t have any smoky flavor at all.