One of my team members at work, Brandon, got me on to this sweet and spicy candied bacon kick, also known across the United States as Millionaire Bacon. He brought it in one day to let me try it and when I couldn't stop thinking about it all day, I knew it was something I needed to try and make for the hubby and myself at home! Basically you just cook thick cut bacon in the oven with brown sugar and whatever spices you like. We like ours with a good little kick to it at our house, you know... the kind of kick that just gets you in the back of the throat, but feel free to dial back on the pepper if you don't want it quite so spicy! This stuff is positively addictive. You won't be able to stop eating it.
Ingredients:
1 pound thick cut bacon
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 Tbsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp ancho chili pepper powder
1 tsp white pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking pan with heavy duty aluminum foil and place a baking rack on top of the foil.
Mix the brown sugar, red pepper flakes, ancho chili pepper, white pepper and cayenne pepper all together until well combined. Gently press the bacon in to the sugar mixture on both sides until well coated and place each piece on the baking rack close together. (It will shrink while cooking.) Sprinkle any remaining sugar mixture over the top of the bacon pieces and pat it down.
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes. Using tongs, flip the bacon over on the rack and cook an additional 10 minutes on the other side. Remove from the oven and flip the bacon back over to the original side then let sit until cool.
Try not to eat the entire pound of bacon yourself.
Comments
Post a Comment