Best Irish Bacon Recipes

FRIED IRISH CABBAGE WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a deep skillet over medium heat until crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Reserve 1/4 cup drippings in skillet.
• Cook and stir cabbage in hot bacon drippings over medium heat until cabbage wilts, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Crumble bacon over cabbage. Stir and simmer until bacon is warmed, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with black pepper.

TRADITIONAL IRISH BACON, CABBAGE, AND PARSLEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large pot and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. If bacon is very salty, a white froth will form on surface of water. In this case, discard water and start again. Repeat process until no froth forms on surface of water; drain.
• Cover bacon with hot water. Cover pot and simmer until almost cooked through, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, slice cabbage across the grain into thin shreds; rinse with cold water if necessary. Add the cabbage to pot with bacon and continue cooking 20 minutes more.
• Remove bacon from pot; strain cabbage and transfer to a large bowl or serving platter. Add butter and season with pepper; toss to combine. Serve bacon and cabbage with parsley sauce and potatoes.

IRISH BACON AND CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep stockpot or saucepan. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain off any excess fat.
• Stir in potatoes, tomatoes, and enough chicken stock to cover. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer for 20 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
• Stir in cabbage and allow the soup to simmer for a few minutes longer before serving.

DUBLIN CODDLE - IRISH SAUSAGE, BACON, ONION AND POTATO HOTPOT

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes. Cut large ones into three or four pieces: leave smaller ones whole. Finely chop the parsley. Boil the water and in it dissolve the bouillon cube.
• Grill or broil the sausages and bacon long enough to colour them. Be careful not to dry them out! Drain briefly on paper towels. When drained, chop the bacon into one-inch pieces. If you like, chop the sausages into large pieces as well. (Some people prefer to leave them whole.).
• Preheat the oven to 300F / 150°C In a large flameproof heavy pot with a tight lid, start layering the ingredients: onions, bacon, sausages or sausage pieces, potatoes. Season each layer liberally with fresh-ground pepper and the chopped fresh parsley. Continue until the ingredients are used up. Pour the bouillon mixture over the top. On the stove, bring the liquid to a boil. Immediately turn the heat down and cover the pot. (You may like to additionally put a layer of foil underneath the pot lid to help seal it.).
• Put the covered pot in the oven and cook for at least three hours. (Four or five hours won't hurt it.) At the two-hour point, check the pot and add more water if necessary. There should be about an inch of liquid at the bottom of the pot at all times.
• To Serve. Guinness, bottled or draft, goes extremely well with this dish (indeed, adding a little to the pot toward the end of the process wouldn't hurt anything). Another good accompaniment is fresh soda bread, used to mop up the gravy!

IRISH "BACON" AND CABBAGE

Steps:

• Combine 1 gallon of water and salt in heavy large pot. Stir until salt dissolves. Add pork. Cover and refrigerate 1 day.
• Bring pork in salt water to boil. Boil 10 minutes. Carefully drain salt water. Fill pot with enough cold water to cover pork. Bring water to boil over high heat. Add garlic and peppercorns. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover; simmer gently until pork is very tender, about 3 hours. Transfer pork to large pan. Cover; keep warm.
• Add cabbage and carrots to cooking liquid. Boil until vegetables are almost tender, about 15 minutes. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled. Before continuing, rewarm over medium-low heat.) Using slotted spoon, transfer vegetables and garlic to serving platter.
• Cut pork into thick slices; arrange on platter with vegetables. Spoon some hot cooking liquid over pork and vegetables. Garnish with thyme. Serve with mustard.

IRISH CHEDDAR, BACON AND POTATO MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners. Prick the potato all over with a fork. Wrap in a damp paper towel and microwave until just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes, turning the potato after 2 minutes. When cool enough to handle, peel off the skin and grate the potato on the large holes of a box grater. Season with 2 pinches each salt and pepper and gently toss.
• Cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until browned and crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate. Reserve 1 tablespoon bacon drippings.
• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; make a well in the center. Whisk the buttermilk, melted butter, egg and reserved 1 tablespoon bacon drippings in a medium bowl; pour into the well in the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Gently fold in the grated potato, bacon, cheese and chives.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups, filling them all the way to the top. Bake until the muffins are lightly golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Let the muffins cool 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to a rack to cool completely.

IRISH POTATOES WITH BACON APPLES & ONIONS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 425°. Place bacon on lined sheet pan. Place the bacon in the oven to cook.
• 2. While the bacon is cooking. Wash and diced potatoes into 1 to 2 inch chunks. I left the skins on. Peel and core the apples. Cut and dice them into one to two inch chunks as well. Place potatoes in a large pot with water and boil. Boil until they are halfway cooked through.
• 3. Add the apples to the water with the potatoes. Cook until potatoes are tender. Drain and set aside.
• 4. Remove bacon from oven drain on paper towel. Fry the onion in 1-2 tablespoons of butter until it is caramelized. Remove from pan and set aside.
• 5. Melt 5 tablespoons of butter in pan. Be careful not to brown it. Toss the potatoes and apples with the butter coating well. Salt and pepper the potatoes to your liking. Toss with the parsley and Thyme. Add in the onion and combine all together.
• 6. Pour into the large casserole dish. Top with crumbled bacon. Bake at 400° for about 20 to 30 minutes, or until top is lightly browned. Serve!

DUBLINER STUFFED CHICKEN WITH IRISH BACON AND CABBAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Grease a baking sheet.
• Grate half the cheese and cut the rest into thin slices.
• Gently lift the skin from each chicken breast and insert the slices of cheese under it.
• Press skin down to seal.
• In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs, seasoning, salt, pepper, and grated cheese.
• Place the beaten eggs in a shallow dish and dip the chicken breasts into it.
• Dredge in bread crumbs and bake on prepared baking sheet for 35 to 40 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Meanwhile, in a medium skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Reserve.
• In a medium saucepan over medium to low heat, heat the oil.
• Sauté the onions and garlic until the onions are translucent, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add the cabbage and mix well.
• Add the stock or broth, bring to a boil, and cook, stirring frequently, until the cabbage is tender.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer the cabbage to 4 heated plates.
• Keep warm.
• Boil the cooking liquid until reduced by half.
• Add the cream or half-and-half and cook to reduce by half again.
• Whisk in the butter, Strain the sauce and add the reserved strips of bacon.
• Slice the chicken breast onto the cabbage and pour the sauce around it.

IRISH POTATO SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Peel & cut potatoes into chunks. Place in boiling water and cook until done (I usually do this for about 15-20 minutes. They need to be a bit crunchy, not too hard-not too soft) drain water when done; set aside.
• Fry bacon in separate pot (the one you will use to make the soup). Remove the bacon from the pan and set it aside. Leave the grease in the pan.
• Caramelize the onions in the bacon grease. Allow to cool for 5 minutes or so; do not empty the grease!
• Add the cheese soups, cream of potato & French onion soups, milk and water to the onion/grease mixture.
• Crumble the bacon and divide it into 2 bowls.
• Heat up the soup mixture in the bacon grease/onion pan and when hot, add the potatoes and one bowl of the bacon crumbles. Set on medium heat and allow to cook for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Add half of the cheese while stirring constantly for about 2 minutes.
• Allow soup to sit for about 5 minutes and serve with remaining bacon crumbles and cheese on top.
• A really nice romaine salad w/purple onions, roma tomatoes and cheddar/garlic croutons *and your fave dressing* make this the perfect meal.Enjoy!

IRISH WARM POTATO SALAD WITH BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. Scrape or rub off the skins from the new potatoes, and cook in salted water with the mint for about 10 minutes, or until just tender. Drain and allow to cool a little, then turn into a salad bowl.
• 2. Heat the oil on a frying pan, then add the onion and cook gently until just softening. Add the diced bacon to the pan and cook for 3-5 minutes, until beginning to crisp.
• 3. Add the garlic and cook for another minute or so, and then add the chopped herbs, the vinegar, mustard, and seasoning to taste, remembering that the bacon may be salty.
• 4. Pour the dressing over the potatoes. Toss gently to mix, and serve warm.
• 5. Variations: Finely chopped spring onions (scallions) can replace the chopped chives and/or chopped parsley, if you like.

IRISH BACON AND CABBAGE WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large Dutch oven, cover with 8 cups of water. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours. Skim foam from liquid as necessary.
• Remove bacon from pan, cover and keep warm. Remove 1 1/4 cups of cooking liquid from pan, reserve for mustard sauce. Discard the remaining cooking liquid.
• Add red potatoes, carrots and cabbage to pan, cover with the remaining 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender, drain. Cut each cabbage quarter in half lenghtwise.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.Add onion and garlic, cook for 3 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in wine and mustard, cook 2 minutes. Add the reserved 1 1/4 cups bacon cooking liquid and milk. Bring to a boil, cook 20 minutes or until reduced to 2 cups, stirring frequently. Stir in black pepper and salt.
• Cut the bacon into 8 slices. Serve with vegetables and sauce.

DUBLIN CODDLE IRISH SAUSAGE, BACON, ONION & POTATO HOTPOT RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes. Cut large ones into three or four pieces, leave smaller ones whole. Finely chop the parsley. Boil the water and in it dissolve the bouillon cube. Grill or broil the sausages and bacon. Be careful not to dry them out. Drain briefly on paper towels. When drained, chop the bacon into one inch pieces. If you like, chop the sausages into large pieces as well. Preheat the oven to 300°F. In a large flameproof heavy pot with a tight lid, start layering the onions, bacon, sausage, and potatoes. Season each layer liberally with fresh-ground pepper and the chopped fresh parsley. Continue until the ingredients are used up. Pour the bouillon mixture over the top. On the stove, bring the liquid to a boil. Immediately turn the heat down and cover the pot. (You may like to additionally put a layer of foil underneath the pot lid to help seal it.) Put the covered pot in the oven and cook for at least three to four hours. At the two-hour point, check the pot and add more water if necessary. There should be about an inch of liquid at the bottom of the pot at all times. To Serve. Guinness, bottled or draft, goes extremely well with this dish (indeed, adding a little to the pot toward the end of the process wouldn't hurt anything). Another good accompaniment is fresh soda bread, used to mop up the gravy!

IRISH POTATO & BACON CAKES

Steps:

• Drain your bacon on paper towels.
• Mix the bacon with the mashed potatoes, flour, salt& pepper.
• Form into 4 patties.
• Heat the dripping (butter) (or oil) in a skillet and over medium heat fry the cakes about 5 minutes on each side or until golden, Serve.

BAKED IRISH BACON WITH KUMQUAT GLAZE

Steps:

• In a food processor purée the preserved kumquats and the syrup with the lemon juice and the mustard. In a shallow baking pan pour the kumquat glaze over the bacon, bake the bacon in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven, basting it several times with the glaze, for 30 minutes, and let it stand, covered loosely with foil, for 10 minutes before slicing. Transfer the bacon to a platter and garnish it with fresh kumquats and the parsley.

CREAMY SCRAMBLED EGGS W/BACON & IRISH CHEESE

Steps:

• After the bacon has drained crumble the strips into little pieces.
• Whisk the eggs together with the crumbled bacon/rashers, cream, salt and pepper, cheese and 1/2 the chives.
• Heat up a non-stick pan on medium heat. Add the butter and melt.
• Gently scramble the egg mixture. Plate and garnish with the remaining fresh chives.

BACON WRAPPED SIRLOIN TIP ROAST N IRISH STOUT BEER

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. I used this 5 quart dutch oven Roaster for the Roast.
• 2. Spray inside walls of dutch oven with non stick cooking spray. Wash peel & quarter onions and place in bottom of dutch oven.
• 3. Add Celery pieces and bay leaves.
• 4. Combine spices in a small bowl.
• 5. Sprinkle spices liberally over entire roast.
• 6. Dust generously with flour, then place Roast on bed of onions and celery in dutch oven.
• 7. Now arrange sweet peppers around roast in dutch oven around perimeter of the roaster.
• 8. Now arrange slices of bacon over the top of the roast in a spiral fasion, tucking the ends of the bacon underneath the roast. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped Chive over top of roast & Add the remaining flour into the dutch oven along the sides of the roaster.
• 9. Pour both bottles of beer carefully along outer perimeter of the roast, being careful not to let it foam over the top of the Roaster.
• 10. Add worchestershire sauce, & cover with lid, and place in preheated 300 degree F. oven and allow to cook for 3 1/2 hours or until roast is tender.
• 11. Wash and peel carrots, cut into desired serving size pieces and cook till tender & drain. After roast has cooked add drained carrots to gravy before serving.
• 12. Allow Roast to rest at least 10 to 15 minutes before carving. Carve and serve with gravy and vegetables. Wrapping the roast in slices of bacon, prevents the roast from drying out, as Sirloin Tip tends to be very lean with little fat, it also add extra flavor.

IRISH BACON

Steps:

• Pat bacon dry and cook in 2 batches in oil (1 tablespoon per batch) in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, turning over once, until browned, about 4 minutes per batch (use caution; oil will splatter). Transfer with tongs to a paper-towel-lined platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil.
• *Available at some butcher shops and Schaller & Weber (212-879-3047; schallerweber.com).

SMOKED BACON AND IRISH CHEESE MASH

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a pot of cold water. Cover and set over high heat; boil until easily pierced with a fork, about 20 minutes. Drain well and cover with a clean dish towel for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir bacon until very crispy, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
• Transfer bacon to a blender; blend into tiny pieces.
• Break Camembert cheese into small lumps; mix with Cheddar cheese and spring onion in a bowl.
• Mash potatoes until smooth. Stir bacon, Camembert cheese mixture, half of the cream, and butter into the mashed potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Spread mashed potato mixture in a baking dish. Pour remaining cream on top. Pierce in several places with a fork.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top starts to brown, about 15 minutes.

POPOVER PUDDING WITH IRISH BACON

Steps:

• In a blender blend milk, eggs, flour, and salt until just smooth. Transfer batter to a bowl. Finely chop enough chives to measure 1/2 cup and whisk into batter. Chill batter, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Trim fat from bacon. In a large nonstick skillet cook fat over low heat, stirring occasionally, until most of fat is rendered and solids are golden brown. Discard solids and increase heat to moderately high. Heat rendered fat until hot but not smoking and sauté bacon in batches until just golden, about 1 minute on each side. Transfer bacon as cooked to paper towels to drain. Pour rendered fat into a measuring cup and add enough oil to measure 1/2 cup total.
• In a 12- by 2-inch enameled cast-iron casserole (3 1/2-quart) or a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish heat oil mixture in middle of oven 5 minutes. Quickly arrange bacon evenly in casserole or baking dish and pour batter over it. Bake pudding in middle of oven until puffed and golden brown, about 50 minutes.

FRIED IRISH CABBAGE WITH BACON

Steps:

• 1. cook bacon in a deep skillet over medium heat until crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on a paper towel lined plate. Reserve 1/4 cup drippings in skillet. 2. cook and stir cabbage in hot bacon drippings over medium heat until cabbage wilts, 5 to 7 minutes. 3. crumble bacon over cabbage. Stir and simmer until bacon is warmed, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with black pepper.