Best Sweet And Spicy Bacon Recipes

SWEET AND SPICY BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stir together brown sugar, cayenne, and black pepper in a small bowl.
• Arrange bacon slices in l layer on a large broiler pan and bake in middle of oven (or upper third of oven if baking with eggs) 20 minutes. Turn slices over and sprinkle evenly with spiced sugar. Continue baking until bacon is crisp and brown, 15 to 20 minutes more, then transfer to paper towels to drain.

SWEET AND SPICY BACON BITES

Steps:

• Place the bacon in an even layer in a large skillet. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often with a rubber spatula, until the bacon is light golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the maple syrup, black pepper and cayenne in a small bowl.
• Pour off some of the rendered bacon fat, leaving just a small amount. Return the skillet to the heat and pour the maple syrup mixture over the bacon. Braise gently until the syrup thickens and glazes the bacon and the bacon is deep golden brown, about 15 minutes. Serve warm.

SWEET AND SPICY PEANUT BUTTER-BACON SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Spread peanut butter on 2 bread slices; sprinkle with cayenne. Top with bacon and drizzle with honey. Top with remaining bread.

SWEET-AND-SPICY BACON

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stir together brown sugar, cayenne, and black pepper in a small bowl.
• Arrange bacon slices in 1 layer (not overlapping) on rack of a large broiler pan. Bake 20 minutes. Turn slices over and sprinkle evenly with spiced sugar. Continue baking until bacon is crisp and deep golden, 20 to 35 minutes more (check bacon every 5 minutes). Transfer to paper towels to drain.

SPICY SWEET POTATO AND BACON CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to the middle position; preheat oven to 425°.
• Pulse the bread, butter, and 1/2 cup cheese in a food processor until coarsely ground.
• Cook the bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes.
• Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat.
• Cook the onion until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add in the garlic and cayenne; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in the sweet potatoes, cream, buttermilk, and salt; decrease heat to med-low and cook, covered, until the potatoes are just tender, about 30 minutes.
• Off the heat, stir in the remaining 2 cups cheese, cooked bacon, and 4 of the scallions.
• Transfer the mixture to a 13 x 9 inch baking dish; top with the bread crumb mixture.
• Bake until the crumbs are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes, then sprinkle with the remaining scallion.
• Serve.

SWEET AND SPICY BACON WRAPPED POTATO BITES

Steps:

• 1. Wash potatoes. Cut onion piece to wrap around each potato.
• 2. Wrap bacon to cover onion. Pierce with tooth piece to seal.
• 3. Roll in brown sugar. Bake 20-25 minutes.
• 4. Drizzle sweet chili sauce and fresh cilantro on top. Serve!

SWEET AND SPICY BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stir together brown sugar, cayenne, and black pepper in a small bowl.
• Arrange bacon slices in l layer on a large broiler pan and bake in middle of oven for 20 minutes.
• Turn slices over and sprinkle evenly with spiced sugar.
• Continue baking until bacon is crisp and brown, 15 to 20 minutes more, then transfer to paper towels to drain.

SPICY SWEET POTATO AND BACON CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425. Pulse bread, butter and 1/2 cup cheese in food processor til coarsely ground Cook bacon til crips. Pour off all but 1 tbsp fat. Cook onion til softened about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cayenne and cook til fragrant about 30 seconds. Stir in sweet potatoes, cream, buttermilk and salt. Reduce heat to medium low and cook, covered, until potatoes are just tender about 30 minutes. Off heat stir in remaining cheese, cooked bacon and 4 scallions. Transfer fixture to 13x9 in pan and top with bread crumbs. Bake until crumbs are golden about 15 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, then sprinkle with remaining scallion.

SWEET AND SPICY BACON KEBABS WITH SCALLION-GINGER RELISH

Steps:

• Make the relish:
• Toss scallions, chile, lime juice, oil, ginger, and brown sugar in a medium bowl to combine; season with salt.
• Make the bacon kebabs:
• Prepare a grill for medium-high, indirect heat (for a charcoal grill, bank coals on one side of grill; for a gas grill, leave one or two burners off). Oil grates. Combine honey, sambal oelek, vinegar, and Sriracha in a small bowl; set glaze aside.
• Thread bacon onto 6-8 skewers, folding back and forth in accordion style, and grill over indirect heat, turning every minute or so, until browned and crisp, 10-12 minutes. Baste with reserved glaze, turning every 30 seconds or so, until lacquered and slightly sticky, about 3 minutes (move to an even cooler spot if needed to keep glaze from scorching). Serve bacon with relish and lime wedges.
• Do Ahead
• Glaze can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.

SWEET AND SPICY BACON

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small cup stir together brown sugar, cayenne and black pepper.
• Arrange the bacon slices on a large broiler pan and place on the second-lowest oven rack.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes.
• Turn the slices over and sprinkle with spiced sugar mix.
• Place back in the oven and continue baking until crisp and brown (about 15-20 minutes more).
• Remove and transfer to paper towels.

SWEET AND SPICY BACON WRAPPED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Season chicken w salt, pepper,garlic powder and chilli powder,wrap in bacon and roll in brown sugar. Bake 400 till crispy 30-40 min

SWEET AND SPICY BACON WRAPPED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. If the turkey has a pop-up timer in it, remove it. It's useless. Combine the spices with three tsp of the olive oil until it forms a paste. Work some of the past under the skin of the turkey the best that you can. Combine the remaining olive oil and honey with the remaining spice mixture. It should be a consistency that you can use a basting brush to brush the mixture on the turkey. If it isn't, add a little more oil. Brush some of the mixture on the turkey. Then, start wrapping the bacon on the turkey. You can either layer it simply or weave it (see photo). Once it is completely covered, baste the bacon layer with more of the glaze. Place in oven and bake for one hour. Baste, then bake for another hour, basting after 30 minutes. If the bacon starts to get too brown you can loosely tent it with some foil. The cooked turkey should register 180 degrees F. Let stand, tented with foil, for about 10 minutes, then carve as desired. On the off chance there is any leftover bacon, use it on turkey sandwiches the next day.

SWEET AND SPICY BACON KEBABS WITH SCALLION-GINGER RELISH

Steps:

• Toss scallions, chile, lime juice, oil, ginger, and brown sugar in a medium bowl to combine; season with salt.
• Prepare a grill for medium-high, indirect heat (for a charcoal grill, bank coals on one side of grill; for a gas grill, leave one or two burners off). Oil grates. Combine honey, sambal oelek, vinegar, and Sriracha in a small bowl; set glaze aside.
• Thread bacon onto 6-8 skewers, folding back and forth in accordion style, and grill over indirect heat, turning every minute or so, until browned and crisp, 10-12 minutes. Baste with reserved glaze, turning every 30 seconds or so, until lacquered and slightly sticky, about 3 minutes (move to an even cooler spot if needed to keep glaze from scorching). Serve bacon with relish and lime wedges.
• Do Ahead: Glaze can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.