What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? All the Buzz: Pig Candy Bacon! If you ever needed a reason to eat candy for breakfast, permission granted. This marriage of brown sugar, spices, and hickory smoked bacon is the best idea since sliced bread! You’ll want to choose thick bacon to hold all the seasonings. Line a pan with foil despite the fact a rack is used; it just makes clean up that much faster. If you don’t….well, let’s just say the other people in your house won’t be waiting around for you. Once the glazed sweetmeat is taken out of the oven, all bets are off. The line forms here.
PIG CANDY BACON
Ingredients:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon wasabi powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons chili powder
8-10 slices bacon, thick cut
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350Β°. Mix brown sugar, black pepper, wasabi powder, cayenne pepper, and chili powder in a deep baking dish. Add bacon, one strip at a time; toss to coat well. Line a baking sheet with foil for easy clean up. Place a wire rack on pan. Lay bacon strips on rack in a single layer without overlapping. Place baking sheet one setting below top rack in oven. Bake 30-45 minutes, or until crisp. There is no need to turn the bacon. Carefully remove pan from oven. Let caramelized bacon cool slightly before transferring with a tongs to parchment paper.* Serve as a breakfast companion, appetizer, or snack.
* The second time I made Pig Candy Bacon, I pierced them with bamboo skewers after they were baked and they were spot on!
Sounds delicious Gail π
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When you want a snack that is gluten-free…..think Pig Candy Bacon! π
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When in doubt, have some pig candy. Sounds good to me!
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My thirtysomething son said he thought these were good enough to sell at Farmers Markets and Street Fairs. Pig Candy on a Stick! lol π
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I’m sure! Who knows, you may find yourself on “Shark Tank” down the road.
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No, thank you. Mr. Wonderful would chew me up and spit me out! lol π¬π³π‘ππ π
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Funny! I love that show.
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It is entertaining, especially when I come across some of the products. Whoohoo! π
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Pig candy bacon. I may be in heaven. π
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That makes two of us! Thank goodness I only make one pound at a time. lol π
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Sign me up as taste tester… Mmmm Bacon!
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I can relate! π
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Wow I have seen recipes like this but never with Wasabi! What an awesome addition! OMG I love bacon. π
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Sweet and savory! YUM! π
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