Cole Cooks: Candied Bacon Recipe
I love to make my own smoked bacon on our Big Green Egg. While researching how to do this I came across ideas for making a delicious sounding candied bacon. I had to do it. Here is my Homemade Candied Bacon Recipe.
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As mentioned, I like to make homemade bacon on our Big Green Egg. You can see the recipe here. The good news is this recipe works fine with regular bacon.
I got the idea from Meathead at Amazing Ribs. His recipe basically just involves sprinkling some brown sugar on bacon. I decided to up the ante by adding some maple syrup and cinnamon.
I mixed up ½ cup brown sugar with 1/3 cup maple syrup and a teaspoon of cinnamon. This was enough to coat about 8 slices of bacon.
You definitely want to coat your cookie pan with aluminum foil before you put the bacon on the rack. Otherwise, the sugar mixture will make a mess.
I also cooked some regular bacon slices alongside my candied bacon. This made it easier to tell when the bacon was done. It took close to half an hour in a 400-degree oven.
Our Candied Bacon Recipe is a delicious indulgence that we will probably only do on special occasions. Next up I am going to try chocolate coated bacon.,
Homemade Candied Bacon Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 8 slices bacon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine sugar, syrup and cinnamon in a bowl. Line a pan with aluminum foil and top with a write rack. Coat both sides of each bacon slice with syrup/sugar mixture. Place on a rack. Cook 20 to 30 minutes until the desired doneness.
Notes
Go here for general Big Green Egg tips
