Pig Candy
From midgelet 16 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Nice net thread on this unusal appetizers. Idea is to bake sugar coated bacon till it is sweet and crisp. One idea here, other posted recipe : use 3 # of Hormel low sodium bacon and roll each slice in a mixture of 1 # dark brown sugar, 1 tablespoon chili powder, and 1 cup chopped pecans ( I'm not very good at following a recipe exactly) I found that more sugar stuck to the bacon as it warmed up. Read more I took my broiler pans and lined them with heavy duty foil. the put the rack with the holes on top of each. Neatly laid the coated bacon strips and basked at 350 for 30 minutes. at 20 minutes it just looked too limp to be a finger food. The bacon does get "stiffer" after coolling. Sometimes the nuts don't stick well either so try using finely chopped or combine sugar and nuts together and roll bacon in that 1 See less
Ingredients
- bacon -- extra thick cut shopping list
- honey or syrup, or sugar ( esp brown ) shopping list
- nuts ( Optional ), chopped pecans or almonds shopping list
How to make it
- On a rack over a baking pan, Ilay the bacon out flat, single layer, not touching.
- About 45 minutes at 250F leaves behind a pan full of bacon fat and strips of bacon that feel like pig-flavored wisps; very light.
- The strips have had virtually all the fat rendered.
- Next, out of the oven and pour off the fat (to save for another
- day).
- Loosen the strips from the rack (if necessary) and either pile with brown sugar or trickle a generous amount of honey along their lengths.
- Back into the oven to let the sweetness melt into the bacon.
- Maybe 1/2 hour this time.
- Note other recipes use 350F for 30 minutes and some say the nuts don't stick too well. See ideas in the description section above
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clbacon
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Oh man, I love bacon appetizers like this - the sweet bacon in contrast to the salty bacon is just so good - like the addition of nuts in this one, too. More protein! Thanks for the reminder of such an easy appetzer that is absolutely addictive...Kr...more
krumkake
in Chicago Suburbs loved it
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