This form of bacon has been called may things, but we call it Million Dollar Bacon, because it taste like a million.
I’ve seen this done a number of ways and this will be the first in a series of slightly different versions of this style of bacon. This is the original that started these tasty bacon hacks. You won’t be disappointed with the sweet and spicy combination of flavors of this bacon and it’s good by itself or in just about anything else, including quiche.
Makes 24 or so slices, depending on thickness of cut
Ingredients
- 2 lbs of quality sliced Smoked Bacon
- 1 cup of Brown Sugar
- 1 tspn of Ground Pepper
- 1 tspn of Cayenne Pepper
- 2 tspn of Red Chile Flakes
Preparation
Preheat oven to 300 deg. Prepare a baking pan by lining it with foil leaving a spout in one corner to pour off the accumulated grease. Drop in a baking rack on top of the foil. Lay out all the strips of bacon with a small overlap between slices. Spread on the brown sugar over the bacon till it’s got a nice coating of brown sugar. As you work this out it’s very likely that the brown sugar will liquify by absorbing some of the moisture from the bacon. Sprinkle the ground pepper, cayenne pepper and red chile flakes evenly over the sugared bacon.
When ready, put the bacon in the oven and bake for about 15 – 20 minutes. Remove from oven and drain the accumulated grease from the bottom of the pan. At this point you can either simply return the bacon to the oven, or flip the slices over and return. If you flip them, you should dust the top with a little extra brown sugar. When you return them to the oven continue cooking for another 15 – 20 minutes or until the bacon is starting to crisp around the edges. Remove and allow to cool a little bit so that it becomes fully crisp.
It’s now ready to either chop up into bit sized pieces for simply devour.