Easy Million Dollar Bacon
This Million Dollar Bacon is candied meat at its best! With only five ingredients, this candied bacon will be the star of your brunch spread.
I just love bacon. One of my good friends always jokes that I should have named my blog “Bacon Babe,” and she isn’t wrong! I have over 30 recipes on this site that use bacon, and no plans of stopping. This Million Dollar Bacon is a candied meat recipe that your family and friends will absolutely love.
“The Best Bacon. Ever!!!!”
-Courtney W.
I truly love to dress an ingredient up to make it shine, and this caramelized bacon is bacon at its very, very best.
Ways to Use Candied Bacon:
Here are some ways to use Million Dollar Bacon:
- As the star of your brunch with Cinnamon Roll Casserole and Tator Tot Breakfast Casserole.
- Diced and added to pasta. Million Dollar Bacon Carbonara? I think yes!
- Add to turkey to make an unforgettable club sandwich
- Candied Bacon BLT’s? Of course!
- Halve and place on a breakfast charcuterie board alongside cheese and jams
- On a breakfast sandwich with a fried egg
Or, you can make this bacon as a garnish for this savory Horseradish Bloody Mary recipe!
Recipe Substitutions:
This Million Dollar Bacon can be adapted to your tastes. I kept it simple here, but will occasionally modify it by doing one of the following:
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary
- a sprinkle of cayenne pepper in the brown sugar mixture OR over the bacon before baking
- add a few dashes of hot sauce to the brown sugar mixture
How to Make Crispy Bacon in the Oven
Anytime you bake bacon, I recommend placing a cooling rack in your baking tray, and placing the bacon on top of the cooling rack.
Using a cooling rack allows the bacon to be lifted out of the grease. The bacon will be crispy, and grease will drain down into the baking tray!
Million Dollar Bacon – Candied Bacon
Ingredients
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, optional
- 1 pound thick-cut bacon
- A dash of hot sauce, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place an oven-safe cooling rack in a baking tray. For easier clean up, you can always line the baking tray with aluminum foil.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, maple syrup, black pepper and (optional) hot sauce.
- Place baking on cooling rack. Bake for 10 minutes, then flip and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove bacon from oven. Flip again, and brush the top with brown sugar mixture.
- Return to oven for an additional five minutes, remove from oven, flip bacon and brush the over side with brown sugar mixture.
- Bake for a final five minutes, or until the bacon is cooked to your liking.
Notes
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Yes, I agree. This is the very best bacon. My family goes crazy for it each and every time I make it!
Make this for a brunch to go with sweet coffee cake and fruit, and it was such a hit! Easy to make and so flavorful. Great recipe.