Honey Bacon Food

HONEY-BOURBON GLAZED BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the honey and bourbon in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Lay the bacon on the prepared baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Brush with some of the honey-bourbon syrup. Continue roasting until deeply caramelized and crispy, another 10 to 15 minutes--the bacon will really crisp as it cools. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon pepper and serve.

HUEVOS A LA MEXICANO TACOS WITH CHIPOTLE-HONEY BACON

Steps:

• For the chipotle-honey bacon: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Whisk together the honey and chipotle in a small bowl until combined; set aside.
• Put the bacon slices on a baking sheet in one layer, about 2 inches apart. Bake, flipping once, until the bacon is golden brown and crispy, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven, blot the top of the bacon with some paper towels and carefully pour off any fat from the baking sheet. Immediately brush the top of the bacon slices with the honey glaze and let sit until the bacon cools down and the glaze hardens.
• For the creme fraiche eggs: Heat the butter and oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and some salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the serrano and cook to soften slightly, about 2 minutes.
• Whisk the eggs in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs to the skillet, dollop with bits of creme fraiche and cook, stirring constantly, just until soft curds begin to form. Stir in some more salt and pepper and immediately remove from the heat.
• Spoon some of the eggs into each tortilla, top with 2 strips of bacon and fold. Serve immediately.
• Roll the masa into four 1-ounce balls; cover them with damp paper towels.
• Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat. Line a tortilla press with a piece of plastic wrap or a self-sealing bag that has been cut so that only the bottom is still attached. Put one of the dough balls slightly off center in the press and close to flatten. Carefully peel the tortilla from the plastic.
• Cook in 30-second increments, turning a few times, until warmed through and lightly toasted. Keep warm wrapped in clean kitchen towels and repeat with the remaining masa, stacking and rewrapping the tortillas so that they steam and stay pliable.

HONEY GARLIC BACON WRAPPED CHICKEN KABOBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degreesInsert skewers through each chicken tender vertically, and wrap with a piece of bacon. Place on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper.Pour soy sauce, chili paste, honey, brown sugar, mince garlic, lime juice, sesame oil, and cornstarch into a medium saucepan on stove over medium heat and stir to combine. Bring to a boil stirring often. Remove from heat and baste chicken with sauce.Cook chicken for 30 minutes, turning halfway through and basting opposite side.Set oven on high broil, and broil for 2-3 minutes. Garnish with limes and baste with more sauce if desired.

HOMEMADE BACON

Steps:

• Rinse the pork belly and pat dry. Transfer to a resealable 2-gallon plastic bag. To make the spice rub, mix the kosher salt, pink salt, brown sugar, honey, red pepper flakes, paprika and cumin in a bowl. Coat the pork belly all over with the mixture.
• Close the bag and refrigerate 7 to 10 days, flipping once a day, until the pork belly feels firm. It should take 7 days for a thin belly that is about 11/2 inches thick, longer for a belly that's 2 to 3 inches thick.
• Remove the pork belly from the bag, rinse thoroughly and pat dry. Refrigerate the belly on a rack, uncovered, 48 hours.
• Set up your smoker according to the manufacturer's instructions using applewood chips, and set to 200 degrees F. Smoke the pork belly 3 hours, or until the bacon reaches an internal temperature of 150 degrees F.
• Remove the rind (optional), then slice and cook as desired. To store, wrap the bacon in plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 1 week or freeze up to 2 months.
• Pink curing salt is a mix of salt and sodium nitrite. It keeps the meat pink and protects it from bacteria. You can find it at specialty food stores or online.

CREAM HONEY & BACON

Steps:

• Drizzle honey over the top of the cream cheese block.
• Sprinkle bacon bits over the top.
• Serve with wheat thins.

HONEY FIGS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Remove and discard stems from figs. Cut lengthwise slit in each fig, being careful to not completely cut through fig.
• Fill slits with cream cheese spread; press figs together to enclose cream cheese. Wrap with bacon; secure with wooden toothpicks. Place in single layer in shallow foil-lined pan.
• Mix honey and ground pepper until blended. Brush half the honey mixture onto figs.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until bacon is crisp. Remove and discard toothpicks.
• Drizzle figs with remaining honey mixture before serving.

CRISPY CORN CAKES WITH HONEY-GLAZED BACON

Steps:

• To make the corn cakes, whisk together the creamed corn, corn kernels, eggs and sugar.
• Sift in the flour, baking powder, salt and spices and mix.
• If necessary, thin out the batter with the milk.
• Fry spoonfuls of the mixture in a splash of oil in a hot skillet/frying pan until crisp and golden brown on both sides. Drain on kitchen paper and repeat with the remaining batter.
• In the meanwhile, fry the bacon until just starting to crisp then pour of the excess bacon fat (reserve for the best ever roast potatoes) and place back on the heat. Pour in the honey and glaze over medium heat for a minute or two until glossy.
• Serve the corn cakes with the honey-glazed bacon and ripe avocado.

HONEY-GLAZED CANADIAN BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Remove plastic cover from bacon.
• Insert meat thermometer into center of meat.
• Place bacon on roasting rack set in large roasting pan.
• Mix honey and soy sauce.
• Brush mixture evenly over bacon.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until thermometer registers 140ºF.
• Cut into thin slices.
• Note from source:
• For breakfast - or even brunch or supper - thinly sliced, roasted Canadian bacon can be a real treat.
• It's especially good with cheese souffle or a baked omelet.

SPINACH SALAD WITH HONEY BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients with 5 of the cooked, crumbled bacon strips in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, vinegar, oil, mustard lemon juice and remaining 2 strips of cooked, crumbled bacon.
• Pour over salad.
• Serve immediately.

GLAZED BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the red chile-honey glaze: Lay the bacon in a single layer on a sheet pan, keeping space in between each slice. Place bacon in pan and bake until lightly browned and crisp, 15 to 20 minutes. While the bacon is cooking, whisk together the clover honey and ancho chile powder in a medium bowl until smooth. Remove the bacon from the oven, using mitts, and carefully drain the fat, tipping the pan, into a medium bowl. Blot the top of the bacon with a few paper towels. Place the sheet pan with the bacon on it on a cooling rack and immediately brush each slice with the glaze.
• For the sorghum glaze: Lay the bacon in a single layer on a sheet pan, keeping space in between each slice. Place bacon in pan and bake until lightly browned and crisp, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the bacon from the oven, using mitts, and carefully drain the fat, tipping the pan, into a medium bowl. Blot the top of the bacon with a few paper towels. Place the sheet pan with the bacon on it on a cooling rack and immediately brush each slice with the sorghum syrup.
• For the brown sugar-pecan glaze: Line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper. Lay the bacon in a single layer on the baking sheet, keeping space in between each slice. Divide the brown sugar evenly over the top of each slice of bacon and bake until bacon is golden brown and almost crispy, about 13 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the finely chopped pecans, return to the oven and continue baking until pecans are toasted and bacon is crispy, about 3 minutes longer.
• Let sit at room temperature for 10 minutes.

HONEY BACON

Steps:

• Set Oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix brown sugar and chilli powder together in a bowl.
• Coat your bacon with the mixture. Making sure both sides or pretty much evenly coated.
• Put your bacon in a pan and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Your bacon will come out crispy and sweet.

CRISP ROAST POTATOES WITH HONEY AND BACON

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a saucepan and cover them with cold water, adding 1 tbsp salt. Bring to the boil and cook for 7-8 minutes, or until tender. Drain the potatoes and leave to steam dry for 10 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7.
• Place an oven tray with a layer of oil into the oven to heat up for 10 minutes.
• Place the garlic onto a square of foil and drizzle with a little oil to coat. Wrap up the garlic in foil so it is sealed.
• Place the cooked potatoes and the garlic on the hot tray and roast for 30 minutes. Give the potatoes a stir and roast for a further 10-15minutes, or until they are crisp and golden brown all over.
• When the potatoes are nearly done, cook the bacon in a frying pan until crisp and browned all over.
• Add the honey and chilli flakes, and stir together.
• Drizzle the bacon and honey over the crisp potatoes and squeeze out a few soft cloves of the roasted garlic from their skins to stir in (how many is entirely up to you). Toss together so the potatoes are well coated.
• Crumble over the feta and parsley and serve.

MAPLE HONEY GLAZED BACON

Steps:

• Bake bacon in 350 degree oven in large pan 10-15min until crisp.
• Drain fat.
• Mix the rest of the ingredi.
• and pour over the bacon.
• Make sure bacon glaze covers both sides and bake at 350 degrees until it bubbles, about 10 min.
• Remove bacon from pan and place on wax paper.
• Cut slices in half if desired.
• Do not refrigerate or cover, but let sit at room temp until ready to serve.
• It should be dry to the touch, not sticky.
• If bacon is limp or sticky, bake a bit longer, about 2 min.