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23 Bacon Recipes

A white tray with slices of perfect baked bacon.

Baked Bacon1/23

A ridiculously easy way to cook bacon for a crowd. No fuss. No standing at the stovetop. No spatters.

Four baked eggs sprinkled with chopped bacon.

Baked Eggs2/23

And you thought you didn't have time for breakfast. We're changing that with this handy dandy technique.

A fully loaded bacon Manchego cheese burger on a sesame bun.

Bacon Manchego Cheese Burger3/23

We're bringing back fusion cuisine in style with this unabashedly American burger and its Spanish-inspired accoutrements.

Tray of roast chicken pieces with pancetta, olives, and garlic cloves

Roast Chicken with Pancetta and Olives4/23

"One of the best chicken recipes ever!" "Crisp-skinned." "Juicy." "Aromatic." "Easy." "Gorgeous." "Heavenly." That's what we're hearing from folks who've tried this preparation for chicken (or rabbit). Sorta makes you wanna try it, eh?

Bite-size bacon and cheese scones with smoked bacon and melted Asiago on top on a parchment-lined baking sheet

Bite-Size Bacon and Cheese Scones5/23

Cute as a button, and not much bigger, these buttery, bacony scones are the most diminutive and darned good baked thing we've had in recent memory.

Four mugs filled with chili con carne with one spoon resting inside a mug and four others laying beside the mugs.

Chili con Carne6/23

"Outstanding!" "A sophisticated uptown chili." "The bomb." That's what we're hearing about this classic chili con carne recipe.

Baked Pumpkin Donuts

Baked Pumpkin Donuts7/23

Deeply satisfying, these baked pumpkin donuts are gluten-free, paleo-friendly, and doused with maple and bacon or dark chocolate.

Several strips of maple bacon on a sheet of parchment, with a pastry brush and drizzles of maple syrup beside the bacon.

Maple Bacon8/23

Forget the mixed nuts and pulled pork nachos. This maple bacon is what we now nosh while sipping a beer and watching the game.

A small Mason jar half filled with bacon jam on a wooden board with a few pieces of bread beside the jar.

Bacon Jam9/23

Maybe what the world needs is a single currency. Like jars of this sweet, rich, intense bacon jam that makes everything better.

A bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin with a few slices cut from the end and a knife resting beside.

Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin10/23

Easy. Economical. On the table in 45 minutes. And essentially pork wrapped in bacon and roasted until crisp outside and juicily tender inside. Any objections?

An empty pot and spoon with just a little spicy bourbon barbecue sauce at the bottom on wood

Spicy Bourbon Barbecue Sauce11/23

The secret ingredient to this spicy sauce? Nope. Not bourbon. We said secret. It's smoked ketchup. (Yup. You heard correctly.) Bacon, too.

A bowl of creamy New England clam chowder with clams, potatoes, leeks, shallots, cream, and chives

New England Clam Chowder12/23

This New England clam chowder recipe, put simply, is a classic. No other way to say it, no other way to make it.

A whole peanut butter pie, topped with crushed peanuts on a wooden table.

Peanut Butter Pie13/23

We can't help falling in love with the sweet, smoky, salty, nutty flavors of Elvis’s favorite sandwich—peanut butter, bacon, and banana—in a rich, gooey, messy pie.

A white bowl filled with pasta soup with potatoes and pancetta on a linen cloth with a spoon resting on the edge of the bowl.

Pasta Soup with Potatoes and Pancetta14/23

This good old-fashioned soup has a frugal heartiness once needed by day laborers, a satiating subtleness now appreciated by foodies.

A cast-iron skillet with four cooked chicken apple sausages inside.

Chicken Apple Sausage15/23

Seriously, it's so easy to make your own sausage. Insanely easy. And holy heck, does it taste phenomenal. No meat grinder required.

Bacon-wrapped chicken wings, secured with toothpicks on an open grill.

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Wings16/23

Sorta makes you wonder how you got this far in life without thinking to try this, eh?

Tin cup lined with brown paper and filled with peanut brittle studded with bacon on blue wood

Bacon Peanut Brittle17/23

An unexpected yet inspired concoction of sweet, salt, and smoke that'll put your childhood recollections of brittle to shame.

Homemade Espresso-Maple Smoked Bacon

Homemade Maple-Espresso Bacon18/23

When David decides to DIY bacon, he really decides to DIY bacon. Seriously, folks. You gotta taste his take on cured pig.

Three stacks of gingersnaps, one broken cookie, and a glass bottle of milk

Bacon Fat Gingersnaps19/23

We're not certain which we find more incredulous, the sheer genius behind these bacon fat gingersnaps or the resulting flavor of said genius.

Two frozen chocolate bacon bananas on sticks with a dish of crushed peanuts and extra popsicles sticks beside them.

Frozen Chocolate-Covered Bananas20/23

We're not sure what The King would say about this frozen riff on his fave sandwich. But with all due respect—as well as banana, chocolate, peanuts, and bacon—does it really matter?

Open waxed paper bag with popcorn and maple bacon bits spilling out

Popcorn with Bacon Fat, Bacon, and Maple Syrup21/23

Wicked. Sinful. Indulgent. Those are just a few of the words being bandied about by folks who've succumbed to this ridiculously crack-like concoction.

A sliced Mediterranean-style stuffed chicken breast on a white plate with purple cauliflower, sweet potato, and a sprig of thyme.

Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Almonds, Olives, and Thyme22/23

Psychedelic purple cauliflower and sweet potatoes lend oohs and aahs to any plate. But here they're overshadowed by easy yet elegant (and sligthly indulgent) stuffed chicken breasts.

Sauteed Bacon, Mushrooms, and Lentils

Sautéed Bacon, Mushrooms, and Lentils23/23

It may seem criminal to bathe the walloping nutrition of lentils and mushrooms in anything but wholesomeness, but there's something to be said for quality of life. Hello, bacon!