AAR for Maple-Candied Bacon
Picked up 3 lbs of bacon from Sam's Club
Hormel - Black Label - Thick Sliced Bacon
Used
Samsung 30" Self-Cleaning Freestanding Electric Convection Range
a cookie sheet
a cooling rack for cookies
Reynold's wrap Heavy Duty aluminum foil
Preheated the convection oven to 375 degrees or (400 degrees on bake)
Wrapped the cookie sheet in aluminum foil
placed the cooling rack in the cookie sheet
added 10 strips of bacon to the rack
after doing so, I made the following maple coating in a bowl
1 Cup Hungry Jack Syrup (I didn't have real maple syrup or I would have used that)
2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Stirred it up and then spooned it on each slice of bacon
I baked it for approximately 20 minutes
Turned the bacon over
Spooned the rest of the maple mix onto the bacon
Baked for approximately another 20 minutes
Now, most recipes tell me to bake for a total of about 30 minutes but that is NEVER enough time for my bacon. I prefer it crispy and not limp. The coating seemed to get crispier faster than the bacon but it was still fabulous.
4 slices cooked faster than the others so I removed them when they got a little dark
Here's the other slices when they were finished baking to my liking
Because 10 slices already required an entire cup of basically pure sugar, I decided just to bake the rest of the slices in the oven without coating them with anything.
Now these didn't require such a long time as the coated slices did. I baked these for 12 minutes on each side. I originally did 15 on the first side and tried another 15 but that was too much.
Now, you might ask. What does 3 lbs of bacon look like finally cooked? Here's your answer. It surprised me a little. It didn't look like 3 lbs to me. I guess I should have actually weighed them on the scale to see what it actually weighed after the fact.
I would most definitely buy this bacon again. It baked nicely in the oven and tastes fantastic whether you coat it or not. I think the thick sliced bacon bakes nicely in the oven. The coated bacon was a little more chewy than I like but the flavor was awesome. Those of you who like Jerky would like the texture too. It reminded me of jerky a LITTLE. It wasn't nearly that chewy but it's what it reminded me of.
Picked up 3 lbs of bacon from Sam's Club
Hormel - Black Label - Thick Sliced Bacon
Used
Samsung 30" Self-Cleaning Freestanding Electric Convection Range
a cookie sheet
a cooling rack for cookies
Reynold's wrap Heavy Duty aluminum foil
Preheated the convection oven to 375 degrees or (400 degrees on bake)
Wrapped the cookie sheet in aluminum foil
placed the cooling rack in the cookie sheet
added 10 strips of bacon to the rack
after doing so, I made the following maple coating in a bowl
1 Cup Hungry Jack Syrup (I didn't have real maple syrup or I would have used that)
2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Stirred it up and then spooned it on each slice of bacon
I baked it for approximately 20 minutes
Turned the bacon over
Spooned the rest of the maple mix onto the bacon
Baked for approximately another 20 minutes
Now, most recipes tell me to bake for a total of about 30 minutes but that is NEVER enough time for my bacon. I prefer it crispy and not limp. The coating seemed to get crispier faster than the bacon but it was still fabulous.
4 slices cooked faster than the others so I removed them when they got a little dark
Here's the other slices when they were finished baking to my liking
Because 10 slices already required an entire cup of basically pure sugar, I decided just to bake the rest of the slices in the oven without coating them with anything.
Now these didn't require such a long time as the coated slices did. I baked these for 12 minutes on each side. I originally did 15 on the first side and tried another 15 but that was too much.
Now, you might ask. What does 3 lbs of bacon look like finally cooked? Here's your answer. It surprised me a little. It didn't look like 3 lbs to me. I guess I should have actually weighed them on the scale to see what it actually weighed after the fact.
I would most definitely buy this bacon again. It baked nicely in the oven and tastes fantastic whether you coat it or not. I think the thick sliced bacon bakes nicely in the oven. The coated bacon was a little more chewy than I like but the flavor was awesome. Those of you who like Jerky would like the texture too. It reminded me of jerky a LITTLE. It wasn't nearly that chewy but it's what it reminded me of.
