29 Best Recipes For Bacon Lovers

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Bacon recipes should not stop at breakfast, and these 29 prove the point with room to spare. There is bacon candied under brown sugar and cracked pepper, bacon twisted into puff pastry with chutney and cheddar, bacon wrapped around tater tots, asparagus, enoki mushrooms and cocktail sausages, and bacon dipped in chocolate and rolled in crushed pistachios. Dinner gets carbonara, stuffed chicken, a grits casserole and a meatloaf sandwich built on Texas toast. Dessert gets chocolate chip cookies made with bacon fat in place of some of the butter, which sounds wrong right up until you taste one. A few of these are twenty minute appetizers and a few are weekend projects, so there is something here whether you have a pound of thick cut waiting or just the last four slices in the pack.

1. Bacon Chili Cornbread Muffins

A box of cornbread mix does the heavy lifting here, and Jiffy, Krusteaz or Famous Dave’s all work the same way. Bacon and green chiles go in, and what comes out tastes nothing like the box it started from: smoky, savory and just slightly spicy. Baking them as muffins instead of a pan means individual servings, which is why these travel so well to a potluck or a party. They are a side dish, a snack and an appetizer depending on what else is on the table.

Get the full tutorial at Sueeye.

2. Bacon Wrapped Enoki

Enoki mushrooms come in tight little clusters, and wrapping a bundle of them in a strip of bacon turns them into skewers that cook in minutes. The bacon crisps on the outside while the mushrooms stay tender and take on the smoke. Served with shredded cabbage and eaten straight off the stick, it is the kind of thing that vanishes off a plate at a gathering before anyone has worked out what it is. Worth hunting down enoki at an Asian grocery for.

Get the full tutorial at Spice the Plate.

3. Double Bacon Jalapeno Poppers

Double is not marketing. Three slices of cooked crumbled bacon go into the cream cheese and sharp cheddar filling, and then six more slices, cut in half, wrap around the outside of each popper. Six medium jalapenos, halved and seeded, make twelve. Set them on a wire rack over a foil lined sheet at 375F for twenty five minutes so the fat drips away and the bacon crisps underneath instead of sitting in it. Leave a few seeds in if your crowd likes heat.

Get the full tutorial at Delicious Little Bites.

4. Southern Bacon and Cheese Grits Casserole

Start the bacon in a cold skillet. It renders slowly, crisps evenly and does not curl, and seven slices is the right amount for a casserole this size. The liquid is two cups of whole milk and two cups of chicken broth seasoned with garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and cayenne, brought to a boil before a cup of instant grits goes in. Two eggs get tempered with a little of the hot grits, then in they go with two cups of cheddar and four tablespoons of butter. Bakes at 350F.

Get the full tutorial at Sueeye.

5. Brown Sugar and Black Pepper Bacon

Two ingredients on top of the bacon and one piece of equipment that changes everything. Lay a pound of thick cut bacon on wire racks set over a foil lined sheet, then sprinkle over half a cup of brown sugar mixed with a teaspoon and a half of coarse ground black pepper. Twenty five minutes. The rack is what matters, because it lets the fat fall away so the sugar candies instead of boiling. Serves six, and it is better than any restaurant version of it.

Get the full tutorial at Six Sisters' Stuff.

6. Bacon Goat Cheese Pistachio Bites

Frozen mini phyllo shells need exactly ten minutes out of the freezer before they bake, no more and no less, and that detail is the difference between crisp and soggy. Four slices of applewood smoked bacon crisp up in about five minutes and get chopped. Eight ounces of goat cheese goes in with garlic, raw honey, balsamic glaze, thin basil and roughly chopped pistachios. Ten minutes at 350F and you have fifteen bites that look like caterer food.

Get the full tutorial at A Sassy Spoon.

7. Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots

Two pounds of tater tots, two pounds of bacon cut in half, one toothpick each. That is the entire recipe and it makes twelve servings, which sounds generous until they hit the table. Defrost the tots first so the bacon and the potato finish at the same time, then bake at 425F for twenty to twenty five minutes until the bacon is properly crisp. Serve with barbecue sauce or ranch. They are the single most requested thing at any party they show up to.

Get the full tutorial at Dishing Delish.

8. Bacon Lover's Fried Rice

Day old rice is not a suggestion in fried rice, it is the entire technique, because fresh rice steams and clumps where cold rice fries. Eight slices of bacon cut into inch pieces cook almost crisp in three to five minutes, then onion and garlic for two, then three cups of cold rice until it is hot through. Peas, an egg, fish sauce or soy, a teaspoon of rice vinegar and black pepper finish it. Twenty minutes, four servings, one pan.

Get the full tutorial at Best Recipe Box.

9. Cranberry Bacon Jam Crostini

Bacon jam is good on its own and cranberries take it somewhere else entirely, adding a sharp, sweet tang that cuts through all that richness. The jam can be made days ahead, which is the reason this works as a party appetizer rather than a party chore. Spoon it onto crostini with Gruyere and run them under the broiler just long enough for the cheese to melt. Sweet, salty and a little tangy against the smoke of the cheese, and they go fast.

Get the full tutorial at Life Tastes Good.

10. Bacon Ranch Chicken Kabobs

Three tablespoons of ranch seasoning, a quarter cup of olive oil and pepper make the marinade, and two pounds of chicken breast cut into one to two inch pieces sit in it for at least three hours or overnight. That long soak is doing real work on the texture, so do not rush it. Sixteen ounces of bacon wraps the pieces before they go on the skewers. Thirty minutes of actual effort and it makes eight, which is a full cookout’s worth.

Get the full tutorial at Gimme Some Grilling.

11. Bacon Blue Cheese Caramelized Onion Tart

Half a sheet of puff pastry, cut lengthwise into two rectangles, and the base underneath everything is four ounces of softened cream cheese spread to within half an inch of the edge. A third of a cup of caramelized onions goes over that, then a third of a cup of crisp bacon cut into half inch pieces. A quarter cup of blue cheese is split, half shaken on before baking and half after, which keeps some of that sharpness from cooking away. Oven at 400F for ten to fifteen minutes, cool two or three minutes, then the rest of the cheese and a little parsley. Fifteen minutes of prep, serves eight, and it freezes unbaked.

Get the full tutorial at Dinner Then Dessert.

12. Bacon, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Tart

One sheet of thawed puff pastry, rolled to a twelve inch square and cut into four, gives you the base. Pierce each square all over with a fork and bake at 425F for eight to ten minutes first, then press the puffed centers down before you fill them, or the egg has nowhere to sit. Havarti, parmesan, bacon bits and a cracked egg go in and back it goes. Twenty eight minutes total, eight servings, and it looks like far more effort than that.

Get the full tutorial at Tried and Tasty.

13. Bacon Brown Sugar Smokies

One package of beef smokies, a pound of bacon and three quarters of a cup of packed brown sugar. Cut the bacon in half vertically so the strips come out shorter rather than thinner, wrap one around each smokie, roll the whole thing through the brown sugar and pack a little onto the ends before a toothpick pins it shut. Line the sheet with heavy duty foil, or two sheets of the standard kind, because that sugar welds itself to bare metal. Bake at 350F for eighteen to twenty minutes. Five minutes of prep, feeds twelve, or run them on high in a slow cooker for four hours.

Get the full tutorial at Dinner Then Dessert.

14. Chocolate Covered Bacon

Cook a pound of bacon until properly crisp, then blot it hard with paper towels, because any fat left on the surface will stop chocolate setting. Melt eight ounces each of white and semisweet chocolate at fifty percent power in thirty second bursts with a tablespoon of coconut oil, stirring between each one. Dip, then top with shredded coconut, chopped almonds, pistachios, crumbled Oreos or sprinkles. Twelve pieces, and no two need to look the same.

Get the full tutorial at TipBuzz.

15. Grilled Barbecue Bacon Meatloaf Sandwich

The clever part is the tray. Two pounds of ground beef mixed with panko, egg, a cup of barbecue sauce, four cloves of garlic and diced onion gets formed into a loaf on three layers of foil with the edges folded up, so it grills without falling apart or drying out. Ninety minutes on the grill. Then it gets sliced onto Texas toast with sharp cheddar, a fried egg, grilled red onion and arugula. Six sandwiches, and it is a genuine weekend project.

Get the full tutorial at Melanie Makes.

16. Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

Cut the asparagus spears down to four or five inches first so the bundles are even and cook at the same rate. Toss twenty to twenty five spears with a tablespoon of olive oil, salt and pepper, then cut six to eight slices of bacon in half and wrap each half slice around four or five spears. Onto the grill they go. Half a slice per bundle is the right ratio: enough bacon to flavor and hold, not so much that the asparagus steams inside it.

Get the full tutorial at Divine Lifestyle.

17. Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

A quarter cup of bacon fat replaces a quarter cup of the butter, and that swap is the whole recipe. You need three quarters of a cup of softened butter alongside it, a cup of packed brown sugar, half a cup of white, two eggs, baking soda, vanilla and two and a quarter cups of flour, plus a cup of semisweet and half a cup of milk chocolate chips. Eight to ten ounces of crumbled bacon folds in last. 375F for about eight minutes, roughly four dozen.

Get the full tutorial at Food, Fun & Life.

18. Grilled Bacon Stuffed Cheeseburgers

Bake the bacon at 350F for about ten minutes first, no longer, so it is partly cooked but still pliable enough to fold inside a patty without shattering. Ten slices, three pounds of ground beef and cheese make six burgers with the bacon on the inside rather than sliding off the top, which is the entire point. Thirty minutes. Keep the patties loose when you form them, because packing ground beef tightly is how you end up with a hockey puck.

Get the full tutorial at Cook Eat Go.

19. Bacon Puff Pastry Cheese Twists

This one is a technique worth learning. Two sheets of thawed puff pastry get rolled to eight by twelve, brushed with egg, spread with half a cup of Major Grey’s chutney or apricot preserves and covered in a cup of shredded cheddar pressed in. Then each strip of cheese dough gets stretched the length of a bacon slice, pinched at both ends and twisted in opposite directions into a spiral. Racks in foil lined sheets, 375F, forty minutes, twenty four twists.

Get the full tutorial at Kevin is Cooking.

20. Creamy Bacon Spaghetti Pasta Carbonara

Not a traditional carbonara, and it does not pretend to be. Two eggs, three quarters of a cup of heavy cream, half a cup of parmesan, parsley flakes, garlic salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper and minced garlic get whisked together first. Seven slices of bacon crumble in with half a yellow onion and a cup of white mushrooms. Leave the spaghetti sitting in its hot water until the moment it goes in the skillet, so nothing cools down and scrambles. Serves four.

Get the full tutorial at The Best Blog Recipes.

21. Bacon Cheeseburger Crock Pot Dip

Everything that makes a bacon cheeseburger good, in a bowl, with chips. A pound of lean ground beef gets browned and drained, then eight ounces of cubed cream cheese, two cups of cheddar, a ten ounce can of diced tomatoes with green chiles and a six ounce package of real bacon bits go in with dried parsley. Hold back two tablespoons of the bacon for the top. Two hours in the crock pot and it serves six to eight without you standing over it.

Get the full tutorial at Recipes That Crock.

22. Bacon Bombs

Two cans of refrigerated biscuits, twenty cubes of mozzarella and eight slices of cooked crumbled bacon, and every one of those things is already in most kitchens. Wrap the dough around a cube of cheese and a heaping teaspoon of bacon, seal it properly or the cheese escapes, then brush with four tablespoons of melted butter mixed with Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Ten minutes at 400F. Makes twenty, and pizza sauce for dipping is the right call.

Get the full tutorial at Love Bakes Good Cakes.

23. BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Meatballs

A cup and a half of Goldfish crackers ground in the food processor stands in for breadcrumbs, which is both a good use for a stale bag and a genuinely better binder. A pound of ground beef and half a pound of raw bacon go through the processor next until smooth, then cheddar, optional feta and the cracker crumbs pulse in. A cup of barbecue sauce coats them. Eighteen minutes at 400F, serves four, and they skewer beautifully with pickles.

Get the full tutorial at Eazy Peazy Mealz.

24. Bacon Ranch Chicken

Four boneless skinless chicken breasts, and each one gets a tablespoon of ranch dressing spread right over the top. Dressing, not a packet of seasoning shaken on, and the difference shows in how moist the chicken stays. Four slices of bacon cut in half give you two pieces per breast. Into a sprayed nine by thirteen dish at 400F for thirty to thirty five minutes, until the juices run clear, then two tablespoons of shredded cheddar per breast and back in until it melts. A minute under a low broiler first will crisp the bacon. Serves four in about thirty five minutes.

Get the full tutorial at Mandy's Recipe Box.

25. Bacon Wrapped Burgers

A pound of hamburger meat, a quarter cup of diced onion and one beaten egg, mixed together and shaped into four patties. Then eight slices of uncooked bacon, two wound around each patty and held with a toothpick pushed straight through the middle. That toothpick is the part worth bothering with, because bacon shrinks as it renders and will otherwise unwind itself all over the grate. Grill over medium heat to whatever doneness you like, pull the toothpicks out before anyone bites down on one, and serve on buns or gluten free buns. Four burgers.

Get the full tutorial at Mommy Hates Cooking.

26. Bacon Mushroom Stuffed Chicken

Eight ounces of bacon gets cut small and sauteed first, and then eight ounces of sliced mushrooms cook in the fat it leaves behind, which is where all the flavor in this dish comes from. Eight ounces of grated cheese goes in with them and the mixture stuffs four chicken breasts. The honey mustard sauce is mayonnaise, sour cream, three tablespoons of honey, a tablespoon and a half of Dijon and paprika. Oven at 350F, thirty five minutes, serves four.

Get the full tutorial at Natasha's Kitchen.

27. Blackberry Bacon Grilled Cheese

Three tablespoons of blackberry jam, four slices of Swiss, four pieces of crisp bacon and half a thinly sliced jalapeno between two slices of buttered sourdough. The jam goes on first, directly against the bread, then cheese, bacon and jalapeno on top of it, so the fruit does not slide out the side when you cut it. Fifteen minutes and it makes two. Sweet, salty, smoky and a little hot all in one sandwich, and it is better than it has any right to be.

Get the full tutorial at Lemon Tree Dwelling.

28. Bacon Fried Egg Chilaquiles Verdes

Simmer the green enchilada sauce for fifteen to twenty minutes until it reduces by a third to a half before it touches the chips, because thin sauce means soggy chilaquiles and that is the whole failure mode of this dish. Six ounces of tortilla chips go on a greased sheet or a cast iron skillet, four ounces of bacon cooks low for two to three minutes a side, and a fried egg goes on top with sour cream, queso fresco and cilantro. Twenty minutes, serves two.

Get the full tutorial at Blackberry Babe.

29. Fried Chicken and Bacon Patties

Canned chicken is the surprise here, and it works. Four slices of bacon cook crisp and get chopped, two small red peppers pulse in a food processor, and then two five ounce cans of drained chicken go in with the bacon until the mixture comes together smooth. A quarter cup of grated parmesan, three tablespoons of coconut flour and an egg bind it. Fried in two tablespoons of coconut oil, it makes three patties and it happens to be keto.

Get the full tutorial at Tasteaholics.