I have a freezer full of bacon

[betterthanabox]

I got a gift basket for Christmas that had about 6 pounds of bacon. I am just about out of ideas for ways to use it and am hoping for some help. Besides frying some up what can I do with it? I have a lot of odds and ends around my house, so any ideas would be well appreciated!

 

[Skittle68]

I got a gift basket for Christmas that had about 6 pounds of bacon. I am just about out of ideas for ways to use it and am hoping for some help. Besides frying some up what can I do with it? I have a lot of odds and ends around my house, so any ideas would be well appreciated!

Quiche? Bacon cheese burgers... Try going to allrecipes.com and doing an ingredient search with bacon

 

[Hoot]

You can use bacon in a tremendous number of ways. Your imagination is your only limit.

Here is a site I ran across sometime back that has nearly 200 recipes using bacon.
All Best Bacon Recipes - 177 Bacon Dishes Recipes
6 lbs of bacon....I am very envious!!!

 

[betterthanabox]

What I really want to do is make a main dish using bacon. This sounds so unhealthy now that I type it, but it is what it is. Anyone ever made a main dish centered on bacon?

 

[Andy M.]

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f48/bacon-cheeseburger-meatloaf-recipe-42290.html

I use a pound of bacon in this recipe and it's delicious!


You could also make Pacanis' bacon wrapped fatty or ABTs - jalapenos stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon.

 

[pacanis]

Not a main dish, but I've eaten 1lb at one sitting... of course it was wrapped around some shrimp, so it wasn't hard

My local grocer had a book by the cash register, 88 ways to use bacon, or something like that. It had some different uses, but none as a main component.

 

[pacanis]

Wrapped around asparagus, too! That could probably be cooked/roasted in the oven if you don't grill in this weather. mmmm
Sprinkle some room temp bacon with some seasoning, lemon pepper or Italian work well, wrap it around the asparagus, seasoning in, and grill indirect or roast in the oven. The room temp bacon will help it stretch and stick to itself.

 

[Alix]

In our world, bacon (like cheese) is a food "bandaid". It can "fix" anything. Add bacon to just about any main dish and it gets better.

- fry a bit with your ground beef for a bolognese sauce
- dice and fry and top salads
- marinate chicken breast chunks in teriyaki, wrap bacon around, skewer them and broil
- bacon cheeseburger meatloaf (link in Andy's post) is KILLER good
- saute a bunch of diced up bacon, layer it with hashbrown potatoes, cheese (cream cheese too I think) some eggs and you have a great casserole
- quiche lorraine

I can think of more, but this might be a good start. Just remember bacon lasts a LONG time in the freezer. If you aren't hurting for room, let it be and use it as you need it.

 

[pacanis]

This was good, The recipe came with that bacon book.
I halved it.

Ingredients
2 lg sweet onions
6 strips bacon cut in half
1/2c packed brown sugar
1/2c balsamic vinegar
1/4c molasses
2 TBS BBQ sauce

Preparation
skin and cut the onion into 12 wedges
Wrap bacon around each wedge and secure with a toothpick
place in a container to marinate in

Combine the rest of the ingredients and pour over the wrapped onions.
Cover and refrigerate for one hour, flipping once.

Grill til done, about 15-20 minutes, flipping and basting often

 

[TheNoodleIncident]

don't tell me everyone already forgot about this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/dining/28bacon.html

 

[pacanis]

More BACON!

 

[Kayelle]

Awww, what a shame to have too much bacon.

The first thing that came to mind is Spaghetti Carbonara. Read this entire thread about the technique......Yumm Yumm Yumm

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f20/spaghetti-alla-carbonara-67889.html

 

[TheNoodleIncident]

should have posted this link instead

Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes BBQ Addicts - BBQ Blog

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

Lambs liver in onion gravy with lots of crispy bacon.

 

[BigAL]

What ever you do, just make sure so save some for fresh tomatoes this spring. BLT's are the best then!


Ever had "pig candy"? I use the smoker but oven would work, too. Just put the bacon on the grill/smoker and put on some brown sugar on top. Plenty sweet for me, but I'll eat it.

Also try wrap'n corn on the cob w/bacon, just wrap it around a nibbler(1/2 cob) and put on the grill/smoker till done(or oven).

Bacon wrapped steaks. Bacon wrapped poultry. BBQ's beans.

have fun!

 

[DaveSoMD]

Silly question but did you try Googling Bacon here at DC? (The Google Search for this site is in the very upper right of all pages.)

BACON - Google Search

There is also the Tag Search: Click the down arrowhead nest to Search, click on Tag Search and enter your search term

bacon - Discuss Cooking - Cooking Forums - Threads Tagged with bacon

 

[Chief Longwind Of The North]

1. Bacon in Scalloped potatoes, or cheesey scalloped potatoes with bacon
2. Backed Beans with bacon
3. Bean soup with bacon
4. BLT salad
5. Bacon wrapped roasted Chicken
6. use as lardoons in roasts
7. Scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese
6. Pizza with bacon
8. Creamy potato soup with bacon
9. bacon wrapped hot dogs
10. liverwurst made with bacon
11. French Toast and Bacon sandwich with syrup
12. Bacon and corn pudding
13. cornbread with bacon bits added to the batter
14. tournedos (sp)
15. bacon/pork/chicken turinne

There. There are a few ideas for bacon use. Hope some of them are helpful.

Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North

 

[pacanis]

More fun with bacon
Stuffed mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms, moinkballs, ABTs
Bacon wrapped scallops (and stuffed shrooms)

 

[Skittle68]

More fun with bacon
Stuffed mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms, moinkballs, ABTs
Bacon wrapped scallops (and stuffed shrooms)

Omg the mushrooms look divine!!! I am doing that.

What is a moinkball?

 

[Linda123]

We wrap bacon around little smokies (sausages), seal with a toothpick, roll in brown sugar and then bake until the bacon is done. It's always a hit!