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Brown-Sugar Bacon Bites





Cool Time
40 mins



Total Time
1 hr 20 mins



Total Time
2 hrs

Recipe by Ayesha Curry, star of Ayesha’s Homemade on the Food Network and author of The Seasoned Life (Little, Brown and Co., 2016). Ayesha’s whole family is smitten with the sweet, crisp bacon at BrickTop’s restaurant in North Carolina. For her riff on it, she cuts the bacon snack-size and piles it up in small bowls like cocktail nuts.

su-Brown-Sugar Bacon Bites




Photo: Thomas J. Story

 20 slices thick-cut bacon, cut into 2-in. pieces
 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
 2 teaspoons pepper
 1/2 teaspoon ground fennel seed
Step 1
1

Preheat oven to 400°. Line two rimmed baking sheets with foil and set a wire rack in each. Arrange bacon on racks in a single layer (some overlapping is okay).

Step 2
2

Mix brown sugar, pepper, and fennel and sprinkle over bacon. Bake until bacon is crisp, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating pans halfway through.

Step 3
3

Let bacon cool to warm room temperature so sugar will harden. Arrange the pieces in an airy heap in small bowls.

Nutrition Facts

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Amount per serving
Calories126
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 8.9g12%

Saturated Fat 2.9g15%
Cholesterol 23mg8%
Sodium 491mg22%
Total Carbohydrate 3.2g2%

Dietary Fiber 0.1g1%
Protein 7.9g

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.