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Candied bourbon bacon is sweet, salty and irresistible
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This recipe hits all the right notes - sweet, salty and smokey! And it couldn't be easier. In under 30 minutes, this special snack could be yours. Candied bourbon bacon is popular for brunches, bridal showers and as a holiday party appetizer.
Ingredients:
- 12 oz bacon
- 1 oz bourbon
- Kosmos Q Honey Killer Bee meat rub (enough to coat both sides of the bacon)
Directions:
- Check your smoker and replace the drip tray liner if covered in build-up. Preheat your Traeger or other smoker to 400°.
- While the grill preheats, lay your strips of bacon onto a rimmed baking sheet.
- Use a basting brush to coat each bacon strip with bourbon (we used Woodford Reserve, but use whatever bourbon is in your liquor cabinet.)
- Shake the Honey Killer Bee onto the bacon and pat it in. You could use another sweet seasoning, but we like the Honey Killer Bee because it has both sugar and honey along with some savory spices.
- Now flip the bacon and repeat with the bourbon and the meat rub.
- When your Traeger is preheated, use tongs to lay the bacon directly across the grill grates.* Close the lid and resist the urge to peek.
- After 4 minutes, flip the bacon. Wait a couple minutes and then begin checking the bacon every 1-2 minutes for doneness. If you walk away, the bacon will go from underdone to burned quickly.
- Remove the bacon when it looks done - it might be a little limp as you pull it from the grill, but it will firm up and lose most of its stickiness when you lay it flat on a clean cookie sheet to cool.
*Note: Do not place bacon directly on grill grates if there is a flame directly underneath, such as a gas or charcoal grill. The sugar and bacon drippings will cause a fire. Instead, you can try laying bacon strips across a wire rack, set inside a baking sheet to catch the drippings. Modify cooking time as necessary.