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Cooked with bacon

Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries

Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries
Frozen fries from are air fried then smothered with cheese sauce, browned crispy bacon and thinly sliced scallions. Serve as a family snack or as finger food to go with cocktail drinks.
Cook time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people

Blooming bread with bacon and cheese

Blooming bread with bacon and cheese
A loaf of bread is cut in criss-cross grid pattern, stuffed with cheese, drizzled with melted butter and filled with crispy bacon before it goes into the oven and baked until the cheese melts and the bread is lightly toasted.
Cook time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people

Scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast sandwich

Scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast sandwich
Chopped bacon is browned until fat is rendered, scrambled eggs and scallions are stirred in just until set, and the combo is piled on the bottom half of toasted bun.
Cook time: 6 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people

Pasta with bacon and pesto

Bacon pesto pasta
If you’ve ever wanted a dish so simple to make and with very few ingredients, but with flavors and textures to satisfy even the most demanding gourmand, you’ve found it.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 person

Bacon teriyaki rice balls

Bacon teriyaki rice balls
Sushi rice wrapped in belly bacon, brushed with teriyaki sauce, broiled and garnished with toasted sesame seeds. Inspired by one of the most stunning street food I have ever encountered in Japan.
Cook time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 8 rice balls

Cheese-stuffed okra wrapped in bacon

Cheese-stuffed okra wrapped in bacon
Young and tender okra are slit, stuffed with cheese, wrapped with bacon then fried slowly. The bacon browns and the okra absorbs the flavorful fat as the cheese inside melts slowly.
Cook time: 12 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people

Scrambled eggs with bacon and tomatoes

Scrambled eggs with bacon and tomatoes
An easy and delicious breakfast, the eggs, tomatoes and basil are cooked in rendered bacon fat. Serve over toasted crusty bread sprinkled with Parmesan and basil.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 people

Bacon asparagus puff pastry spirals

Bacon asparagus puff pastry spirals
Strips of bacon and puff pastry are wrapped in alternating fashion around each asparagus spear before baking to make this special occasion appetizer or snack.
Cook time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people

Meat lover’s sandwich

Meat lover's sandwich with chicken schnitzel, bacon, pastrami and cheese omelette
Inspired by the Three Little Pigs sandwich featured in one of Anthony Bourdain’s shows, our carnivorous sandwich has chicken schnitzel, pastrami, bacon and cheese omelette. And some veggies here and there.
Cook time: 0 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 sandwich

Easy pan-fried scallops with crispy bacon

Easy pan-fried scallops with crispy bacon
With five minutes to prep and ten minutes to cook, you can have a delicious appetizer to enjoy with cocktail drinks. Double or triple the recipe if serving to a larger crowd.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people

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