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Ingredients
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 TBS Olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper, sprinkle of
Garlic powder (optional)
Directions:
2. In a small bowl, combine olive oil with brown sugar, until becomes a wet paste consistency
3. Rub bacon with brown sugar, using your fingertips or sometimes I use the OXO food brush.
4. Place the bacon into the air fryer basket or tray and air fry for 4 minutes.
5. Flip each piece of bacon on the other side and add more sugar, garlic powder and pepper on top. Air fry for an additional 4 minutes or until bacon crisps up to your liking. 8 minutes for cooking both sides is about the right time. If you cook more than 8 minutes, be sure you check at every 1 minute or else it may burn.
6. Let cool on the paper towel. The bacon will become harder as it cools.
7. Serve on a plate or in the glass for a fancy presentation. I served mine in the wine glass and held it above the pool. Now I know why sometimes they call it Million dollar bacon.
Other Candied bacon variations. They are so delicious, you want to experiment with other flavors. So instead of sugar, rub bacon with:
2. Honey
3. BBQ sauce
4. Brown sugar + Cayenne pepper
5. Brown sugar + Chipotle BBQ Rub
6. Brown sugar + Coffee BBQ rub from Trader Joe’s. Divine!
Seasoning the other side is completely optional. For me, seasoning only one side of the bacon strip was just the right flavor for me. But you can experiment to your liking.
Crispy Air Fryer Candied Bacon
I fell in love with this easy air fryer candied bacon recipe. Slices of bacon are basted with brown sugar, sprinkled with a bit of garlic powder and freshly ground black pepper. Air fried until candied, glossy, thick, and hard. Yes, bacon actually becomes thicker and harder and can stand on its own (a fancy way of serving in the glass jar) Cooks to candied delicious perfection in just 10 minutes in the air fryer.
Ingredients
- 12 stips of bacon ( I used regular thin cut bacon)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 TBS Olive oil
- Freshly ground black pepper, sprinkle of
- Garlic powder (optional)
Instructions
1. Preheat the air fryer to 390F for 3 minutes
2. In a small bowl, combine olive oil with brown sugar, until becomes a wet paste consistency
3. Rub bacon with brown sugar, using your fingertips or sometimes I use the OXO food brush.
4. Place the bacon into the air fryer basket or tray and air fry for 4 minutes.
5. Flip each piece of bacon on the other side and add more sugar, garlic powder and pepper on top. Air fry for an additional 4 minutes or until bacon crisps up to your liking. 8 minutes for cooking both sides is about the right time. If you cook more than 8 minutes, be sure you check at every 1 minute or else it may burn.
6. Let cool on the paper towel. The bacon will become harder as it cools.
7. Serve on a plate or in the glass jar for a fancy presentation. I served mine in the wine glass and held it above the pool. Now I know why sometimes they call it Million dollar bacon.
Notes
Recipe notes
1. Bacon becomes much thicker after cooking and cooling.
2. Bacon becomes hard and candy-like or bacon jerky-like.
3. Do not let the bacon overlap or touch each other when cooking. Give them some space. Or else the bacon strips may stick to each other.
4. Bacon shrinks
5. Seasoning the other side of the bacon is completely optional. For me, seasoning only one side of the bacon strip was just the right flavor for me. But you can experiment to your liking.
Other Candied bacon variations. They are so delicious, you want to experiment with other flavors. So instead of sugar, rub bacon with:
1. Maple syrup
2. Honey
3. BBQ sauce
4. Brown sugar + Cayenne pepper
5. Brown sugar + Chipotle BBQ Rub
6. Brown sugar + Coffee BBQ rub from Trader Joe's. Divine!
Tried it with brown sugar and trader Joe’s BBQ Coffee rub – so addictive. Never any leftovers
So agree with you!