Tacos are great.

The thing is… tacos can be so much better. How? Well, take that tortilla shell and transform it into something even more delicious. Yes, tacos filled with your favorite meat, cheeses, and vegetables create an ultimate palate pleasing meal. But sometimes you can take the traditional and expand! This is obviously where bacon comes in. Toss out that tortilla shell and replace it with that delicious meat candy: bacon. Yes, BACON!

Bacon Taco Shell:
It’s pretty simple to create a Bacon Taco Shell. Basically all you need to do is pick your bacon flavor (we like spicy, so Jalapeno is our favorite choice), create a bacon weave, then put it over a mold. Bake it in the oven until it is crispy. Now that your shell is ready, you can fill it with all of your taco favorites (or more bacon).

You want to make it even more exciting? Add bacon to your favorite guacamole recipe. And there you have… Perfection.

1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
2 slices bacon
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/4 cup apple juice
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/2 tablespoon green tea mix
1 to 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped or quartered
3 small red potatoes, unpeeled, cooked, sliced
8 cups lightly packed spinach leaves, torn into bite-size pieces
Salt and pepper, to taste

Combine spinach, potatoes, and mushrooms in salad bowl. In small skillet cook bacon until crisp; drain well, crumble and reserve. Discard all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat in skillet; cook onion in fat until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix cornstarch, apple juice and vinegar; add to skillet and heat to boiling. Boil, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Stir in green tea mix. Pour hot dressing over spinach mixture and toss; add hard-cooked egg and reserved bacon and toss. Season to taste with salt and pepper.


bacon recipe courtesy of: Island Teas 

3-4 cups vegetable oil, for frying
2 lb. potatoes, peeled, rinsed and dried
1 lb. bacon
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 chipotle pepper, chopped
2 drops Tabasco sauce
1/2 teaspoon cumin

For the french fries: Pour enough oil into a deep fryer or deep sauce pan to reach at least halfway up the sides of the pan,but not more than three-quarters of the way up. Heat the oil to 325 degrees. 

Cut the potatoes into sticks 1/2 inch wide and 2 1/2 to 3 inches long. Dry all the pieces thoroughly in a clean dish towel. This will keep th oil from splattering. Divide the potato sticks into batches of no more than 1 cup each. Do not fry more than one batch at a time. 

When the oil has reached the desired temperature, fry the potatoes for 4 to 5 minutes per batch. They should be lightly colored, but not browned. If your fryer has a basket, simply lift it out the remove the fried potatoes. Otherwise, use a long-handled skimmer to lift out the potatoes. Be sure to bring the temperature of the oil back to 325°F in between batches. At this point the fries can rest for several hours at room temperature until you are almost ready to serve them. 

For the second frying: Heat the oil to 325°F. Fry the potatoes in 1-cup batches until they are nicely browned and crisp, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain on fresh paper towels or brown paper bags and place in a warmed serving bowl lined with more paper towels. Sprinkle with bacon dust and serve with the chipotle mayo dipping sauce and/or ketchup. 

For the Bacon Dust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a tray with parchment paper, then line each slice of bacon on tray and bake for 15-20 minutes until crisp and dry. 

Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and allow to cool. Crumble and put in the food processor and pulverize into a fine consistency. 

Put fries, in batches, in paper bag with portions of the bacon dust and shake to coat. 

For the Chipotle Mayo: Combine mayo, chipotle pepper, Tabasco, cumin & adobe sauce, or if you can the chipotle peppers already in a can in the Mexican food section of your grocery store, you can use that. 

bacon recipe courtesy of: Mary Beam, Westbrook, Maine, for Just a Pinch Recipe Club

8 oz pappardelle

Sorry gang, yesterday I was going to regale you with bacon and nerdery from Disney this last week but Lil’ got me sick…I’m knocked on my arse!

I also promised some giveaways on the Facespace page and still haven’t got to those yet. UGH!

I will make it up to you this next week, but for now, please enjoy this bacon pron.

Have a great weekend!

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