The Scoop
That's the bacon that looked at breakfast and decided it deserved a promotion.
Billionaire Bacon takes thick-cut bacon and gives it the full luxury treatment: a sticky brown sugar coating, cracked black pepper, and a hit of red pepper flakes that caramelize into a crisp, sweet-and-spicy crust.
It’s smoky, crunchy, unapologetically indulgent, and exactly the sort of bacon that mysteriously disappears before everyone else gets a piece.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 8 slices thick-cut bacon
Directions
- Line a half-sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Lay a wire rack over the half-sheet pan.
- Spray the wire rack with nonstick spray.
- Mix the brown sugar, the black pepper, and the red pepper flakes together.
- Spread the brown sugar mixture evenly over the bacon on both sides.
- Lay the bacon on the prepared wire rack.
- Place the baking sheet with the wire rack in a cold oven.
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Cook the bacon until crispy, about 20-30 minutes. Keep a close eye on it towards the end of the cooking time so the brown sugar does not burn.
- Allow the bacon to cool for 5 minutes.
- Serve.
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