320 bacon recipes

Rustic skillet hash with leftover roast beef or venison, chunky potatoes, and onions browned in bacon drippings, then simmered in beefy gravy with a touch of chili powder.

Pineapples, sweet potatoes and macadamia nuts highlight this Hawaiian style potato salad.

BLT corn chowder puts bacon, lettuce, and tomato into a creamy potato and corn soup. Made with skim milk and Canadian bacon, it's lighter than it looks and ready in 35 minutes.

Pollo Euscaro, a Basque-style chicken braised with eggplant, mushrooms, tomato, peppers, and white wine in a covered casserole. One-pot comfort food from the Pyrenees.

Homemade dog treats made with whole wheat flour, rolled oats, bacon drippings, and beef stock. Crunchy, wholesome biscuits your pup will go wild for. Makes 30 cookies with just 10 minutes of prep.

Carroll Shelby's gourmet chili loaded with coarse-cut beef and pork, Mexican beer, green chiles, and bell peppers, thickened with masa flour. Swap in venison for a wild game twist.

Oven-baked beef and navy beans braised low and slow with tomato sauce, chili powder, mustard, and bay leaves. A hearty from-scratch casserole that feeds a crowd.

Triple-decker smoked chicken club with kalamata olive tapenade, crispy turkey bacon, tomato, Vidalia onion, and cucumber on thick peasant bread. A Mediterranean twist on the classic.

Ho'o Kanaka Stew, a traditional Hawaiian beef and vegetable stew thickened with poi. Salt pork, chuck, cabbage, and tropical staples in one rustic pot.

Slow cooker eight-layer casserole with ground beef, rice, corn, and bell pepper in a chili-spiced tomato sauce. Just layer and let the crockpot do the work for 5 hours.

Fettuccine with broccoli, carrots, and Canadian bacon in a light Dijon-Parmesan cream sauce. A lower-calorie weeknight pasta with vegetables cooked right in the pasta water.

An absolutely tasty dumpling stew is perfect in a cold winter day to warm up your entire family.

A Texas-style chili with stewing beef, ham rind, dried pinto beans, and red wine simmered low for hours with cumin, cayenne, and oregano. No tomatoes, all meat, pure grit.

Hush puppy is an old Southern term that originated after the Civil War. People didn't have enough for themselves to eat let alone feed their dogs, so when the old hounds started barking from hunger, they would throw pieces of fried corn bread to them, yelling, 'Shut up, dog! Hush puppy!"

Competition-style Texas chili with brisket and pork shoulder simmered in beer, tequila, and six jalapenos. No beans, massive flavor, thickened with masa harina.

Asparagus lasagne with a lemon-nutmeg white sauce, ricotta, Swiss cheese, and Canadian bacon. A spring twist on classic lasagna with make-ahead steps for easy entertaining.