Bacon recipe collection

Slow-simmered navy beans with bacon, molasses, brown sugar, and ketchup cooked stovetop for hours until tender and saucy. A from-scratch baked beans recipe worth the wait.

A from-scratch black bean soup: dried beans simmered with smoky ham hocks, then a cumin-scented sofrito of peppers and onions, tomatoes, and a bright splash of red wine vinegar. Deep, hearty, and soulful.

Grandpa's caribou sausage blends lean wild game with ground bacon for richness, then seasons it with garlic, allspice, coriander, and mustard seed before stuffing into casings. A hunter's homemade sausage that works for any lean game.

Granny Fearing's baked beans: a Southern-style classic with canned pork and beans doctored up with ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, and smoked bacon. A sweet-and-smoky side ready in 90 minutes.

Kentucky baked beans with pork and beans, ketchup, brown sugar, molasses, mustard, and sweet gherkin juice, topped with a crisscross of thick-cut bacon. A sweet, tangy, smoky Southern side dish.

Ground beef pie crowned with creamy sour-cream mashed potatoes, melted cheese, and crisp bacon strips. A retro shepherd's-pie cousin with a dinner-on-the-table weeknight feel.

Gulyassuppe: a Viennese-style goulash soup with paprika, caraway, marjoram, stewing beef, potatoes, bacon, and sliced frankfurters. Hearty Central European soup finished with lemon juice.

Hasenpfeffer is a German braised rabbit stew simmered in red wine with bacon, shallots, peppercorns, currant jelly, rosemary, and thyme. Traditional spicy hunters stew with a glossy gravy.

German hasenpfeffer: rabbit marinated in vinegar and wine, then braised with bacon, onions, and a touch of chocolate for a velvety sauce. Old-world hunter's stew.

Hearty German sour cream soup with bacon, cabbage, barley, rice, and vegetables in a tangy bechamel-enriched broth with caraway and vinegar. A cold-weather classic.

Herb roasted rabbit with red potatoes, 24 garlic cloves, rosemary, and bacon crumbled on top. Rustic Italian-style one-pan dinner with deep savory flavor and crispy edges.

A traditional slow cooked split-pea soup that's loaded with flavor.

Hollywood Hash: a big-batch ground beef and bacon casserole with noodles, cream of mushroom soup, peas, mushrooms, and cubed cheese. Freezes perfectly and feeds a crowd.

Chicken and biscuit casserole with bacon, cheddar, mixed vegetables, and cream of chicken soup topped with drop biscuits and crispy French fried onions. Comfort food in one dish.

Hot Dutch potato salad: warm cubed potatoes tossed with a tangy bacon-vinegar dressing, hard-boiled eggs, and crisp bell pepper. The Pennsylvania Dutch classic served warm, never cold.

Hot German potato salad tosses warm sliced potatoes with crispy bacon, onions, and a tangy bacon-fat vinegar dressing. The traditional warm potato salad, no mayo in sight.