Bacon Recipes

Sauteed trout fillets with a warm bacon, chive, and lemon pan sauce. Lightly floured and golden-brown in minutes, this simple fish dinner comes together in one skillet.

Savory beef pie in a bacon dripping crust with ground beef, corn, green chiles, cheddar, and a chili-oregano spiced filling. A Southwestern meat pie with a cheesy, bubbly topping.

Open-faced cheddar sandwiches broiled with a creamy cheese spread made from sharp cheddar, cream, hard-boiled egg, pimento, and olives, topped with crossed bacon slices until bubbly and crisp.

Savory stuffed meat loaf hides a sage-and-thyme bread stuffing inside a bacon-studded ground beef shell. Two classic Sunday-dinner sides merge into one hearty pan.

Scalloped salmon or trout baked in shells with sauteed fennel, bacon, and a mustard béchamel. An old-school British fish starter with anise sweetness and smoky depth.

Make-ahead egg casserole with milk-soaked bread, Swiss cheese, and crispy bacon. Assemble the night before, bake in the morning. Brunch for four with almost no effort.

Cajun seafood stuffed flounder filled with shrimp, oysters, bacon, and cheddar, fried crispy on one side and finished in a blazing hot oven. Bold Louisiana flavors.

Hearty minestrone soup with bacon, pearl barley, kidney beans, and vegetables in a beefy tomato broth. A thick, filling one-pot soup with Italian herbs and a smoky backbone.

Shrimp pilau folds Worcestershire-spiked shrimp, crispy bacon, sweet bell pepper, and celery into hot rice for a Lowcountry one-pot supper. Charleston coastal classic in 30 minutes.

Chicken, shrimp and bacon with in a flavorful stock with broccoli and tarragon.

Skewered fish with bacon, mushrooms, onions, and cherry tomatoes, grilled and served with a homemade honey-mustard sauce made from scratch with egg yolk and tarragon vinegar.

Creamy brie and cream cheese whipped smooth with crispy bacon and a squeeze of lemon juice. A rich, smoky spread that comes together in minutes with just 5 ingredients.

Southwest torte in a cornmeal-oregano crust filled with cheddar, corn, bacon, olives, red bell pepper, and eggs in half-and-half custard. A Tex-Mex quiche that slices like a savory pie.

Spaghetti all'Amatriciana with bacon or prosciutto, fresh tomatoes, pimento, and grated cheese. A classic Roman pasta dish ready in 30 minutes with just a few ingredients.

Crispy bacon, beaten eggs, and Parmesan tossed with hot spaghetti for a quick carbonara-style dinner. Ready in 30 minutes with just a handful of pantry staples.

Speckzelten is the rustic Tyrolean bacon flatbread: yeasted milk dough rolled into raised-rim discs and topped with smoked bacon, onion, caraway, and coriander, or pork cracklings under lard. Pizza, the Alpine way.