Cornmeal-and-Brown Sugar-Crusted Bacon
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern living
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Pork main dish
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup plain yellow cornmeal
- 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
- 16 thick bacon slices
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine first 3 ingredients in a shallow dish. Dredge bacon slices in cornmeal mixture. Shaking off excess.
- Place half of bacon in a single layer on a lightly greased wire rack in a jellyroll pan lined with aluminum foil. Repeat procedure with remaining bacon, placing on another lightly greased wire rack in a second foil-lined jellyroll pan.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until browned and crisp. Let stand 5 minutes.