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Lacquered Chinese Bacon
Adapted from The Bacon Cookbook by James Villas
About This Recipe
| Yield: | Makes about 30 pieces of lacquered bacon |
| Active time: | 10 minutes |
| Total time: | 6 hours |
| Special equipment: | baking pan or skillet |
| This recipe appears in: | Seriously Asian: 8 Ways to Use Chinese Bacon |
Ingredients
- 1 pound of Chinese bacon, soaked in water for at least 6 hours
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
Procedures
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1
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Cut the meat crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick pieces.
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2
Place the sugar in a wide dish and dredge both sides of each bacon piece in the sugar, pressing the sugar firmly onto the pieces with your fingers.
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3
Arrange the slices on a pan or skillet and bake, turning once, until the bacon is cooked and browned, about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
