Pork / Cracked Pepper Bacon

We are not going to lie to you, it has been hot in Chicago. We have also been really busy, Tis' the season.

Anyway, the weather broke and we decided to make B.L.T.'s, you know, bacon, lettuce and tomato. It is really almost a salad on toast if you think about it. Simple yet always ready to please.

We have had the good fortune to try something that has added a new dimension to our faithful B.L.T.. It is easy and it will change the way you think about bacon. Although in my family bacon is thought to be the perfect food, and yet we have improved it.

We are in the habit of baking bacon (say that 3 times). It always comes out perfectly cooked and fairly flat. In doing this it was decided to sprinkle and lightly rub Knox's All Natural Cracked Pepper Dry Rub into the bacon. It was a wise decision and came out of the oven adorned with dry rub and a flavor that was bacon but better. A bit of a bite with the sweet smoky bacon flavor.

Here is what we did. You could also follow this recipe with fresh ground black pepper with good results.

Baked Cracked Pepper Bacon

Take your bacon and lay it in a single layer on a cookie sheet covered in foil.

Sprinkle Knox's Cracked Pepper Dry Rub over the bacon.

Bake in a preheated 375 degrees oven for approximately 20 minutes. It will be golden brown when done.

Remove form oven when done and place bacon on your B.L.T., or it would just be a L.T.

We thought this would also be great in salad or in sautéed mushrooms for steak or possibly wrapped around shrimp before grilling. Our heads are spinning from possibilities.

Enjoy!

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