Beef Bacon is bacon… made out of dry beef. It’s made from the navel (beef belly) and then seasoned and baked in the oven for the ultimate flavor! So, if you thought regular bacon was delicious and you’re also a beef flavor fan, wait until you taste this crispy beef bacon. You won’t come back to pork bacon!
TIPS & TRICKS
- If you don’t feel like using your oven for this recipe, you can always just fry the bacon slices until crisp in a very hot pan. Also, others cook it using the microwave… however, I don’t recommend this method.
- Bacon in its most common form is cured and smoked pork belly. The fat-rippled beef belly produces a tastier and crisper finished product than any other pork body part. When it comes to beef bacon, the same animal part is used.
- Pork bacon keeps for literally months in the refrigerator, while beef bacon, on the other hand, isn’t made for that long storage. It’ll last about several weeks to a month in the refrigerator or 6 to 8 months in the freezer. The difference between the two is the kind of fat. While the pork fat can be stored for mounts and still be good, the beef fat tends to go rancid when it comes to long storage.
- You can use beef bacon just about anywhere you’d use pork bacon. It has both the flavor of bacon and a bit of beefiness, as well.
- Unlike pork bacon, which does well in thick slices, beef bacon slices should be really thin. That’s because the beef fat is a bit different and it doesn’t melt/render as easily.
Homemade Beef Bacon Recipe
Isn’t it nice to know a little more about beef bacon before starting to actually cook it? Being aware of the ultimate tips and tricks is such a plus when it comes to any recipe. It surely gives you more confidence!
Anyway, it’s time to start preparing the bacon! You’ll see how easy everything is. However, don’t forget that you can always improve most of my recipes and this is one of them! So, if you feel like adding more seasoning or ingredients, feel free to follow your own taste! Just don’t forget to let me know in the comment section below how did you improve it! I’m curious to know all about it!
Beef Bacon Ingredient List
The ingredients for beef bacon can vary based on your tastes, much like the ingredients for regular bacon. To make bacon of any kind you must have regular salt and sugar. Even though the sugar can be skipped, the final flavor will suffer. So, I suggest trying to use at least salt and sugar (of any kind) when it comes to seasoning your bacon.
Beyond those basic three ingredients, you can add whatever spices suit your tastes. Black pepper, paprika, or hot chili pepper flakes would go just great!
Here are the exact ingredients for the basic beef bacon recipe:
- 10 beef bacon slices;
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt;
- 1/4 teaspoon brown sugar.
Easy Step-by-Step Beef Bacon Recipe
When it comes to baking it, the easiest advice I can give you is: to cook beef bacon just like you would cook pork bacon. I suggest baking it in a 350°F oven for 5 to 15 minutes. Another essential tip is to keep in mind that once you can smell bacon, stand by the oven because it is almost done.
All in all, here are the steps for this easy recipe:
- Cut thin slices of beef bacon (if you don’t have already sliced bacon). Keep in mind that beef bacon, unlike pork bacon, doesn’t do well in thick slices.
- Slightly season every slice with salt and sugar.
- After preparing a baking dish with baking paper, place the bacon slices into it.
- Finally, bake the bacon slices in a 350°F preheated oven for 5 to 15 minutes.
How to Make Beef Bacon at Home
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 10 bacon slices 1x
Ingredients
- 10 beef bacon slices;
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt;
- 1/4 teaspoon brown sugar.
Instructions
Cut thin slices of beef bacon (if you don’t have already sliced bacon). Keep in mind that beef bacon, unlike pork bacon, doesn’t do well in thick slices.
- Slightly season every slice with salt and sugar.
- After preparing a baking dish with baking paper, place the bacon slices into it.
- Finally, bake the bacon slices in a 350°F preheated oven for 5 to 15 minutes.
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: breakfast
- Method: oven baked
- Cuisine: American
Best Beef Bacon Recipes to Try at Home
Now that you know one of the easiest ways to cook delicious bacon, it’s time for some recipes where you can actually use it. Yeah, we all love bacon with eggs for breakfast but don’t stop there! Bacon is a super versatile ingredient for many tasty and hearty dishes you can prepare at home in no time.
So, I decided to gather some of the best beef bacon recipes on this blog for you. You can also search on the big mighty Internet for more ways to use the tasty bacon and let me know in the comment section below.
Enjoy Your Breakfast!
Finally, this is my recipe for oven-baked beef bacon! I hope you’d find it as easy as I did. Being a few-step recipe, I even let my niece prepare it from time to time and she is only 6 years old. However, when it comes to using the knife and oven I step in. I don’t recommend letting kids in the kitchen unattended as they can be exposed to various risks.
Well, I hope you were as satisfied as I was with the taste of the crispy bacon slices. However, now it’s not about my experience anymore; tell me about yours! How that was? Did you achieve the desired final result? Was your family impressed by the tasty beef bacon bites? Did you season the bacon with extra seasonings? If so, tell us how you changed the main recipe in the comments section below.
Now, it’s your turn to share with me everything about this beef bacon recipe and whatever you want to discuss in the comment section below. Also, please let me know what you think about my recipes and my way of explaining things here, on the blog. Feedback is really important in this area as I want to be constantly improving my content.
Last but not least, here are three of my other favorite recipes I serve for breakfast:
