Broiled Brown Sugar Apples With Bacon Recipes

BROWN-SUGAR-GLAZED BACON

Steps:

• Position 1 rack in top third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Line large rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place large rack on lined baking sheet. Arrange bacon slices in single layer on rack. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over. Bake until bacon is crisp and glazed, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool 5 minutes and serve.

BROWN SUGAR BACON WRAPPED SCALLOPS RECIPE

Steps:

• Pat scallops dry with a paper towel.
• In a large pan, start to crisp bacon. Cook bacon until golden brown - but still soft and pliable.
• In a small bowl, mix salt, pepper, and garlic and then sprinkle generously over scallops.
• Wrap each scallop with 1/2 bacon strip and secure by pushing a toothpick through the bacon and scallop.
• In another small bowl, mix brown sugar and ginger.
• Sprinkle brown sugar and ginger mixture all over scallop, but reserve much of the sugar and gigner to sprinkle after the scallops flip once.
• Heat butter in large pan until foamy and melted.
• Add scallops to pan and cook on medium high heat. Flip after 5-6 minutes, sprinkle with more sugar and ginger, and continue repeating steps until scallops are cooked.
• Serve immediately.

PAN SEARED PORK CHOPS TOPPED WITH BROWN SUGAR GLAZED APPLES AND BACON

Steps:

• Mix salt and black pepper together; season both sides of each pork chop.
• Press both sides of apple slices into brown sugar to coat them.
• Cook bacon in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels, reserving bacon grease in the skillet.
• Mix 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter into the reserved bacon grease over medium heat; cook the brown sugar-coated apple slices until apples are tender and glazed, about 5 minutes. Transfer glazed apples to a plate in a single layer leaving room between each apple.
• Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter to the skillet over medium-high heat. Brown pork chops, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer pork chops to a plate.
• Mix Swanson® Unsalted Chicken Stock, lemon juice, and 1/2 of the green onions into the skillet mixture; bring liquid to a simmer. Check sauce for seasoning; add salt to taste, if desired.
• Place the browned pork chops in the skillet and simmer in the sauce until pork chops are cooked through, about 20 minutes.
• Serve topped with 4 glazed apple slices per chop. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon; spoon a generous amount of the pan sauce over top. Finish with a sprinkle of green onions.

BROILED BROWN-SUGAR APPLES WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat broiler and lightly grease a broiler pan or 15 1/2- by 10 1/2-inch jelly-roll pan.
• Cut apples crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Cut out core from the middle of each slice and stack slices to reform whole apples. Arrange slices from 1 apple in one layer in pan, keeping slices in order, and sprinkle with half of brown sugar. Broil apple slices 4 to 6 inches from heat 2 minutes, or until barely tender and sugar is caramelized. Transfer broiled apples in one layer to a tray. In cleaned lightly greased pan broil remaining apple slices with remaining brown sugar in same manner.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. and grease a small shallow baking pan.
• Arrange bottom slice of each apple in baking pan and sprinkle with some bacon. Stack remaining apple slices in order on top, sprinkling layers with bacon and ending with top slices of apples, to form 2 whole apples. Apples may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled in baking pan, covered. Bring apples to room temperature before proceeding.
• Reheat apple, uncovered, in oven until hot, about 15 minutes.