So my wife took a bag of fresh brussels sprouts and added salt and some pressed garlic and then topped with pieces of bacon and baked at 350F for 25 minutes. The house smelled divine and the dish was divine.
My wife and I love that dish. Although I throw pound of bacon in a big fry pan cook until half way done then dump most the grease off throw in the sprouts and cook covering the pan with tin foil. Like you said the house smells just unbeliveble.
Oh yeah. I sautee the sprouts in olive oil, garlic, and balsamic vinegar, then top with bacon. Made many a brussel sprout hater change their tune.
The beauty in this one was the only real prep was splitting the sprouts in half. The rest was completed on a sheet pan in the oven. Since we had covered the pan with foil it was as simple as throwing away the foil.
Looks delicious. Those flavors go great together.
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Those two go together like PB&J. We’ve been making this Tyler Florence recipe a lot lately. Topped with a runny or poached egg. It’s similar to a dish from a brunch spot in Malibu.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/bacon-and-brussels-sprout-hash-recipe
ETA - it works really well with ham. Had a bunch of Christmas ham and this was the top method of using the left overs.
We roast those bad boys all the time, but I’ve never done them with bacon. I’ll have to add that to the bag of tricks. Garlic, salt, pepper, oil. That’s all they really need.
FWIW, I hated brussel sprouts when I was a kid. I remember reading somewhere though that they have been selectively bred over the last several decades to be much tastier than they were in my youth.
Yep, that’s the best part - simplicity. No need to dirty another pan pre-frying the bacon.