Chicken Fried Bacon
Equipment
- Breville Smart-Air Oven or air fryer
Ingredients
Chicken Fried Bacon:
- 1 pound thick sliced bacon
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons Cajun spice
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
Cream Gravy:
- 3 tablespoons bacon grease
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Cajun spice
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2-1/4 cups whole milk
Accompaniments:
- 4 buttermilk biscuits
- 4 servings mashed potatoes
Instructions
- Briefly fry the bacon in a skillet until it is limp and has rendered fat but not yet browned; drain.
- Use the bacon grease in the skillet, measuring 3 tablespoons of that and adding the butter.
- Heat that in the skillet with the salt, pepper, Cajun spice and flour for a couple of minutes.
- Add the cold milk all at once and use a whisk to stir over med-low heat until the gravy comes to a boil; boil one minute to thicken then turn off the heat.
- Have your biscuits and mashed prepped and ready.
- Stir together the flour coating of flour, Cajun spice, black pepper and salt.
- Dredge the partially cooked bacon in the flour, tapping off excess.
- Allow that to sit quietly for five minutes then dredge again.
- Place bacon on mesh racks in the Breville smart air oven; set the Breville to 300F on the airfry/convection setting. (I recommend placing a pan on a rack underneath to catch the drippings.)
- Cook for 5 minutes then turn the bacon over and cook 5-7 minutes more or until lightly browned and crisp.
- Serve the chicken fried bacon with mashed, cream gravy and biscuits as you prefer.
Notes
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com
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