Lacquered Bacon

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 21 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup mango chutney (any large chunks chopped)
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard or 2 tablespoons brown mustard
• 1 tablespoon vinegar or 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 12 slices thick bacon (good quality)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 in a bowl, stir the chutney, juice, mustard, and vinegar together.
• 3 place the bacon in a single layer on a baking sheet.
• 4 bake the bacon 10-12 minutes or until it begins to look opaque and the fat begins to render; pour off any accumulated drippings.
• 5 turn over the bacon and brush about one half of the glaze on each slice.
• 6 return bacon to oven and cook 3-4 minutes.
• 7 remove bacon from oven, turn it over again, and brush it with the remaining glaze.
• 8 return bacon to oven for 3-5 minutes, until well browned and firm (with the glaze coating, the bacon gets chewy and crunchy but stays short of crisp).
• 9 if you want to drain the bacon, do it on a rack instead of paper towels to avoid wiping off the glaze.
• 10 serve warm.