4 entrees to try with bacon

Many appetizers, entrees and side dishes can benefit from adding an important extra ingredient: bacon. Here are four great dishes that are extra delicious when bacon is added.

• Beef might not seem to benefit from bacon, but it can make a huge difference in flavour.
• Take a steak filet and wrap two or three strips of bacon around it before cooking.
• Sear it in a cast iron pan for five minutes on each side and then transfer the pan to the oven for an additional five minutes at 350 degrees F (or 175 C).

• Macaroni and cheese is super with a number of different additions and bacon is definitely one of them.
• You can make homemade mac and cheese by boiling elbow noodles and adding one or two of your favourite cheeses, letting them melt around the pasta. Gruyere and fontina cheese both work well.
• Finally, sear two or three strips of bacon in a skillet and crumble them over the dish.

• If you want to give your asparagus an extra kick, try wrapping them in bacon. Use fresh asparagus and snip off the ends. Rinse them thoroughly and then wrap each individual stalk in one piece of thin-sliced bacon.
• This works best if you buy asparagus with thicker stalks so that the two ingredients cook evenly.
• Heat the oven to 400 degrees F (or 205 C) and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, then season them with salt and pepper and serve them hot.

• Chicken is a versatile entree that can be prepared in many ways but sometimes lacks a strong flavour. Preparing it with bacon can fix that in an instant.
• Just wrap two to three strips of bacon around the chicken breast and bake it for 30 to 35 minutes or until it is cooked all the way through.
• Season it with salt and pepper to taste and serve it over a bed of rice and arugula salad for a hearty, well-rounded meal.

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