Bacon Jam

This homemade Bacon Jam recipe is one of the sweetest indulgences you’ll ever experience. Serve it on burgers, as a spread with cream cheese and crostini, on buttermilk biscuits or over warm goat cheese for a mouthwatering appetizer.

Homemade Bacon Jam Recipe

If you like candied bacon, you’ll flip for bacon jam. After dining at a local restaurant where the Chef included bacon jam on a charcuterie board I had to make my own. It was spectacular and this recipe is the result of recreating it at home. To make it, you cook together chopped bacon with brown sugar, diced onion, fresh garlic, maple syrup and seasonings until it becomes thickened and reduced. You can process the bacon mixture in a food processor if you prefer a more fine texture but this is optional. Enjoy it immediately or store chilled in the fridge for snacking and to use it as a condiment.

How to Make the Best Bacon Jam Recipe

To make this bacon jam recipe thick cut bacon is simmered with sweet onion, fresh garlic, tangy cider vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup and a special blend of seasonings until it becomes thick, sweet and spicy.

• Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Bacon Jam: Thick cut bacon, butter, diced Vidalia onion (or similar sweet onion), fresh garlic, dark brown sugar, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, ancho chile powder or paprika and crushed red pepper flakes.
• Kitchen tools you’ll need: Medium 3-4 quart heavy bottomed saucepan, sharp knife and cutting board, silicone spatula or spoon for stirring, measuring cups and spoons and a food processor if you want grind the bacon jam more finely.
• Can I adjust the heat in this jam recipe? I’m a huge fan of sweet and spicy flavor combos so, my jam packs a slight heat. You can adjust this to your taste, of course by omitting the red pepper flakes or using a smaller amount.
• Should bacon jam be smooth? I prefer to leave the texture of my bacon jam a bit chunky. However, you can ladle the mixture into a food processor and puree the jam after cooking to form it into more of a paste in texture.
• It may seem sound counterintuitive but I also want to mention that this jam is best when it’s not made with the bacon grease or drippings from cooking the bacon. Why? Because the bacon fat solidifies after it cools and makes it less appetizing.
• Do you serve bacon jam warm or chilled? It can be served both ways. It’s also perfectly delicious at room temperature and can safely sit out for serving.
• How do I serve bacon jam? Include it as a spread or condiment for your own Charcuterie board, or serve it on sandwiches, burgers, subs, slathered on homemade biscuits or toasted bacon jam crostini with slathered with cream cheese and chives. One bite and you’ll be hooked.
• You can store this homemade bacon jam in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks, or in the freezer for 1 month.
• When frozen, thaw frozen jam in the refrigerator then allow some time at room temperature just before serving.

More Southern Style Recipe Using Bacon to Make

If the word bacon is in the title of a recipe, you can’t go wrong. More recipes you may like to try:

• Bacon Wrapped Brown Sugar Smokies are an appetizer that spans generations. This recipe includes a touch of heat to balance the sweet.
• Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers are baked, not fried.
• Baked Candied Maple Bacon only takes three ingredients to make.
• Zesty Bacon Parmesan Dip is a tasty option for dipping chips, pretzels, crostini and more.
• These Candied Bacon Breadsticks are a party favorite!
• See this easy tutorial showing how to Make Bacon in the Oven.
• Chicken Bacon Ranch Pinwheels are a make-ahead option for parties and entertaining.
• You may also like this recipe for Sweet Bacon Tater Tots from Real Housemoms.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• Saucepan
• Cutting Board
• Measuring Set
• Food Processor