Bourbon Glazed Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

Bourbon Glazed Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

I serve you the recipe for the most amazing Brussels sprouts with bacon. The Brussels sprouts are crispy and shining because of the delicious sweet Bourbon glaze. And this is an unbelievably easy recipe to prepare with such a lot of flavor. I'm sure you're going to add this recipe to your most favorite Brussels sprouts recipe book.

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Dutch

Servings persons

Calories 415 kcal

Ingredients

▢ 1¼ pound Brussels sprouts
▢ 4 tablespoons butter unsalted
▢ 4 tablespoons dark brown sugar
▢ 4 tablespoons bourbon malt
▢ ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper ground
▢ ½ teaspoon sea salt
▢ ¼ pound bacon bits
▢ 3 tablespoons pecan nuts

Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic

Instructions

Brussels sprouts

Boil 2 inches (ca. 5 cm) of water in a large pot.
1¼ pound Brussels sprouts
Clean the Brussels sprouts. First, take a thin strip of the bottom. Then you can remove the outer leaves. If you've got huge Brussels sprouts, halve them. Wash the sprouts in a colander.
Add the clean Brussels sprouts to the boiling water and let them cook for 5 minutes.
Drain them in a colander and put them aside.

Bourbon glaze

In a saucepan, add butter, brown sugar, Bourbon, cayenne pepper, and sea salt.
4 tablespoons butter, 4 tablespoons dark brown sugar, 4 tablespoons bourbon, ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper ground, ½ teaspoon sea salt
Bring to a boil on medium heat, then turn the heat low.
Let it simmer, while stirring, for 2 minutes until the sugar is dissolved. Turn off the heat.

Baked Bourbon Glazed Brussels Sprouts with Bacon.

Add the bacon to a hot skillet and bake for 3 minutes on medium heat until they're light brown. Some fat will be released too.
¼ pound bacon bits
Add the Brussels sprouts, turn on the heat to high, and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
Add the Bourbon glaze and turn the heat low. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat and crumble the pecans on top. Serve immediately.
3 tablespoons pecan nuts

NOTES

1. Brussels Sprouts:

The cleaning of the Brussels sprouts will take the most of the preparation time. But you can buy them already cleaned. That way, this recipe will be even easier.
Stir-fry the Brussels sprouts for 2 minutes before adding the Bourbon glaze. That way they will become crispy.

2. Bourbon: Because you cook the Bourbon glaze the alcohol will evaporate, and only the flavor will stick behind. But if you would rather not use alcohol, substitute it with apple juice.

3. Storage: You can't store these Brussels sprouts, so make sure you eat all your veggies (but with this recipe, that won't be a problem ;-) ).

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