*crispy waffle*

Bacon does make everything taste better! My kids aren't that nuts about veggies, but put in some diced bacon and they're all over it. I'm working on how many recipes I can generate that call for 3 slices of bacon... we'll see!

Lekker!

Asparagus with bacon

1-1/2 pounds asparagus
3 slices of bacon, diced
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

Heat a wok over very high heat (preferably a seasoned carbon steel wok). Once it's scorching hot, add the bacon and stirring, fry until almost crispy. Remove the bacon pieces with a wire spider, leaving a couple tablespoons bacon grease in the pan. Return to high heat and add the asparagus. Don't stir it right away; just let it sit to get some nice charred flavor on it, about 2-3 minutes. Stir it and let it sit again for 2-3 minutes until it has nice charred spots all over it. Add the oyster sauce and stir to combine. Add the salt and pepper (I add probably a 1-2 teaspoons salt). Add the bacon and stir to combine. Remove to a dish and serve immediately with steamed rice.

Labels: recipes, the savory and salty

posted by sheryl | 4:59 PM |

More oposts please!! I check in almost daily - ok, multiple times daily - in hopes of interesting bacon or speck posts, and have to say I was dissapointed at waiting two weeks for a very short asparagus recipe post. Please devote more of your day to satisfying my long distance bacon cravings, I eat vicariously through this blog. BTW, there's a hot dog place in clifton New Jersey that deep fries a bacon-wraped hot dog. Wow. There's also a place in the Village in NYC that makes a mean hot dog with bacon lettuce and tomato. I like smoked slabs of russian style bacon, big great chunks of it you can just take huge bites of, bacon flavored juices ri=unning down your face as you chomp away. HOORAY FOR BACON!!!
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Bakey McBacon 6/3/05 2:53 PM

Hi McBacon (or the Duke or Duchess Van Spek, perhaps?)

Sorry about the lack of posts-- we'll be updating more frequently; We have a lot of recipes and food posts ready to go-- so stay tuned! I'll make sure some get up there today. :)
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sheryl 6/3/05 5:07 PM

I hope my first comment wasn't too snooty or demanding sounding. I like this site a bunch, and love me some bacon, so please don't get the wrong idea. My wife's friend made us some bacon from a heritage pig a couple weeks ago. It was great, but I can't get by the name. I just keep imagining some poor pig family who is mourning their recently departed heritege. "What do you mean you ate my heritage for lunch?"
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Bakey McBacon 6/3/05 7:17 PM

Hi Sheryl,

Visiting ur blog for the first time.. Amazing. Well.. regarding bacon... its true. I am really fond of it & combined with anything makes that anything really tasty. My mom usually fries pieces of bacon in a pan & with the fat that melts... she makes fried rice. Thats my favourite.
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Tina Jennifer D'Silva 1/4/06 10:52 PM