Bacon Jerky

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bacon jerky

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 2 30

Resting: 10

Total Time: 2 40

Servings:

Calories: 83kcal

Author: Brenda

This Bacon Jerky recipe yields a tender, sweet, spicy and slightly salty snack. Perfect for snacking.

Preheat oven to 200F. Take bacon out of refrigerator and allow to come up to room temperature.
Measure and mix the maple syrup with the sriracha sauce.
On a cookie sheet, place a cooling rack over the cookie sheet. If you are making the full pound of bacon, you'll need 2 cookie sheets and racks.
With a brush, paint on the maple sriracha marinade on to the bacon. Place in oven.
Cook for 2.5 hours or until the desired texture is achieved. Remove from oven.
Allow it to cool on the cookie sheet for about 10 minutes. Consume right away or store in an air tight container.

Use regular cut bacon, not thick cut bacon as you want the meat to dehydrate.
You can use a dehydrator or you can use your oven. I found 200F in an oven to get a good texture much like beef jerky. I went for 145F in a dehydrator and checked it after 2 hours for desired texture.
You can cut the recipe in half and store the bacon in your refrigerator until you are ready to prepare it.
Elevating the bacon above the cookie sheet is essential to ensure the fat has room to escape and that heat can evenly circulate around the bacon.
If your bacon is really fatty, then consider trimming that part off. I wouldn't worry about the streaks in the middle, but some brands are fattier than others.