Brown Butter Bacon Brussel Sprouts

Dan    Appetizers & Co., Recipes     bacon, Christmas, holidays, sides, tasty, thanksgiving

What you’ll need…

1/2 cup butter (unsalted)

1 TBSP curry powder

2 TSP brown sugar

3 cups fresh brussel sprouts

1 yellow onion

1 head fennel

4 bacon strips

salt & pepper

olive oil

Little known fact: People that don’t eat brussel sprouts are crazy (fact source: unknown). Fennel plays second fiddle in this dish as I’ve always held brussel sprouts near and dear to my heart. They’re kind of like the little cabbages that could, and, let’s be honest, [the addition of] bacon makes any side dish situation a little bit butter better…

Start off by preheating your oven to 425 degrees. Now, melt the butter in a small pot on medium heat. Once the butter has melted, add-in the curry powder, brown sugar, whisk and let it cook for 1o minutes. In the meantime, halve the brussel sprouts, slice the onions, fennel, and bacon. Place in a large bowl, drizzle with a bit of olive oil, salt & pepper, toss a few times, then place into a prepared, medium-sized, baking dish.

Pour the brown butter mixture over the dish, cover with tin foil (shiny side in!), and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Once the 15 minutes are up, remove the tin foil and return to the oven on high-broil for 5 minutes to crisp things up.

This is one hell of a side dish. Guaranteed!

Serves 3-4

Total cook time…30 min

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