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Bacon Salt Recipe: Bacon Salt and Egg Biscuits

Bacon Salt recipe of the week, breakfast edition. These tasty egg and cheese biscuits are delicious no matter which flavor of Bacon Salt you use.

Bacon Salt and Egg Biscuits

• 8 eggs
• Any flavor Bacon Salt to taste
• 1 cup cheddar, parmesan or sliced American cheese
• 2 cups buttermilk biscuit mix
• 7 tablespoons water
• Green onions (optional)

Mix biscuit mix and water until blended. Place on a lightly floured surface and knead gently. Roll out to 1/2" thick, and cut in 3" biscuits. Place on an ungreased baking sheet, and bake at 425 degrees F for approximately 10 minutes until golden brown. While the biscuits are cooking, mix the eggs with the green onions and Bacon Salt and cook in a greased frying pan. Split the hot biscuits, add cheese, eggs and green onion, and serve with an additional sprinkling of Bacon Salt.

Baconnaise Recipe: Garlic Baconnaise Shrimp

The Bacon Wife's been making this for awhile, and I thought it would be great to share it.If you've ever tried the grueling process of wrapping shrimp in bacon and barbecuing them, you'll thank us for this recipe.

Garlic Baconnaise Shrimp

• 20-30 peeled and deveined shrimp
• 1/3 cup Baconnaise
• 3-4 cloves of chopped garlic
• Salt (or Bacon Salt) to taste

Add garlic, shrimp, Baconnaise and salt to taste, and let marinate refrigerated overnight. Put the shrimp in a grilling basket or on skewers and grill for 1-2 minutes per side over medium-high heat. You can also pan fry this as well. 

Baconnaise Launches in Select SuperTargets - win a year's supply of Baconnaise!

 

We're very excited to announce that Baconnaise is launching in a number of SuperTarget stores in Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. This is a test market for Target, which means that if we do well, we could be on their store shelves permanently on a much wider scale. See the list below for links to which SuperTarget stores Baconnaise should be in.

If you email us a copy of your receipt, you could win a year's supply of Baconnaise! Plus the first person to send us a Baconnaise Target receipt will get a free Ultimate Bacon Lover's Gift Pack. Email your receipts to HitTheTarget@baconnaise.com with your name and address to enter.

Without further ado, the list of SuperTarget stores you can find Baconnaise in. Happy shopping!

3800 Lexington Ave N Shoreview MN 55126

15150 Cedar Ave Apple Valley MN 55124

4175 Vinewood Ln N Plymouth MN 55442

3827 Marketplace Dr NW Rochester MN 55901

111 Pioneer Trl Chaska MN 55318

4848 County Road 101 Minnetonka MN 55345

749 Apollo Dr Lino Lakes MN 55014

21615 S Diamond Lake Rd Rogers MN 55374

18275 Kenrick Ave Lakeville MN 55044

2135 SE Delaware Ave Ankeny MN 50021

1030 Blairs Ferry Rd NE Cedar Rapids IA 52402

3400 Edgewood Rd SW Cedar Rapids IA 52404

3649 S Hastings Way Eau Claire WI 54701

3601 32nd Ave S Grand Forks ND 58201

11148 Plum Dr Urbandale IA 50322

1501 E San Marnan Dr Waterloo IA 50702

11990 Business Park Blvd N Champlin MN 55316

1500 109th Ave NE Blaine MN 55449

14333 Hwy 13 Savage MN 55378

1800 35th St West Des Moines IA 50266

1750 Robert St S West St Paul MN 55118

1515 County Road B W Roseville MN 55113

1447 E 7th St Monticello MN 55362

8900 Hwy 7 St Louis Park MN 55426-3919

755 53rd Ave NE Fridley MN 55421-1240

8201 S 40th St Lincoln NE 68516-3005

Music week at J&D's

We're not really sure what's going on exactly, but a lot of our customers and friends are getting musical about Bacon Salt and Baconnaise over the past week. Here are some of the highlights:

The Baconnaise Theme Song

The Bacon Salt Theme Song:

The Bacon Salt rap (new!):

Baconnaise recipe: BLT Dip II with Baconnaise

If you're football fanatics like many of us are, you're having preseason football watching parties. Here's a simple dip that is AWESOME for parties.

BLT Dip II with Baconnaise
1 cup Baconnaise (Regular or Lite)
1 cup Sour Cream (regular or lite)
1 tsp Bacon Salt (we like Jalapeno a lot in this)
2 Medium Tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese (optional)
Fresh ground Black Pepper

Mix all ingredients together, and let sit refrigerated for at least an hour to let all the flavors blend. Grind some additional fresh ground pepper on the top at the end to taste. Serve with your favorite chips, pretzels or veggies. 

Meet our summer Bacontern

Meet Brian Detlefs. He's currently a theater major at the University of Miami, and we were lucky enough to have him as our summer Bacontern. He recently performed this song about Bacon Salt in our parking lot - during which we learned that he's got more talent in his little finger than any of the rest of us have in our whole bodies. Incidentally, we're currently looking for a fall Bacontern here.

If you want to see more of Brian's videos, you can view them here.

Bacon Salt Recipe: The Triple B - Brats, Bacon Salt & Beer

Boiling brats in beer is more than just a pastime in places across the midwest, it's a way of life. This weekend's culinary experiement was brought to you by Johnsonville Brats. We boiled them in beer then added Jalapeno Bacon Salt to the peppers and onions garnish, with great results. Here's the recipe:

The Triple B - Brats, Bacon Salt & Beer

• 6 brats
• Buns
• 2 cans/bottles of beer - we used Corona because that's what we had, but any neutral or light beer works (don't use a bitter or ale)

For the garnish:

• 1 whole onion
• 1 red pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• 1 green pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1-2 tablespoons of Jalapeno Bacon Salt
• 1/2 bottle or can of beer

Heat a medium grill. Boil the brats in beer for 7 minutes.

Chop the onion and peppers into 1 inch square chunks. Add them with the garlic to the olive oil in a non-stick pan, and coat with Jalapeno Bacon Salt. Cook on medium-high for 2 minutes, then add 1/2 can of beer, more Jalapeno Bacon Salt and cover on low.

Score the brats 3-4 times diagonally, and then cook them on the medium heat grill uncovered, turning frequently, until cooked all the way through. Spoon the cooked onions and peppers onto the brats and enjoy!

Fueled by Baconnaise

We've just launched in several grocery stores in New Zealand. They're off to a rolling start! This picture was sent to us from our distributor over there.

Baconnaise Recipe: Turkey Burgers with Guaca-Bacon-Mole

Ah, turkey burgers. Not quite as good as a regular hamburger, but way healthier for you. The good news is that this is an easy way to dress up a turkey burger with our special version of a bacon guacamole recipe, add loads of bacon and guacamole flavor and take out that sorta weird not-quite-a-hamburger taste.

Turkey Burgers with Guaca-Bacon-Mole
2 lbs ground turkey
2-3 tbsp of your favorite flavor of Bacon Salt (jalapeno is our favorite)
Hamburger buns and veggie garnishes (lettuce, tomato, red onion and/or cheese depending on your preference)

For the Guaca-Bacon-Mole:
1 ripe avocado
1/8 cup of your favorite brand or fresh salsa
1.5 tablespoons Baconnaise
Fresh ground black pepper to taste

Heat the grill to high. While the grill is heating up, mix the turkey and Bacon Salt together and form 1/3 lb patties. Before cooking the turkey burgers, place a paper towel in a bowl with some olive oil and use tongs to coat the surface of your grill with some olive oil (this will ensure a great seared look).

Add the burgers to the hot grill and cook until internal temperature of turkey burgers is 165 degrees F/74 degrees C, approximately 5-6 minutes per side. If you're using cheese, add it onto the top of the burger at the end of the cooking time. While the turkey burgers are cooking, mix together the guaca-bacon-mole by peeling, coring and mashing the avocados and mixing with the other ingredients.

Lightly toast the buns and spread the guaca-bacon-mole on them before serving with the turkey burgers and garnishments. You can also add extra Bacon Salt to taste at the end.

Bacon Salt Recipe: Grilled Asparagus with Bacon Salt

Get those grills fired up, this is a simple and healthy side dish with lots of flavor that could be a staple for your summertime meals.

Grilled Asparagus with Bacon Salt

• 1 bunch of asparagus (I prefer the very thin kind as they grill up faster, but I get whatever my local grocery store has)
• 1-2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (you can substitute vegetable oil if that's all you've got)
• 1 tablespoon of your favorite flavor of Bacon Salt - we like Peppered a lot with this, but Original works really well too, as does Applewood or Hickory

Prepare a hot grill. Toss asparagus with olive oil and Bacon Salt. Add to grill, turning frequently until crisp-tender - it's OK if some of the tips have a sort of burned look. You can either grill the asparagus on a skewer or just add directly to the grill cross-wise and use tongs. Total cooking time depends on the thickness of the asparagus, but is usually only 2-5 minutes. Serve with some additional Bacon Salt and/or freshly ground black pepper and enjoy!