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Oven baked HOT Scorpion Pepper Bacon on a rack. There are bacon drippings underneath the bacon.

How To Make The Best Ever HOT Scorpion Pepper Bacon

Grace Stewart
This recipe will show you how to make the BEST EVER HOT Scorpion Pepper Bacon! This is not for the faint of heart!
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 526 kcal

Equipment

  • Oven
  • roasting tray preferably with a rack

Ingredients
  

  • ½ lb bacon I've used regular cut, not thick cut bacon
  • ½ tablespoon Scorpion pepper powder this amount is HOT! Adjust down if you want a "milder" heat
  • 1.5 tablespoon brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 400F and line the bottom of a roasting tray with aluminum foil for easier cleanup.
  • While the oven is heating up, make your spice mix by combining the Scorpion pepper powder and brown sugar in a small bowl.
    A small bowl containing a mixture of brown sugar and Scorpion pepper powder. There is a spoon with some of the mixture in it in the bowl.
  • Season the bacon by sprinkling the spice mix on both sides of the bacon. Press the spice mix down with your hands. Try to use an equal amount of seasoning on each slice of bacon.
    Uncooked bacon on a white plate. There is a person sprinkling a mixture of Scorpion pepper powder and brown sugar onto the bacon.
  • Lay the seasoned bacon on a rack and place it in your foil lined roasting tray. If you don't have a rack, you can place the bacon directly in the tray (you will just have to drain the bacon of fat if you don't have a rack for use).
    Uncooked bacon sprinkled with scorpion pepper powder and brown sugar. The bacon is on a rack over a foil lined baking pan.
  • Place the rack in the center of your oven and bake until the bacon is crispy to your liking. Now, it took me about 25 minutes. I recommend to check your bacon after 10 minutes, and then approximately every 5 minutes until your bacon is perfectly crispy!
    Scorpion pepper bacon on a roasting tray rack baking in an oven.
  • Remove the roasting tray and allow the bacon to cool, during which time the bacon will continue to crisp up a bit. Then get ready to enjoy your HOT bacon!
    A person holding a piece of Scorpion Pepper Bacon. Behind this is a roasting tray with rack containing more Scorpion Pepper Bacon over foil with drippings underneath.

Notes

Please note that the nutrition information does not include info on the Scorpion pepper powder.  Accept my apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. 
If you don't have a rack available, you may want to remove the bacon after roasting and place it on a paper towel lined plate to help absorb the bacon fat. 
The ½ tablespoon of Scorpion pepper powder makes this bacon EXTREMELY HOT.  Please use caution.  If you are not used to EXTREMELY HOT foods, then please adjust the amount of Scorpion pepper powder down to 1 ts or even less. 

Nutrition

Calories: 526kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 0.01gFat: 56gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 25gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 86mgPotassium: 6mgSugar: 4gCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.03mg
Keyword bacon, scorpion pepper
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