Caramelized Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic Fig Glaze

Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic Fig Glaze.

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Caramelized Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic Fig Glaze

It's fast and easy to caramelize brussel sprouts with bacon stove top and then glaze with Balsamic Fig.

Prep Time7

Cook Time20

Total Time27

Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 152kcal

Author: Carolyn Hetke

Ingredients

4 cups Brussel Sprouts
4 strips bacon
1 medium yellow onion
Balsamic fig glaze for drizzling

Instructions

Trim ends of brussel sprouts. Remove outer leaves and halve larger sprouts. Rinse well.
Rough chop bacon into bits.
Dice onion.
Add bacon to large sauce pan over medium high heat and cook about 4 minutes. Add onions and cook another 4 minutes. Bacon should be getting crisp and onions soft.
Add brussel sprouts and stir to coat with bacon fat. Then allow sprouts to cook undisturbed about 7 minutes. Then stir and allow to cook undisturbed another 5-7 minutes. Sprouts should be brown when they were in contact with the pan.
Drizzle with Balsamic Fig Glaze and let glaze heat a minute or 2.
Serve immediatley.

Notes

Note 1: You can substitute ¼ cup balsamic vinegar and 2 Tbsps fig jam (such as Dalmatia Fig Jam available in European delis). Heat vinegar and jam over medium high heat, stirring often. Let mixture reduce about 15 minutes til it thicken to coat the back of a spoon. Drizzle over Brussel Sprouts and serve.

Nutrition is based on 1 tablespoon or Balsamci Fig glaze drizzled over entire pan of brussel sprouts.

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