Calling all bacon lovers! When you are looking for some fun finger-food for a neighborhood party or game day, these Grilled Bacon on a Stick will be your new "go-to" recipe. These two bite treats melt in your mouth and are crazy easy to make in less than 30 minutes.
Cut the bacon into 1 inch width pieces and stack about 1 inch high.
Skewer each 1 inch stack of bacon onto a skewer and dip into bourbon. Then dip into The Gospel All Purpose Rub. Place on cast iron skillet.
Set up the grill for direct heat at 325 degrees. Place the skillet on the grate and cook for about 20 minutes, turning them every five minutes.
Thinner Bacon Choice
Soak the skewers in water for 15 minutes.
Weave the bacon on the skewer (or stack like we did above but know that you will need several to make the stack thick) and spread out.
Dip into The Gospel All Purpose Rub or sprinkle on. Either use a cast iron skillet or a ¼ sheet pan with a baking rack to raise the bacon up to create a crispy texture.
Set up the grill for direct heat at 325 degrees. Place the skillet (or sheet pan) on the grate and cook for about 20 minutes, turning them every five minutes.
Notes
Cast Iron Choice: 1. Watch this closely! It is very easy for the cast iron to heat up too much and quickly burn the bacon. 2. Know that when you use this choice, the bacon will render the fat on the bottom of the skillet and it will stay there, it has no where to go. If that bothers you, use the sheet pan method! Cast Iron vs Sheet Pan:
Quarter Sheet Pan with Rack will allow the bacon to cook and drip the grease into the bottom of the pan so the bacon doesn't sit in the grease.
Cast Iron Skillet works great as it gives the bacon a great little charred exterior but it will sit in a little bit of grease. You can lift the skillet and scoop the grease out with a spoon like a gravy ladle or turkey baste it out.
Don't Cook Straight on Grill: Don't cook it straight on the grill as the grease will drip and cause flare ups like crazy. Variations: Brown Sugar Bacon on a Stick - Just like we used the brown sugar and cayenne on the Twisted Bacon, you can either lightly sprinkle on or you can go ahead and make the candied bacon version. For the Brown Sugar Bacon version make up a mixture of ¾ cup brown sugar to 1-2 tsp of paprika (or you can leave the paprika off) but then using your fingers, heavily coat the bacon with the brown sugar on all sides before grilling. This works great if you will weave the bacon on a skewer. Candied Bacon on a Stick - Similar to what we did above, you will use ¾ cup of brown sugar and coarse ground pepper this time. This method works best if you weave it on the skewer, then sprinkle with pepper and then pat the brown sugar onto the bacon. As it cooks, it will start to caramelize. The key here is to get the glaze from the sugars to caramelize the exterior. You can do it with the stacked bacon as well, but it only caramelize the exterior portions of the bacon, not the inside where it touches when stacked. It all works.Savory Bacon - Serve up a savory version by sprinkling the stacks with your favorite herb combinations. We did this when we made our How to Smoke Bacon a few times and it just adds so much unexpected flavor! If you want something completely different, try that version.When is Bacon Done Cooking: This depends on how thick your bacon is, how many you stacked or if you chose to weave a thinner bacon. The thicker bacon started to get crispy on the edges and start to slightly curl. The inside wasn't as crispy but it can get crispier if you slide the pieces a little bit apart. We found it was pretty much close to 20 minutes. Serving Size: This will depend on how much you skewer, which bacon you choose and what you put on it. Please use the nutritional values as a simple guide and not gospel in this type of recipe.