A delicious way to eat your brussels sprouts. When you oven roast the brussels sprouts it brings out the natural nutty sweetness. Add bacon and you have a perfect side dish.
Place the bacon on a large cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees until crisp. About 15 minutes.
While the bacon is cooking, wash the brussels sprouts. Then cut in half.
Place prepared brussels sprouts into a large bowl.
Once the bacon is done cooking, remove it from the pan and drain on a paper towel or rack.
Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat.
Drizzle the prepared brussel sprouts with bacon fat, stir to coat.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper. And stir to coat the brussels sprouts well.
Place the brussels sprout cut side down on a sheet pan.
Bake 425 degrees until brussels sprouts are tender inside and crisp on outside for 25 minutes. Be sure to stir them about halfway through the cooking time.
During the last minute of baking crumble the bacon and sprinkle on the brussels sprouts to reheat it.
Serve.
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Notes
If you want to make these vegan, omit the bacon and use olive oil in place of bacon fat.