Sauces & Rubs

Bacon adapts to the things around it. It lives just as harmoniously with mild vegetables as it does in a rich port wine marinara. The sauces in this chapter are from different cultures and have different spice levels. There are ones meant to complement the bacon on the plate and others where the sauce is cooked right into the bacon. Making your own sauce is also a great way to use up some of that leftover bacon fat I keep telling you to save. Use it in mayonnaise instead of canola oil or as the fat to cook your onions for a BBQ sauce or marinara.