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Bacon jerky is an American snack made out of smoked, thick cut
Bacon jerky is an American snack made out of smoked, thick cut bacon
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sa ...
. It is often flavored with maple syrup
Maple syrup is a syrup made from the sap of maple trees. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring. Maple t ...
, barbecue sauce
Barbecue sauce (also abbreviated as BBQ sauce) is a sauce used as a marinade, basting, condiment, or topping for meat cooked in the barbecue cooking style, including pork or beef ribs and chicken. It is a ubiquitous condiment in the Souther ...
or sriracha
Sriracha ( or ; th, ศรีราชา, ) is a type of hot sauce or chili sauce made from a paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar, and salt.
Use
In Thailand, sriracha is frequently used as a dipping sauce, particula ...
. Although it is named after jerky
Jerky is lean trimmed meat cut into strips and dried (dehydrated) to prevent spoilage. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt to prevent bacteria growth before the meat has finished the dehydrating process. The word "jerky" derive ...
, it is not prepared the same way. Traditional jerky is marinated and dried, bacon jerky is just smoked or dehydrated.
Bacon jerky was invented by accident when a meat processing team in Iowa was trying to create a thicker type of precooked bacon. A few years before this, it was independently invented by Rocco Loosbrock.{{Cite web, last=Soderlin, first=Barbara, title=Who invented bacon jerky? The 'bacon freak', url=https://omaha.com/money/who-invented-bacon-jerky-the-bacon-freak/article_58126362-592e-5d03-b613-bbd967deddad.html, access-date=2021-01-13, website=Omaha.com, language=en
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