# Maple Bacon Bourbon Brussels Sprouts

Happy holidays, let's make some fucking Brussels sprouts! This is one of the best things I have ever made, EVER.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound bacon
- a little bit garlic powder
- fresh cracked black pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 tablespoons bacon fat
- 0.25 cup maple syrup
- 0.5 shooter bourbon
- chopped up maple pecans
- 1 pinch crushed red pepper
- a little bit flaky sea salt

## Instructions

1. Chunk the bacon into small pieces.
2. Fry it.
3. Once the bacon is crisped to your liking, pull it off and place it on a paper towel lined sheet.
4. Carefully pour off excess bacon fat into your coffee cup.
5. Reserve aside about 3 tablespoons in the pan.
6. To the Brussels sprouts, add a little bit of garlic powder and fresh cracked black pepper.
7. Dump the Brussels sprouts into the pan and make sure everything is sitting flat side down.
8. Stir.
9. You want to make sure that the other side now gets crispy.
10. Take them out of the pan.
11. Start the maple bourbon pecan glaze by adding a tablespoon of butter into the pan.
12. Add a little bit of bacon fat as well.
13. Add about a quarter of a cup of maple syrup.
14. Add a half a shooter of bourbon.
15. Chuck in some chopped up maple pecans.
16. Add a pinch of crushed red pepper.
17. Give this a stir and allow it to reduce down for just a minute.
18. Toss some bacon right back in.
19. Toss the Brussels sprouts into the mixture, making sure that everything is well coated.
20. Finish it off with a little bit of flaky sea salt.

## Equipment

- pan
- coffee cup
- spatula
- tongs
- spoon
- fork

## Tips

- Make sure everything is sitting flat side down to allow them to crisp up nicely.
- You know that your sauce is correct when you can take a spoon, drag it through, and it takes a second before both sides of the sauce meet each other.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr2ar7Dw/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/96d2f05e-1530-4b46-a2cc-9ab9b71c9e2b
- Extracted: 2025-11-26

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