Bacon Scallion Milk Bread: Chinese Bakery Recipe! - The Woks of Life

This bacon scallion milk bread recipe is reminiscent of the bacon scallion buns at Chinese bakeries, in the style of a pull-apart bread.

Bacon Praline

Most desserts containing bacon seem, well, a little ham-fisted, but incorporating already-candied bacon into a slightly salty, rich caramel just makes sense. The end result from Baking Out Loud: Fun Desserts with Big Flavors is toothsome, smoky, nutty and sweet.

Maple-Cured Canadian Bacon

This recipe was a lesson on the complexity of the loaded term "Canadian-bacon," where the maple-cured and smoked pork loin I made is just one of many possible interpretations.

Chinese Cured Pork Belly (Cantonese Lap yuk)

This Chinese cured pork belly recipe (lap yuk in Cantonese) is truly a family treasure––my husband's family has been making it for decades.

Pig Candy

This candied bacon stands meaty as its saltiness combines with the rich sweetness of caramelized sugar, with just a touch of spice that may not be wholly apparent, but creates a little bite within the sea of sugar.

Pork Chop Sticky Rice Bake with Bacon

This pork chop sticky rice bake uses center cut pork chops stuffed with luxurious sticky rice and bacon zig-zagged across the top of each chop. This pork chop sticky rice winning combination is then baked to crispy perfection in the oven

Baked Bacon for a Crowd

The best way to batch-cook bacon, whether you like it crisp or chewy.

Overnight Sous Vide Bacon

I was skeptical of the idea of sous vide bacon, but bacon cooked sous vide overnight is the first I've ever tasted that delivers on that moist-and-crisp promise. It's crispy on the exterior as you bite into it, but it quite literally melts in your mouth, like the finest confit pork belly, as you chew.

Man Candy: Candied Bacon and Nuts

Candied bacon and nuts (walnuts and pecans). Be careful who you make this for because it's ridiculous addictive! The recipe can easily be varied with other nuts.

Chinese Scallion Rolls with Bacon

Hua Juan (花卷), meaning "flower rolls," are fluffy, chewy pillows of Chinese steamed bun dough, with scallions and in this recipe, bacon!