10 Delicious Things You Can Make With Bacon

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While bacon and potatoes is a classic combination, sweet potato is not usually the type of potato involved. Here, it adds a depth of flavor—a sweetness contrasted by spicy arugula—that will have you rethinking your potato-bacon pairings from now on. Get the recipe at Food52.

The words "bacon-wrapped" in front of anything makes it automatically delicious, but these bacon-wrapped water chestnuts raise the bar. The best part? Dijon and brown sugar flavor them from within so there's no dipping sauce required.  Get the recipe at Food52.

Mashed potatoes are a staple on every dinner table. Amp yours up with pieces of smoky bacon and buttery leeks for the ultimate mash. Check, please. Get the recipe at Food52.

It's pork, wrapped in pork, and doused in a brown sugar glaze. Break this puppy out at your first tailgating event of the season. Get the recipe at Food52.

Endive is one bitter vegetable. But when you add bacon, pecans, and cream, it gets all soft and sweet. Now bring some of that magic up to your mouth.

A regular egg salad sandwich is boring. An egg salad sandwich with bacon, a spicy-nut blend called dukkah, and peppery greens is exactly the opposite. Get ready to blow past that diner classic. Get the recipe at Food52.

Typically when we think of vinaigrettes, salads come to mind. Not so in this case, where a bacon vinaigrette (really just bacon and scallions chopped up and tossed with oil and vinegar) tops a creamy potato soup. This is comfort food at its finest. Get the recipe at Food52.

Corn and bacon come together again, this time with fresh clams that open wide to absorb all that bacony broth. Bonus: there's only one pot to clean. Get the recipe at Food52.

This risotto is a dish that will sweep anyone off their feet. The sweetness from the corn paired with the bacon and anchovy is a combination that will win anyone over. Get the recipe at Food52.

There's tomato on this sandwich, which means its kind of healthy. That means it's okay to heap a pile of avocado, bacon, and bacon fat aoili on top. Get the recipe at Food52.