Brussels sprouts with bacon is a fast and easy way to prepare this savory and nutritious vegetable! There are a two simple ingredients that compliment this vegetable and that is shallots and bacon.
Discard dark green outer leaves and cut Brussels sprouts in half. Set the aside. Thinly slice shallots and set the aside as well. Cut cold bacon, right from the refrigerator, into small pieces and set it aside.
Cooking:
Preheat a large skillet, no smaller than 12-inch, over medium to medium-high heat for a few minutes and add oil.
Swirl oil around and add diced bacon. Spread it around evenly and let it cook until the fat is rendered about half way and add sliced shallots.
Mix bacon and shallots together and cook for a few minutes, until shallots are softened.
Add brussels sprouts and season everything with salt and pepper.
Mix everything together and let it cook, undisturbed, for a 5-7 minutes. This will give that side a nice sear.
Mix well and try to get most of the brussels turned over to cook the other side. Cook another 5-7 minutes undisturbed.
Mix and see if you'd like to cook it a little more. If you like your vegetables a little crunchy, you can take them off the heat at this point. Or, you can cook it more so the brussels sprouts are softer and browned more but don't disturb them after mixing. If you keep stirring, you will disturb the searing process, so mix and let them be for a few minutes.
During the last minute of the cook, drizzle a tablespoon of honey and mix everything to coat evenly.
Take off heat and drizzle a little more honey over the top when serving.