Yields - 8 Servings
Prep Time - 30 minutes
Cook Time - 20 minutes

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Chicken-Fried Bacon with Ranch Dipping Sauce

Submitted by: j. Fraunhofer | New Braunfels, TX

Chicken-fried bacon with creamy ranch dipping sauce Servings: Makes 2 pounds bacon

Ingredients

Creamy ranch dipping sauce
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
16 ounces sour cream
8 ounces mayonnaise
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup minced red onion
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon chopped chives
2 tablespoons chopped dill
2 tablespoons chopped tarragon
Zest of 1 lemon, finely grated or chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
Fresh ground black pepper to taste

Chicken-fried bacon and assembly
6 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 quart buttermilk
2 pounds bacon
Vegetable or canola oil for frying
Creamy ranch dipping sauce

Directions

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper.
2. Place half of this mixture in a large, flat baking dish.
3. Pour half of the buttermilk in a separate large baking dish.
4. Dip each bacon strip first in the buttermilk, then in the seasoned flour.
5. Set the bacon aside on a rack for a few minutes to allow the flour to absorb some of the buttermilk to form a good coating.
6. For an extra crispy coating, dredge the bacon once more in just the flour mixture.
7. Heat a good inch of vegetable oil in a large frying pan.
8. Fry the bacon, a few strips at a time (you don't want to crowd the pan or fryer), until the strips are golden brown on both sides.
9. Serve the bacon warm (do allow it to cool a few minutes before serving as the hot bacon can burn) with the cold dipping sauce and plenty of napkins.