Prepping toppings and making bacon

Making: 

Today is going to be a Burger day but I'm also prepping stuff that I'll use throughout the week in other dishes.

First up: Bacon!

Here's what I have:

5 strips Bacon 

This is placed on a pan on my V rack and baked at 375 on conviction for 17 minutes.

Next up: Balsamic red onions

Here's what I have:

1/2 red onion 

Salt 

Pepper 

1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar 

2 tbsp Bacon butter

In a stainless steel pot. I took 2 tablespoons of the bacon butter and got the pan hot. The red onions went in as soon as the grease was hot enough and I let them cook until semi-soft. 

Next in was the balsamic vinegar and I let everything cook down until the onions were completely soft and I had a thick reduced liquid. Last in was the salt and pepper to taste.

And now: Shitake mushrooms!

here's what I have:

One carton shiitake mushrooms chopped

2 oz Broth 

1 tsp Onion flakes

1 tbsp Bacon butter 

1/4 tsp Smoked bacon sea salt 

After removing the balsamic onions from the pan I got it warm again and put in 1 tablespoon of bacon butter garlic by the shiitake mushrooms.

The mushrooms were stirred until coated in the bacon butter and I let them cook down for a bit before adding the broth and onion flakes to the pot. These were cooked until the mushrooms absorbed most of the liquid.  Last in was the bacon salt. 

Here are the sides! 

Throughout the week I'll be using the bacon,  onions and mushrooms in other dishes. First up on the menu, Bison burger! 

- Kris