Baked Back Bacon Sliced with Tomato and Chilli Sauce
4 people
35 minutes
20 minutes
Ingredients
- 0 - Black Pepper
- 2 - Carrots thinly sliced
- 100 ml Chicken Stock Cube optional
- 1 - Green Pepper thinly sliced
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger
- 1 pinch SuperValu Chilli Flakes
- 2 tins SuperValu Chopped Tomatoes and sauce
- 4 tsp SuperValu Dried Mixed Herbs
- 1 sprig SuperValu Fresh Rosemary
- 4 cloves SuperValu Garlic crushed
- 2 tbsp SuperValu Olive Oil
- 2 - SuperValu Onion chopped
- 750 g SuperValu Quality Irish Unsmoked Back Bacon Joint 700g cut into 4 or 8 thick slices
- 0 - SuperValu Salt
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- Pour the olive oil into a pan over a high heat, add the onions, garlic, carrots and pepper and fry for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Add the herbs, seasoning and spice to the pan, then pour in the tomatoes, tomato sauce with a pinch of chilli flakes and chicken stock if required.
- Bring the sauce to the boil then reduce heat and simmer for 1 - 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, and pour the pan contents into an ovenproof baking dish, disperse the vegetables evenly in the base of the dish.
- Place the slices of back bacon onto the cooked vegetables and immerse slightly in the sauce. Place in a preheated oven for 25 – 30 minutes until the bacon is cooked through.
- Baste the bacon with the tomato and chilli sauce from time to time to infuse the flavour.
