![]() ![]() When it comes to a bacon you’re going to turn to every morning, you don’t necessarily want the intense flavor and smokey aroma of the apple smoked bacon day after day. In a side by side taste test, I’d have to choose the the apple smoked bacon, no question. The apple smoked bacon has set out to dominate the world of smokey, strongly seasoned bacon and it has done exactly that. Tastewise, these bacons are playing quite different games. Is it better than the Apple Smoked Bacon? That’s a trickier question. Where the applewood smoked bacon comes out the gate strong with plenty of razzle dazzle, Trader Joe’s Uncured Black Forest Bacon offers a more sophisticated and nuanced bacon choice. Is the Black Forest bacon delicious? Absolutely – it’s a nice thick cut of fatty, smoky, slightly sweet bacon that is almost too good for this earth. Today we take a look at Trader Joe’s other delicious bacon – Black Forest Bacon. Trader Joe’s Uncured Apple Smoked Bacon we already covered, and by gum if you don’t have some of this in your pantry already then I don’t know what you’re doing with your life. ![]() Not just one, but two different kinds of suberp, praise-worthy bacon have glorified my breakfast this week. The transition from a baconless existence to a world of delicious bacon has left me unnaturally giddy and elated. That raises more questions than it answers, Joe.īacon week continues with Trader Joe’s Uncured Black Forest Bacon! I only wish the package contained more than just 2oz.Despite repeated phone calls, TJ’s is staying quite on how the bacon is cured, what’s in the dry rub, and whether the pigs are actually from the Black Forest. While it didn't live up to claims of being "thick sliced bacon", I found the excellent flavor to more than compensate. I really like the complexity of taste, adding in the soy sauce, honey and garlic, to create a diversity of flavors. ![]() This Sweet Sriracha Uncured Bacon Jerky from Trader Joe's seems to deliver on all three marketed flavors: gobs of sticky sweet, lots of spicy Thai sriracha sauce, and the classic goodness of bacon. This is more like the thin sliced bacon you'd find at a breakfast buffet. Despite the package claiming, "thick, flavorful uncured bacon", it's hardly thick. The meat consistency is just like regular bacon on the breakfast table, but cooked somewhere in between soft and crispy. I'd say it's a little less heat than straight sriracha sauce, but still enough to register as "medium hot" (level 4 out of 5) on my personal heat scale. But there's a light soy sauce that becomes noticeable, and by the time you finish chewing the garlic shows up.Īs for the heat, it's fairly hot. The sriracha sauce flavor comes in just as you start chewing, and at one point takes over the palate. Otherwise, the flavors that define this jerky starts with the classic flavor of bacon, but with a lot of sweet added. You're definitely getting your money's worth if you want bacon with sweetened sriracha sauce. ![]() But it's also very much a bacon jerky, with the classic bacon flavor, aroma, and chewing. But the unique taste of sriracha sauce is pretty well defined too. It's quite sweet for one, with shades of honey flavor. I can also pick up bits of garlic, and traces of honey.įor being marketed as "Sweet Sriracha", it lives up well. The chewing brings on the classic bacon flavor while the heat starts to build. There's a light sriracha flavor coming in, mixed with some soy sauce, along with a tangy character. The first flavors to his my palate is a strong sweetness. Natural uncured bacon - no nitrates or nitrites added except for those naturally occurring in celery powder and & sea salt (pork, water, lactic acid starter culture ), white sugar, sriracha sauce, gluten free soy sauce, water, honey, cayenne powder, granulated garlic, ground pepper, sea salt, red wine vinegar, ginger. ![]()
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