Asparagus With Bacon

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 slices bacon, diced
• 1/4 cup red onion (chopped finely)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 lb asparagus, trimmed, sliced in 2 to 3 inch inch lengths
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 (optional) cook an additional 8 slices of bacon to wrap around asparagus into bundles (2 slices each bundle).
• 2 cook bacon until nice and crispy; remove to paper towels to drain. (if wrapping into bundles, cook 8 slices of bacon so that bacon is cooked, but not crispy. crispy bacon is very difficult to wrap around the asparagus if it is too crispy).
• 3 steam the asparagus for 4 – 6 minutes.
• 4 remove some of the bacon grease from the pan, leaving two to three tablespoons. in a large fry pan or wok, add onion, butter, bacon grease and cook onion until soft. add asparagus to the pan and sauté over medium to low heat for about 4 minutes, turning asparagus every 15 seconds.
• 5 put in a bowl and toss with the mustard and vinegar. add salt and pepper, to taste.
• 6 (optional) split asparagus into 4 bundles and wrap with 2 slices of bacon.