Serves:
4 people
Cooking Time:
1 hour 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 12 oz packs of bacon
- 1 box gourmet mac and cheese
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- Sour cream
- Red chilis, sliced
- Green onions, sliced
- Parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Cover your workspace with plastic wrap, and arrange 7-8 slices of bacon horizontally in tight parallel rows.
- Begin to build the weave by starting in the center and folding back every other strip. Lay a slice of bacon perpendicular to the folded bacon. Unfold the strips over the newly added bacon strip.
- Now, fold over the strips that weren’t folded the first time. Lay a second perpendicular slice of bacon next to the first, then unfold the strips over it.
- Continue weaving the bacon, alternately folding and unfolding the strips over the perpendicular slices. (one pack of bacon equals one taco shell)
- Once you have a sheet of weaved bacon, place another sheet of plastic wrap over the top, and use a rolling pin to gently roll out the weave.
- Place on a rack over a lined baking sheet and bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes or until starting to brown.
- Moving quickly, before the bacon begins to harden, place bacon weave sheet on cutting board, and use a bowl as a guide to cut a tortilla sized circle out of the bacon weave.
- Use a wooden skewer to hoist up the center of the circle to create a fold in the center of the bacon weave circle. Place either end of the skewer on the top of two mason jars.
- Let sit for a few minutes, then bake on mason jars for another 5-10 minutes or until done.
- Make the boxed macaroni and cheese while the bacon taco shells finish baking.
- Let bacon taco shells cool and stiffen before loading up with mac and cheese, salsa, bread crumbs, sour cream, red chilis, green onions, and parsley.
- Enjoy!
