Mini Bacon Guacamole Cups
Yield: 4 servings
Prep time: 20 minutes
Total time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
Uncured bacon | 9 slices
Ripe avocado | 1
Onion, minced | 2 tablespoons
Cilantro, chopped | 2 tablespoons
Garlic cloves, minced | 2
Jalapeno, minced | 1
Lime Juice | ½ lime
Kosher salt | ½ teaspoon
Black pepper | ½ teaspoon
Directions
- For the mini bacon cups, preheat oven to 400F. Turn a mini-muffin pan upside down and place on a large rimmed baking sheet (you need something to catch all the bacon grease from dripping to the bottom of your oven).Spray the tops of 12 of the over-turned muffin tins with cooking spray.
- Cut 6 of the slices of bacon in half. Cut the remaining 3 slices of bacon into 4 even portions each. Place one of the smaller portions of bacon on the top of each over-turned mini muffin cups. Take on of longer portions and wrap around the side of the muffin cups, with as much overlap as possible between the two pieces. Secure the ends with a toothpick.
- Bake about 25 to 35 minutes, or until browned. Let cool 5 minutes, then carefully loosen the cups and let drain on a paper-towel lined plate. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mash avocado with a fork. Stir in onion, cilantro, garlic, jalapeno, lime juice, salt and pepper. When bacon cups are cool, divide guacamole between them. Garnish with cilantro leaves.
