Let’s face it: bacon makes everything better. Put it on a burger. Fry up a few strips for a BLT. Or eat it with scrambled eggs and toast.
Bacon jerky opens up a whole new world of savory, smoky, snackable goodness to take with you on your next road trip, backpacking trail, or any outdoor adventure.
So, how to use bacon jerky without it becoming monotonous? It’s easy to beef up your intake, starting with these seven bacon jerky snack ideas.
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Bacon Jerky Trail Mix
Whip up a batch of high-protein snack mix using bacon jerky as the core ingredient.
From there, add in your favorite sweet and salty staples, such as nuts, pretzels, dried fruit, and dark chocolate pieces. Then, bag it up and hit the trail.
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Add Bacon Jerky to Salads
Crumbled bacon on a salad is nothing new, but bacon jerky means you have a shelf-stable alternative to real fried bacon.
Use it as a salty addition to your lettuce starter for a fuss-free, five-ingredient meal:
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Caesar Salad – Croutons, shaved parmesan, and Caesar dressing
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Spring Spinach Salad – Cherry tomatoes, goat cheese, and balsamic vinaigrette
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Classic Wedge Salad – Beefsteak tomatoes, blue cheese, and ranch dressing
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Bacon Jerky Breakfast Scramble
As far as bacon jerky ideas go, it’s obvious breakfast should be on the menu.
Chop up Sizzlin’ Maple Bacon Jerky and fold it into scrambled eggs, chopped peppers, and onions. Then, top with slices of avocado and a scoop of cottage cheese for an extra serving of protein.
It’s a nutritious, easy-to-make weekday breakfast, and when folded up in a tortilla, it instantly makes it a to-go meal.
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Bacon Jerky Charcuterie Boards
What about creative bacon snacks when you need to feed a crowd? Put together a charcuterie board when you have the crew coming over.
Arrange tender cuts of Purely Peppered Uncured Bacon Jerky on a snack platter (or a paper plate in a pinch) with sliced cheeses, an assortment of nuts, dried fruits, and crackers to let people graze freely.
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Bacon Jerky Burger Topping
The bacon flavor adds a hit of smokiness to grilled burgers. Plus, it gives the burger another texture to satisfy the appetite while also bulking up the protein aspect.
If you don’t want bacon jerky as a topper, mix up finely chopped pieces of it in the burger mix itself before putting the patties on the grill. That way, you get a savory, salty hit of flavor with every bite.
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Loaded Baked Potatoes with Bacon Jerky
Everyone knows baked potatoes are just a vessel for everything you can load up on top, and that includes bacon jerky bits.
Make it fully loaded with the addition of cottage cheese as a protein-forward alternative to sour cream, shredded cheese, and chives. It’s a quick, convenient, healthy lunch, dinner, or post-workout snack.
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Bacon Jerky Camping Meals
Many of your go-to fireside meals can be easily updated with the bold hit of bacon jerky flavor.
Keep creative bacon snacks and meals simple when camping by adding bite-sized chunks of protein-rich Smokehouse Uncured Bacon Jerky to:
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Ramen
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Breakfast hash
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Rice and beans
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Chili
Better yet, Savage Jerky’s resealable bags make for portable snacks easily carried in a pack without stressing about spills.
Why Bacon Jerky Is the Ultimate Adventure Snack
Savage Jerky delivers the protein, flavor, convenience, and variety you need for an active lifestyle without any junk ingredients to weigh you down.
No matter where life takes you, there’s no shortage of bacon jerky uses. On a road trip. Scaling a mountain. Riding your bike cross-country.
Adventures are endless, and so are the bacon jerky ideas. Go wild.