The 3-Ingredient Snoop Dogg Recipe I’m Making for Christmas Morning From Now On

It’s the ultimate sweet and spicy addition to my holiday breakfast spread.

“You wouldn’t like it, it’s too spicy. Have some of Grandma’s bacon instead!” That’s what I’m going to tell my little ones this year when I serve up a plate of Snoop Dogg’s Billionaire’s Bacon on Christmas morning. I know the adults at the table will be head over heels for the chewy, caramelized, thick-sliced bacon, studded generously with red pepper flakes and cracked black pepper. 

Decadence is the order of the day at my in-laws’ place when it comes to our holiday breakfast. Grandma Jan bakes her crème brûlée French toast casseroles, scrambles a big skillet of eggs, and makes sure there are plenty of breakfast meats to go around. I think she’ll save a spot in the oven for me, though, with the promise of some bacon à la Snoop. 

Snoop Dogg’s first cookbook, From Crook to Cook, contains some real gems, and Billionaire’s Bacon is my favorite. One nice thing about his recipes is that, in addition to producing delicious comfort food, they’re straightforward to pull off. 

How To Make Snoop Dog’s Billionaire’s Bacon

To make the bacon, all you’re going to do is mix up some sugar, black pepper, and red pepper flakes, sprinkle it over some bacon, then bake it until it’s done to your liking. You’ll use a foil-lined baking sheet with a wire rack on top. In my family we like our bacon pretty well done, so I actually add a few minutes to the cooking time. 

I love how oven-baked bacon turns perfectly flat and evenly crispy, and with the sweet and spicy brown sugar topping it’s even better. Snoop’s recipe calls for a teaspoon each of red pepper flakes and cracked black pepper, mixed into 1/2 cup of brown sugar and sprinkled over eight slices of thick cut bacon. I usually use around 10 slices of bacon, though, since that’s what fits on my baking sheet, and I end up using a couple heaping teaspoons of the sugar mixture per bacon slice.

I’ve seen different sources list the baking temperature and timing differently for this recipe, but in the book it’s 400ºF for 25 to30 minutes. Snoop suggests putting the baking sheet on a rack in the top third of the oven, which is generally the hottest part, to help with the caramelization. And for even cooking, he recommends rotating the pan halfway through baking.

When you take your bacon out of the oven, it’s going to be bubbly and screaming hot—don’t touch that melted sugar! Give the slices a few minutes to cool, then use tongs to transfer them to serving plates. 

The only drawback to this recipe for me is the cleanup, but it’s absolutely worth it! Since your wire rack will be sticky from all the brown sugar, it’ll need a good soak before scrubbing it clean. For the least effort, I let mine soak right in the baking pan, filled with hot, soapy water. 

Are you going to try out this recipe for your holiday breakfast? What other ways would you serve this bacon? I could see it being great on sandwiches or chopped up and sprinkled over a salad if there’re any leftovers!