When it comes to figuring out the nightly meal, bacon for dinner can eliminate a lot of dilemmas. The incomparable flavor of bacon takes an everyday dinner from fair to FANTASTIC! Even finicky eaters will love these tasty meals.
This collection of 60 best dinner recipes with bacon has something for everyone. You’ll find bacon paired with beef, chicken, noodles, rice, pork and seafood.
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This roundup includes a wide variety of flavors and ingredients, including simple bacon dinner recipes, fancy bacon recipes, cheap dinner ideas with bacon, gluten free and Keto bacon recipes.
Perfect for Father’s Day dinner, family gatherings and everyday suppers, these dinner ideas with bacon from top food bloggers are sure to add some tasty flavors to your mealtime!
Bacon with chicken is a classic flavor pairing that will please even the pickiest eaters. You’ll enjoy these skillet dinners, bacon-wrapped chicken with several tasty stuffings, and even a chicken and bacon flatbread. (For more delicious poultry recipes, check out 15 Best Turkey Recipes with Bacon.)
Creamy Bacon Chicken – The Cozy Cook
This Creamy Bacon Chicken is an easy skillet dinner with flavorful sauce that you can serve with mashed potatoes and roasted green beans. The roux for the sauce is made with bacon drippings, ensuring that
This bacon wrapped chicken has wonderful flavors of smoky sweet and spice. It’s baked to caramelized perfection. It’s ridiculously easy to make and incredibly delicious chicken dish.
Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken – Whipped It Up
Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts is the best dinner party recipe EVER, and is absolutely delicious. It really is the perfect dinner party dish, and a super easy recipe to whip up when those unexpected guests show up!
Bacon Chicken Recipe with Guacamole – Dessert for Two
Bacon chicken recipe with guacamole is a hearty Whole30 chicken dinner recipe for your chicken dinner rotation! If you’re looking for a way to jazz up ordinary chicken breasts with bacon, you are in the right place! When in doubt,…
Whether your favorite pasta is spaghetti, macaroni, penne, linguine or everyday noodles, you’ll find a recipe to love in this collection of bacon pasta recipes.
Spring Spaghetti Carbonara with Bacon – Flavor the Moments
Spring Spaghetti Carbonara with Bacon is classic carbonara with whole wheat spaghetti, spring vegetables and bacon. It’s the ultimate spring pasta!
This Creamy Bacon Pasta recipe has an indulgent tomato cream sauce with garlic, Parmesan cheese, simple seasonings, and crispy bacon! Your family will love this restaurant-quality dinner with a side of Garlic Bread with Cheese.
Creamy Bacon Mac and Cheese – BENSA Bacon Lovers Society
Homemade stovetop creamy bacon mac and cheese is the ultimate comfort food! You'll love the tender macaroni topped with creamy, cheesy sauce and crunchy bacon.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta is a comforting baked dish casserole recipe that’s easy to make with everyday ingredients that the whole family will love on a busy weeknight!
This easy, family-friendly recipe features tender pasta in a creamy ranch sauce with cheddar cheese, broccoli, chicken, and of course, plenty of tasty bacon!
Bacon White Cheddar Pasta is a simple and delicious dish for any night of the week. Hearty enough as a main dish or the perfect side dish for any meal.
Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Bacon – My Therapist Cooks
This delicious, creamy bacon pasta is so simple to make and features pan-seared mushrooms in a creamy bacon-laced tomato sauce. Delicious for a weeknight, weekend entertaining, or an easy holiday meal!
This creamy chicken and bacon pasta recipe has been a family favorite for a long time now! Fettuccine pasta tossed in a rich sauce with chicken and bacon.
Whip up dinner in a snap with this amazing pasta recipe featuring just a few simple ingredients that really pack a flavor punch. Simple and delicious, this linguine pasta dish featuring bacon, peas, garlic in a cream sauce is sure to become a new favorite!
Rice is the perfect starch for absorbing bacon’s tasty flavors and creating a meal that the whole family will love. You’ll love these recipes featuring flavorful fried rice and risotto.
Bacon and Garlic Fried Rice – Get On My Plate
If you love fried rice, you absolutely MUST try this version with bacon and garlic. Simple and delicious, you’ll be whipping up a batch of this every single time you have ANY leftover rice!
Whether you’re cooking burgers, wraps, grilled cheese, BLTs, or perennial favorites like Sloppy Joes, these dinner-worthy sandwich recipes featuring bacon will make your family happy!
Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Bacon – The Jam Jar Kitchen
This Grilled Chicken Sandwich is topped with melty provolone, bacon, seasoned mayo and veggies all on a toasted brioche bun!
Chicken Bacon Wraps with Ranch Mayo – BENSA Bacon Lovers Society
These easy wrap sandwiches feature grilled chicken, plenty of tasty crispy bacon, fresh tomatoes, lettuce and a cool ranch mayonnaise. Perfect for an easy lunch or light dinner!
Open Faced Tuna Melt with Bacon has English muffins topped with the BEST tuna salad, Swiss cheese, and bacon. Made in the toaster oven or conventional oven with the right balance of crunch and creamy.
The best grilled chicken burger recipe, sure to please any picky eaters. Topped with bacon, avocado, crisp green leaf lettuce, and juicy jersey tomatoes. This burger.. it’s incredible. Want to know my biggest pet peeve
The flavor of beef pairs so perfectly with bacon, and you’ll love these recipes for dinner favorites like glazed meatloaf covered with a crispy bacon weave, beef and bacon burritos, classic filet mignon and more. (Check out our bacon and beef recipes roundup for more recipes like these!)
Easy Bacon Weave Meatloaf – BENSA Bacon Lovers Society
This homemade bacon weave meatloaf recipe features the tastiest mix of ground beef, peppers, onions and seasonings. It's topped with crispy bacon, glazed with BBQ sauce, and baked to perfection!
This bacon wrapped filet mignon will wow your dinner guests. Seared on the outside with a beautiful pink inside on this air fryer filet mignon with bacon!
Comforting casseroles are a mainstay of weeknight dinners, and these recipes all include the unbeatable flavor of BACON! You’ll love these easy, family-friendly dinners.
Bacon Cheeseburger Sweet Potato Tater Tot Casserole – Midwestern HomeLife
Bacon Cheeseburger Sweet Potato Tater Tot Casserole is an easy weeknight one-skillet dinner inspired by our favorite cheat day meal. Everyone will love that it tastes like a bacon cheeseburger with sweet potato fries, and you’ll be pretty happy that you only have to clean one pan.
Cheesy Chicken and Bacon Alfredo Pasta Bake – Crayons and Cravings
This cheesy chicken alfredo pasta bake is a savory, filling casserole that combines creamy, cheesy alfredo sauce with shredded chicken and tasty bacon, for a delicious and easy weeknight dinner.
The easiest cheesy corn casserole you’ll ever make features tender corn, crunchy bacon and a delicious cheese sauce. It’s so versatile; make it from scratch and add your spin to it.
Cheesy Bacon Brussels Sprouts Casserole – Marathons and Motivation
This Cheesy Bacon Brussels Sprouts Casserole is a delicious way to serve up Brussels sprouts! It is easy to make and the perfect side dish for a Sunday supper or holiday dinner!
Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole – Wholesome Family Living
If you are looking for a hearty, satisfying dinner that the whole family will love, you have to try this bacon cheeseburger casserole! It's not only delicious, it can be made keto, paleo, Whole30, or AIP!
Bacon tastes so good with the delicate flavor of fish. Even people who don’t love seafood will be swayed by these easy-to-make bacon-wrapped scallops and shrimp skewers.
Bacon-Wrapped Scallops – BENSA Bacon Lovers Society
Prepare for rave reviews when you serve these classic bacon-wrapped scallops. The salty bacon perfectly compliments the mild, briny flavor of the slightly-sweet scallops.
Shrimp is a versatile seafood that can be prepared in many different ways, but grilling it gives it a delicious smoky flavor. This recipe for Marinated Smoky Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Skewers also features tips on how to grill them perfectly every time.
The only thing better than eating bacon for dinner? Eating bacon for dinner FAST! These Instant Pot dinner recipes can be put together quickly, making them a perfect choice for a simple weeknight supper.
Instant Pot Pumpkin Mac and Cheese with Bacon – By Kelsey Smith
This creamy Instant Pot Pumpkin Mac and Cheese with Bacon is the perfect savory fall comfort food. Plus, it’s a one-pot meal.
Slow cooked and sooo good, these crockpot recipes featuring bacon will start your day right knowing that the most FLAVORFUL dinner awaits you at the end of the day! (By the way, did you know that you can cook a batch of breakfast bacon in the crockpot, too?)
Keep your kitchen cool (and you, too!) when you cook up a bacon-y dinner with your air fryer using one of these special recipes. Meals cooked in an air fryer are crispy and delicious, from shrimp and sweet potatoes to pork and chicken.
Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Scallops – Monday is Meatloaf
Air Fryer Bacon Scallops are very easy and turn out perfectly cooked every time! These work well as an appetizer or entree for any occasion. Sprinkled with Cajun seasoning and wrapped in bacon these are done in 20-minutes.
This air fryer bacon wrapped shrimp is loaded with flavor! This non-spicy shrimp is going to be your new favorite appetizer. Baking instructions included.
Am I the only one who thinks that one of the reasons the Keto lifestyle is so popular is because you can enjoy so much BACON? These Keto dinner recipes with bacon may be low in carbs, but they’re high in flavor!
Easy Keto Crack Chicken Chili – Gallaxy Gastronomy
Creamy, cheesy and full of warm spices, this Crack Chicken Chili is SO comforting! Loaded with green beans and baby corn, this keto crack chicken chili is perfect for a low carb diet, skipping the
Cheesy Bacon Chicken – Five Ingredients & Five Minute Prep Time – This is your new weeknight dinner. Low Carb, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Sugar Free, THM S, Keto.
Nothing makes a soul-soothing soup taste better than delicious bacon. Whether you’re looking for loaded potato soup, cauliflower soup, hearty chili, corn chowder, or Cream of Bacon Soup, we’ve got you covered:
Cream of Bacon Soup – BENSA Bacon Lovers Society
Cream of bacon soup is the ultimate soul-soothing comfort food! Bacon is the star of this easy, family-friendly recipe, and it comes together in less than an hour with ingredients you probably already have on hand.
Navy Bean Soup with Bacon – BENSA Bacon Lovers Society
Hearty and flavorful, this navy bean soup recipe features tender veggies, white beans, and plenty of tasty bacon. It's easy to make and perfect for lunch or dinner.
Got questions about any of these bacon dinners? Just ask! I’m happy to help. If you love bacon for dinner, be sure to check out our bacon lunch ideas, too.
If you try any of these recipes and post your creations on social media, tag #BENSABaconLovers so I can share! Thank you for your support. – Eliza
Nutrition Disclaimer: All nutritional information shared on this site is an approximation. I am not a certified nutritionist, and any nutritional information should be used as a general guideline.
BENSA was founded by bacon enthusiast Eliza Cross, author of more than a dozen cookbooks. She has written three bacon cookbooks including the award-winning Bacon Beans and Beer, the bestselling 101 Things to Do With Bacon, and the popular sequel 101 More Things to Do With Bacon. Learn more about BENSA...
10 thoughts on “Bacon for Dinner: 60 Easy Recipes”
Well I have our menu planned for the next few weeks! So many yummy recipes!
Well I have our menu planned for the next few weeks! So many yummy recipes!
Excellent recipes
Was gifted a bunch of bacon and found your treasure-trove of recipes! SO many I need to try!
Hope you love them, Kathryn – there are so many good bacon recipes!
This was such a huge list of bacon recipes for dinner, I don’t even know which one I want to start with!! Bookmarking this page.
So glad to hear this, and I hope you find many great new ways to enjoy bacon for dinner!
So many delicious recipes! I can’t wait to work my way through the list! Thanks!
Hope you find lots of new favorites! Thanks for your comment.
Bacon makes everything better! I need to try every single of of these amazing recipes! They look fabulous.
I agree with you! The flavor of bacon is so tasty in all of these dinners. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.