Recipe: Dill’s Pickle Bacon Relish
1 ½ lbs bacon
2 cups sweet onion, diced
2 cups shallots, diced
4 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
½ cup bourbon
1 16 oz jar sweet pickle relish
Cook bacon, remove from pan to cool. Drain pan, leaving 2 tablespoons grease in bottom.
Add onion and shallots and cook on medium until caramelized.
Add garlic and cook another minute.
Add chili powder and smoked paprika, stir, then add bourbon and sweet pickle relish.
While the mixture is cooking, crumble bacon. Add bacon to pan and stir.
Store in airtight container in the refrigerator and reheat desired amount as necessary.
