The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

to judge the salt level), then toss them together with the crisp
bacon. If you’re feeling extra-plucky, you can go for a full
half-and-half bacon-to-sprout ratio. Trust me, you’ll be
popping them like Scrumdiddlyumptious candy bars.
The other great way to cook sprouts is to go the whole
nine yards and finely shred them with a knife them before
charring. The cooking procedure for sprouts split in half and
shredded sprouts is exactly the same.