Caramelised Brussels sprouts

Name: Caramelised Brussels sprouts
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: 500 grams of Brussels sprouts; Olive oil for frying; 50 grams of lardons/bacon strips; Honey to taste; 1 shallot; 50 grams of butter; Pepper to taste

Caramelising Brussels sprouts, and combining them with some crispy bacon, elevates this humble winter vegetable to the perfect side dish. Ready in around 15 minutes, this recipe serves 4 people.

Caramelised Brussels sprouts ingredients

Recipe caramelised brussels sprouts

Made by Véronique

Published at 2015-03-17, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 15 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Preparation time

5 minutes

Time cooking

10 minutes

Total time

15 minutes

Preparation – 5 minutes

If you'd like to serve this as a vegetarian dish, you can replace the bacon with finely chopped chestnut. It's still a really tasty dish, but you will need to add a little extra salt.

Trim the ends of the Brussels sprouts and remove the outer leaves. Cut the Brussels sprouts in half. Peel and slice the shallot into half moons.

Finishing the caramelised Brussels sprouts – 10 minutes

Heat olive oil in a frying pan. Place the Brussels sprouts, cut-side down, in the pan. Do not stir the Brussels sprouts at this stage! Let them brown for 2 - 3 minutes before staring them.

You can caramelise Brussels sprouts in batches if your frying pan is too small to hold them all at once. Heat the small frying pan and add the lardons/bacon strips.

Sauté the bacon strips for a few minutes, then add the shallot slices. Squeeze/pour the honey over the fried Brussels sprouts, adding just enough to coat all the Brussels sprouts.

Add the butter, then stir in the bacon and shallot. Season with pepper; you don't need to add extra salt as the bacon strips are already salty enough. Enjoy your meal!