Easy Homemade Keto Carnivore Bacon Mayo Recipe

How to make Homemade Carnivore Mayo - In under 10 minutes, with minimal ingredients, you can make keto carnivore bacon mayo!  Using leftover bacon oil makes this homemade carnivore recipe not only delicious and full of flavour but also extra easy.

Carnivore Recipe

Are you always searching for different ways to use up leftover bacon grease? I hate food waste, especially when I am paying top dollar for grass-fed and grass-finished meat!

Well, now I have a recipe that can use any type of liquid leftover oil, whether it be from bacon or from these Keto Carnivore Pork Belly Bites!

What is a Carnivore Diet?

The Carnivore Diet is an extreme dietary approach that involves consuming exclusively animal products, primarily meat, fish, and animal fats, while completely excluding plant-based foods. This means individuals following the Carnivore Diet eat meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and animal-derived fats like butter and lard. The diet excludes all forms of plant foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, and plant-based oils. If you want to read more about how the Carnivore diet compares to the protein-sparing modified diet, check out this post.

In general, the carnivore diet consumes more protein than the keto diet which is higher in fat. See the FAQ section for more details.

Why You Should Make Homemade Carnivore Mayo

If you’ve never tried homemade mayo, then you are in for a treat.I’ve used this homemade mayonnaise recipe (which uses Avocado oil) more times than I can count but decided I need a keto bacon mayo that could fit into a carnivore diet. Here’s why I love this recipe so much:

• Texture - This keto carnivore bacon mayo turns out ultra creamy
• Taste - Since we are using leftover bacon grease, that means that this carnivore recipe ends up so much more flavourful than anything you can buy at the store
• Easy - This carnivore recipe does not use any fancy ingredients and the whole process takes less than 10 minutes.
• Customizable -You can add extra ingredients for more flavour (like roasted garlic or herbs) or spice it up with some keto chile jam. I’ve shared suggestions below.

Keto Carnivore Bacon Mayo Ingredients

The ingredients to make homemade carnivore mayo are simple - I bet you even have them in your kitchen right now. Here is what you will need:

• Egg - You need to use an egg to make this keto bacon mayo. I use a raw egg in the recipe. I don’t have an issue adding raw eggs to the recipe (I mean if Rocky can do it, why can't I?!:-), but if you are concerned about eating raw eggs, buy pasteurized eggs. They are sold in the egg section of the grocery store.
• Mustard - You may not love the flavour of mustard but when it comes to making homemade carnivore mayo mustard adds a bit of flavour, but it also helps to keep the mayonnaise stable.
• Vinegar or lemon juice - Not only does a little acid like wine vinegar, champagne vinegar, and lemon juice add incredible flavour to the mayonnaise, but it also helps to stabilize the mixture.
• Oil  - You can not possibly make keto bacon mayo with the bacon! Since all bacon grease will taste differently and have varying levels of salt and flavour, I suggest making the mayo first and then stirring additional salt, pepper or any other spices. Also, make sure that your bacon grease in is liquid form and not solid.

How to Make Carnivore Mayo

There are a few ways to make mayonnaise. I like to use my immersion blender but you can also use a food processor with the small bowl attachment. You can not use a large food processor bowl until you decide to triple this recipe as there are not enough ingredients for the large bowl.

How to Make Carnivore Mayo in an Immersion Blender

This is my favourite way of making keto carnivore bacon mayo since I can easily make small quantities. Also, an immersion blender (or stick blender) is relatively inexpensive so if you do not have one, I highly suggest investing in one!

To make this carnivore recipe using an immersion blender, all you have to do is:

• Place the entire egg (make sure that it is at room temperature!) in the immersion blender bowl.
• Heat the bacon grease so that it is in liquid form, but not too hot that it will cook the egg - pour the bacon grease into the container with the egg. Add in any additional ingredients.

• Using the "cup" of the immersion blender, cover the egg yolk by placing the immersion blender over the egg yolk, making sure that the blender is hitting the bottom of the container, trapping the egg yolk.
• While holding the immersion blender against the bottom of the container, turn the blender on
• Allow the bacon grease to slowly be pulled into the egg yolk and then slowly lift the immersion blender away from the bottom of the contain.
• Blend until all the ingredients have been combined

• Taste the mixture and stir in additional flavours, spices or salt and pepper to suit your taste.

How to Make Carnivore Mayo in a Food Processor

To make this carnivore recipe in a food processor, follow these instructions:

• Attach the small bowl of the food processor to the base
• Add the egg to the bowl of your food processor and process for about 20 seconds.
• Add in the mustard, vinegar, and salt then process for another 20 seconds.
• Slowly add the oil, in tiny drops, until about a quarter of the oil has been added. Adding the oil slowly is important. If you were to dump it all in at once, you’d have mayonnaise soup!
• Taste the mayonnaise and adjust with additional salt and vinegar or lemon juice.

Mayonnaise Variations

I love this classic mayonnaise as-is, but love it even more when I make it my own. I almost always add a squeeze of lemon juice to brighten things up a little. I love how fresh it makes it taste. Fresh herbs, roasted garlic, chipotle, Sriracha or curry powder are all amazing options, as well.

More Keto Carnivore Recipes

These are my favourite keto carnivore recipes:

How to use Keto Carnivore Bacon Mayo

I like to use this homemade carnivore mayo as a dip for the following:

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