A Bacon Lover’s Guide to Cooking Bacon
December 21, 2012
•Emily Murray
•Atlanta
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A Bacon Lover’s Guide to Cooking Bacon
If there was one food that everyone can commonly crave, it’s gotta be bacon. Whether it’s cooked by itself in a skillet, in ice cream, cupcakes, a sandwich, or infused in alcohol like vodka – it’s hard to resist bacon. Although, there are many different dishes that call for bacon to enhance the flavor, it all starts with bacon in its traditional form, those long, marble strips that we all know and love. For the true bacon lover there are three main ways to cook bacon, in a skillet, in the oven or the microwave.
Bacon in Skillet
Perhaps the most popular and traditional way to cook bacon is in a skillet on the stove. The best approach for cooking bacon in a skillet is low and slow. Heat your skillet on medium low, when the pan gets hot use tongs to lay down individual slices of bacon. Let your senses run wild, listen to the sizzle, smell that wonderful smell, when the slices start to curl flip over and finish cooking until your desired crispiness is reached. When you take your bacon off the skillet you’ll want to place each slice on a paper towel to help drain some of the grease. Let the bacon sit and finish cooking the rest of package, then enjoy.
Bacon in the Oven
If you have a lot of bacon cooking at once than cooking your bacon in the oven is the easiest method. It frees up your stove top and all of your bacon can cook at the same time. Simply heat your oven to 350 degrees, place your bacon on a foil lined baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes and then you’re done, place your cooked bacon on a plate with a paper towel.
Bacon in the Microwave
Not the most popular way to cook but for a quick fix when you’re in a hurry, the microwave is a good option to cook your bacon. Simply line a microwave safe plate with paper towels. Then align your strips of bacon in a single layer, cook for 4-6 minutes until your bacon is done to how you desire.
Bacon is one of the most popular, and tasty foods on the planet. No matter how you cook it, you and your family will enjoy its crispy, fatty, goodness.
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