{"id":947,"date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/18\/bacon-cooking-tips\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T05:04:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T05:04:49","slug":"bacon-cooking-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/bacon-cooking-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacon Cooking Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bacon \u2013 just the mere mention of it is enough to make me drool. I love bacon probably a little more than I should, although probably not as much as my husband. Try as I might (and I\u2019ve tried twice), I just can\u2019t eat this sandwich whereas he can clean his plate and still ask for more.<\/p>\n

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(The BLT with over a pound of bacon from Tony\u2019s Restaurant in Birch Run, MI)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry about that, I didn\u2019t mean to veer off course there. Anyhow, as I was saying, because bacon is a favorite in our house, it makes a fairly regular appearance on our table. We don\u2019t go crazy with it and keep our proportions in check, 1 pound BLTs aside. Typically I buy a 3 pound package and that will last us the month. That\u2019s the good thing with bacon \u2013 sometimes, a little goes a long way flavor wise!<\/p>\n

So I definitely have had my fair share of bacon cooking experience. I have a few tricks I use that I thought I\u2019d share, just in case bacon doesn\u2019t constitute its own food group in your house.<\/p>\n

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  1. Whenever a recipe calls \u201ccooked and crumbled\u201d bacon, pay no attention to the order of those words! \u201cCrumble\u201d the bacon first by cutting it into small pieces and cooking it in a skillet over medium heat.<\/strong> Stir frequently and cook until the pieces are all to your liking.<\/li>\n
  2. To go along with tip #1 \u2013 use kitchen shears for dicing the bacon<\/strong>. It\u2019s so easy and you can cut through a pound of bacon in less than 5 minutes. If you don\u2019t have kitchen shears but want the same ease of cutting, freeze the bacon for about 15-20 minutes first and a sharp knife will slide right through.<\/li>\n
  3. One more tip to go along with #1 \u2013 line a bowl with a double layer of coffee filters<\/strong>. Remove the cooked bacon pieces with a slotted spoon and place in the bowl. Stir a time or two so that the coffee filters absorb all the grease.<\/li>\n
  4. When I want sliced bacon, I prefer to bake it in the oven. That hands-off method makes it so easy. But the problem is that the pans I use to bake the bacon in are tough to get clean. I never like to bake cookies on a cookie sheet I\u2019ve used for bacon. So I decided to relegate one cookie sheet that I use just for bacon<\/strong>. It is definitely well-seasoned now, but it keeps me from ruining any of my other cookie sheets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    So, just a few quick tips for you today. I\u2019m counting on you to share a few more of your favorite bacon tips though. And if anyone else wants to make a bacon-loving confession, I\u2019m here for you and I promise not to judge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Bacon \u2013 just the mere mention of it is enough to make me drool. I love bacon probably a little more than I should, although probably not as much as my husband. Try as I might (and I\u2019ve tried twice), I just can\u2019t eat this sandwich whereas he can clean his plate and still ask … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}