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How to cook bacon and remove excess fat

To prevent excess fat in a recipe using bacon, you can "blanch" it before use, leaving most of the fat in the pan with the water.

391 K 4× 3.8/5 (84 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

1.35 €

100 g

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 100 g, you will need:

1 3.5 oz small pieces of bacon

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 4 min.

Cooking: 10 min.

All in all: 15 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

To do this, put bacon in a pan and cover with cold water.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Bring to the boil on high heat.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

After boiling for one minute, strain and rinse under cold water (notice all the fat disappearing with the cooking water...).

Stage 4

Then use bacon as usual.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	9 RDI=3 %	0	60 RDI=9 %	580 RDI=30 %	2,410 RDI: 30 %
Per 100 g	9 RDI=3 %	0	60 RDI=9 %	580 RDI=30 %	2,410 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

How much will it cost?

For 100 g : 0.70 €

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Small pieces of bacon

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The 4 comments already posted on this recipe

Only an idiot could write such bullshit!
There is only a small part of fat in the water after blanching bacon, not enough to clog.
Posted by jh june 18^th 2018 at 07:51 n° 4
DO NOT POUR THE WATER WITH FAT DOWN THE DRAIN!!!!! Unless you WANT to clog your pipes and risk a sewage backup, or pay the money to have a professional come out and roto-rooter your pipes. Only an IDIOT would do something so stupid.
Posted by Anonymous june 17^th 2018 at 19:02 n° 3
Gave it a try - removes way too much of the flavour.
Posted by Anonymous february 16^th 2011 at 00:37 n° 2
Gonna give this a try!
Posted by Anonymous february 15^th 2011 at 00:15 n° 1

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