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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.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 400 g, you will need:

1 400 g small pieces of bacon
Total weight: 400 grams

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How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
4 min.	10 min.	14 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,304 Kcal or 9,646 Kj	36 gr	0 gr	240 gr
115 %	14 %	0 %	36 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
576 Kcal or 2,412 Kj	9 gr	0 gr	60 gr
29 %	3 %	0 %	9 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 400 g : 2.68 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beef braised in reduced red wine, Crispy spinach rolls, Deep leek and potato quiche, Oven omelette, Creamy "terre et mer" pots, ... All

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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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