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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

Keywords for this recipe:Cooking Bacon Fat Reduce Blench

For 200 g, you will need:

1 200 g small pieces of bacon
Total weight: 200 grams

Change these quantities to make: 100 g 200 g 400 g 600 g

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How long does 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.

How to cook bacon and remove excess fat : Photo of step #1

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

Stage 2 - 10 min.

How to cook bacon and remove excess fat : Photo of step #2

Bring to the boil on high heat.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

How to cook bacon and remove excess fat : Photo of step #3

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

Stage 4

How to cook bacon and remove excess fat : Photo of step #4

Then use bacon as usual.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,152 Kcal or 4,823 Kj	18 gr	0 gr	120 gr
58 %	7 %	0 %	18 %

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 200 g : 1.34 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Artichoke hearts forestier , Breton Pie, Salad lyonnaise, Alsatian-style salad, ... All

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Your 4 comments or questions 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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