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How to cook bacon and remove excess fat

Name: How to cook bacon and remove excess fat
Prep time: 4 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 14 min
Yield: 200 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 g small pieces of bacon

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.

404 K 4× 3.8/5 (84 reviews)657609

Duration

15 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 200 g, you will need:

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

4 min.

Cooking

10 min.

All in all

15 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 min.

How to cook bacon and remove excess fat : Stage 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 : Stage 2

Bring to the boil on high heat.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

How to cook bacon and remove excess fat : Stage 3

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	18 RDI=28 %	0	120 RDI=164 %	1,152 RDI=58 %	4,823 RDI: 58 %
Per 100 g	9 RDI=14 %	0	60 RDI=82 %	576 RDI=29 %	2,412 RDI: 29 %

How much will it cost?

For 200 g : 1.35 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

Small pieces of bacon

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The 4 comments already posted on this recipe

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° 4
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 Auteur june 18^th 2018 at 07:51 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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