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Make Your Own Pre-Cooked Bacon

Submitted by: anonymous 04/03/2009 1:45 PM

While bacon is a treat in our family the precooked type is not a treat to the pocketbook. It is however, convenient. I make my own. Simple really. When I have the time I cook up a few pounds. I usually broil it but baking it on a cookie sheet works too. I then wrap and freeze. No need to worry about portioning as frozen pieces separate easily. Pull it out, microwave for 30 seconds and use it for BLT's or pair with eggs for 'breakfast for dinner,' as we say.

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Great tip........can't believe I didn't think of this myself!!!

Posted by spidermonkey on April 04, 2009 7:54 PM

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How long do you broil it? I've only ever fried bacon and hate the grease spatter. Do you have to turn it?

Posted by Barb on April 09, 2009 1:38 PM

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Barbs questions were mine as well....how long and do you turn it? Wrap it in what? Foil? Freezer bags?

Posted by AJ on April 09, 2009 2:03 PM

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I bake mine also...much more convienent and less of a mess! Bake at 350 for about 20-25 min. I've even added a tablespoon or so of brown sugar to it and it makes it very sweet and nice.

Posted by (((*.*))) Sharon on April 09, 2009 2:17 PM

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That's a very convenient and frugal tip. A few pounds of bacon can generate a lot of grease. Do you lay paper towels on the baking sheet first to absorb the grease or cook the bacon on a rack or what?

Posted by Rosemary on April 09, 2009 5:33 PM

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I bring my electric fry pan outside and set it on the wood picnic table with an old bath towel under it to catch splatters and fry up 5-8 lbs at a time. I then let it cool and cut some of it into sm or med size pieces to add as needed to recipes. Lay it out on a cookie sheet to freeze then bag it up and use it later!

Posted by Kathy on April 09, 2009 6:17 PM

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use a screen, cooling rack in a lipped baking pan(jelly roll bpan is perfect) and set your oven at 450 degrees and don't wait for it to preheat. 15-20 minutes later you will have perfect bacon, no grease, clean oven/ it really works.

Posted by anonymous on April 10, 2009 4:10 PM

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Has anyone heard of using the microwave. It takes between 1 & 2 minutes and the bacon is crisp! Be sure and have a paper towel under and over the bacon on a plate. No grease, no pan or baking sheet. Easy.

Posted by anonymous on April 11, 2009 11:45 PM

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Yes, I've microwaved bacon. It does okay in a hurry, but it didn't cook very evenly.

Posted by anonymous on April 13, 2009 8:55 AM

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I broil the bacon with nothing under it. When one side looks crisp I drain any grease and turn the bacon over. I let it cool on paper towels, then freeze in whatever is handy.

Posted by anonymous on April 14, 2009 2:55 PM

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I cook it in the oven using my lasagna/roasting pan, by laying the strips of bacon on the rack that came with the pan all the grease drips into the pan and bacon is not "sitting" in the grease as it cooks. There is no need to turn it when using this method.

I bake it at 400 degrees about 20 minutes or until it is almost crisp. If I am cooking thick bacon of course it takes a little longer. But this is a great way of cooking a lot of bacon at one time without having to stand over the pan.

Posted by Annie on April 16, 2009 5:32 PM

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I will cook a pound of bacon on a microwave plate in between sheets of parchment paper. The bacon will not fuse to the paper. I have a newer microwave and nuke it 8 minutes because I like it crisp.

Posted by james77777 on May 13, 2009 9:07 PM

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Also, Aldi has the best bacon I ever ate.

Posted by james77777 on May 13, 2009 9:08 PM

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