Bacon

[vraiblonde]

I've been microwaving it since we jumped in the motorhome and hit the road, and have perfected my technique to get 5 perfect thick slices. Today the bacon was an afterthought (I know, right?) and I had the skillet going, so I thought I'd fry up a couple slices to have with my tomato omelet and tortilla.

Yack.

Greasy unevenly cooked crap.

I mean, I ate it anyway because it's still bacon, but now I know better and will microwave from now on.

 

[NextJen]

I've been microwaving it

When you microwave it, do you use a special container or cookware in the microwave?

 

[RoseRed]

When you microwave it, do you use a special container or cookware in the microwave?

I have one of these. I lay a couple of paper towels down and it helps soak up the grease.

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[Clem72]

I have tried a couple of the trays, a nordicware one and a hanging one.

They work well enough if you get the timing down, but always such a pain to clean.

 

[vraiblonde]

When you microwave it, do you use a special container or cookware in the microwave?

I use a paper plate with a double thickness of paper towel over it, lay the bacon out on the plate, then a layer of paper towel over the top. 5 thick slices goes for 5 minutes, then let it rest in the microwave for 5 minutes.

Not eco-friendly, so don't tell the greenies.

 

[DaSDGuy]

Usually I just bake it on a cookie sheet in the oven; 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Perfectly flat every time and barely any shrinkage. In fact, I cut the slices in half before I cook them and they fit a normal slice of bread exactly. Think BLTs with no wasted bacon.
Screw the eco-friendly greenies ... its bacon.

 

[Clem72]

Usually I just bake it on a cookie sheet in the oven; 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Perfectly flat every time and barely any shrinkage. In fact, I cut the slices in half before I cook them and they fit a normal slice of bread exactly. Think BLTs with no wasted bacon.

I cook in the pan, but mostly because I want to fry my toast and eggs in the grease.

 

[Clem72]

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BTW these (or this style, maybe not this exact brand) cook perfect eggs for a bacon egg sandwich. I have one I have used for 10+ years and it's still perfectly non-stick and makes perfect eggs in 1 minute.

 

[Sneakers]

I use a paper plate with a double thickness of paper towel over it, lay the bacon out on the plate, then a layer of paper towel over the top. 5 thick slices goes for 5 minutes, then let it rest in the microwave for 5 minutes.

Not eco-friendly, so don't tell the greenies.

This is exactly what I do too, except I use Aldi's pre-cooked bacon and it's pretty thin, so 50 seconds for 5-6 slices is nice and crispy.

 

[vraiblonde]

This is exactly what I do too, except I use Aldi's pre-cooked bacon and it's pretty thin, so 50 seconds for 5-6 slices is nice and crispy.

I used to use pre-cooked bacon but a year or so ago HEB had a terrific sale on thick cut regular bacon that I couldn't pass up, and it was so good I haven't gone back to pre-cooked. Also sometimes in the backwaters we'd find ourselves in they didn't have pre-cooked bacon, just the pointless raw bacon in the package that they say is "microwave ready" but cooks unevenly and is a PITA.

 

[AnthonyJames]

Usually I just bake it on a cookie sheet in the oven; 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

I have a small broiler rack and drip pan and broil it in the toaster oven. 20 minutes is usually good.

 

[Sneakers]

I used to use pre-cooked bacon but a year or so ago HEB had a terrific sale on thick cut regular bacon that I couldn't pass up, and it was so good I haven't gone back to pre-cooked. Also sometimes in the backwaters we'd find ourselves in they didn't have pre-cooked bacon, just the pointless raw bacon in the package that they say is "microwave ready" but cooks unevenly and is a PITA.

I prefer real bacon, but just don't like dealing with the mess of cooking it anymore. With the pre-cooked, I can keep 6 boxes in the cupboard (the equivalent of 6 pounds) so I'm never without, it never goes bad, just use as much as I need for a sandwich or something, the open package lasts for 2 weeks in the fridge. Great to take camping too, doesn't need to be refrigerated until opened, and whoever heard of putting away an open bacon package while camping?

 

[RoseRed]

Usually I just bake it on a cookie sheet in the oven; 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

I do that if I need to cook a whole package or more. Like when my mother sprung it on me that I was feeding 10 of us brekkie at my house. She also thought that half a pack of bacon was enough. Fortunately, I had to packs in the freezer. NO ONE will eat just one piece of bacon! Geesh...

 

[GURPS]

Oven Baked on an elevated rack

 

[glhs837]

Think BLTs with no wasted bacon.

"Wasted bacon"? Those are words, I see them, but they make no sense put together.........

Me, I use the thick cut stuff in the Griddler Elite countertop grill with the griddle pans, drains them as they cook so it's silly crisp.

 

[1stGenSMIB]

Mmmmmmm, bacon.

 

[PJay]

 

[PJay]

I cook in the pan, but mostly because I want to fry my toast and eggs in the grease.

Been using air fryer lately. My bacon grease jar was getting low.

 

[Clem72]

Been using air fryer lately. My bacon grease jar was getting low.

I do it that way too, but again cleaning is a PITA. Grease on the side of the air-fryer is not my favorite thing. My old cast iron (or newer carbon steel pan) cleans in about 10 seconds.

 

[Merlin99]

I prefer real bacon, but just don't like dealing with the mess of cooking it anymore. With the pre-cooked, I can keep 6 boxes in the cupboard (the equivalent of 6 pounds) so I'm never without, it never goes bad, just use as much as I need for a sandwich or something, the open package lasts for 2 weeks in the fridge. Great to take camping too, doesn't need to be refrigerated until opened, and whoever heard of putting away an open bacon package while camping?

I get the precooked at Sysco that’s about the equivalent of 10 lbs that stays in the freezer. 30 seconds in the microwave for 6-8 slices is perfect for BLT’s