Bacon - how to cook it

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Bacon cooking methods to produce the best flavor

 

There was a blind test where the eaters of bacon were given some bacon and told to eat it. It wasn’t until the test was over that the method of cooking the bacon on each plate was revealed.

The testers were told to not mark down a plate because some of it was over/under done. The cook took credit for those sorts of things.

In this test the same brand of bacon was used for each cooking method.

To start 6 packages of bacon were all cut in half, the pieces were separated, and all the bacon strips were placed into a large bowl. Portions of bacon were taken out to be used for each cooking method. Some of the time/temperature information was a bit sketchy.

Air Fryer – tasted extra salty – Came in second place

Cast Iron pan with 1/2 cube of butter – added a butter flavor

Deep fried – very curly

Microwave for ten minutes – flavorless/maybe the taste a little off.

Oven baked at 400⁰ - flavor is average

Standard Frying pan – The winner with the best flavor.

 

Questions about methods two and three. How can you hope to add more fat to bacon. Why would you want to do  that?

I have personally used methods four, five, and six and agree with the tasters conclusions.

What do you think? What is your favorite?


Comments

  1. MarkJuly 19, 2020 at 3:08 PM

    I like baking it because it's the most convenient way to cook enough bacon for a large group. I usually put it on a parchment lined quarter sheet pan. I found that it turns out crispier if you put it on a cooling rack in a sheet pan, but that makes cleanup a lot harder.

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    1. papaJuly 19, 2020 at 8:41 PM

      I have a special cooling rack with cross wires that I put on a half sheet pan. I works very well. The dishwasher cleans it just fine.

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