OMG Bacon in the Microwave

[ProZachNation]

I suck at cooking bacon, but found out you can microwave it.

Turned out awesome.

Two paper towels, bacon, paper towel on top

1 minute per strip

[meeloche]

This is the only way I cook bacon!

couple of notes:

-it's delicious
-it's healthier than frying it in grease
-it's easy as shit and clean up is super easy, you just stick the pie plate in the dishwasher and the paper towels in the garbage.

[givememyleg]

i always make bacon this way

[pgil]

what fun is it if it hasn't been soaking in grease for 10 minutes though. how is it going to clog your arteries cooking it like that?

[Warpe]

DIAGF

[badandy519]

I suck at cooking bacon, but found out you can microwave it.

Welcome to 1987

[Lukie]

jesus christ, put a skillet on the stovetop, put it on medium low or medium, wait a couple minutes and put desired amount of bacon in. turn occasionally. it isn't that hard and it tastes 10x better than microwave.

newsflash: bacon has a very high % fat content and is pre-salted/flavored. it's going to taste delicious no matter how you make it so long as you don't REALLY f it up, like you don't cook it at all or you burn it to a crisp. this is why it still tastes good in the microwave but its still much better in a skillet and it's surprisingly easy as well.

[ProZachNation]

Irish Car Bombs + Bacon = Best St. Paddys day(even though its not) ever?

[boost]

what lukie said.

[spoonitnow]

what lukie said.

[Ragnar4]

do it like a real cook does. 2 cast iron pants.... heat both to high heat, lay the bacon down in the big pan, nestle the small pan on top. cook the bacon at a ridiculously high speed, (turn the heat down to medium, or have a really nice fire extinguisher ready.)

gads... microwaved bacon.

[bode]

microwaved bacon is good. it cooks alot more of the fat out of it and it doesnt make a huge greasy mess.

[kingnat]

But bacon tastes good. Pork Chops taste good.

[ProZachNation]

But it is so much faster in the microwave. Like if I want to make a good breakfast, some eggs hash browns toast and bacon. Before I had to start the bacon ahead of everything else and I had bacon grease and a nasty pan to clean.

Three dirty paper towel > dirty pan grease splatters

[SaulPaul]

if I want to make a good breakfast, some eggs hash browns toast and bacon. Before I had to start the bacon ahead of everything else

you are going very wrong sumwhere if bacon is taking longer than hash browns or eggs

[Galapogos]

What's there someone on here that cooks their eggs or whatever in the leftover bacon grease in the frying pan? Crazy shit.

[Warpe]

congrats on 1500 Galapogos

[boost]

What's there someone on here that cooks their eggs or whatever in the leftover bacon grease in the frying pan? Crazy shit.

sure, I do this sometimes. Just poor off excess grease, throw in eggs.

[boost]

if I want to make a good breakfast, some eggs hash browns toast and bacon. Before I had to start the bacon ahead of everything else

you are going very wrong sumwhere if bacon is taking longer than hash browns or eggs

uhh unless you are hard boiling your eggs or you have paper thin (lolcheapmeat) bacon than you are most likely doing something wrong if your bacon cooks in the same time as your eggs.

edit: unless of course youre making really really good scrambled eggs which take like half an hour, but this is above and beyond the standard and therefore op would not be doing anything wrong if this wasnt his course of action.

[Aces]

What's there someone on here that cooks their eggs or whatever in the leftover bacon grease in the frying pan? Crazy shit.

That's pretty old school. Actually it gives the eggs a nice bacony-flavor if you don't mind the extra fat. Dad always fixed 'em that way.

[Pythonic]

in the fry pan tastes better though

[blackatom]

What's there someone on here that cooks their eggs or whatever in the leftover bacon grease in the frying pan? Crazy shit.

Lukie?

[Lukie]

that would be me. What people don't realize though is that i poor off the extra grease and even wipe it down with a paper towel so there really isn't a whole lot left at all. Plus if you really want to go down the health road, 1. bacon and eggs probably isn't the best idea to begin with (maybe start with oatmeal and egg whites or something). and 2. people think that cooking with vegetable oils is healthy or something and they are completely wrong. superheating (i.e. cooking) with oils turns them into hydrogenated fats which are worse than saturated/animal fats.

[boost]

that would be me. What people don't realize though is that i poor off the extra grease and even wipe it down with a paper towel so there really isn't a whole lot left at all. Plus if you really want to go down the health road, 1. bacon and eggs probably isn't the best idea to begin with (maybe start with oatmeal and egg whites or something). and 2. people think that cooking with vegetable oils is healthy or something and they are completely wrong. superheating (i.e. cooking) with oils turns them into hydrogenated fats which are worse than saturated/animal fats.

well they are bad in different ways if I recall what I learned in nutrition correctly.

[ProZachNation]

I have cooked eggs in bacon grease w/o dumping out extra grease, its kinda a different flavor tho.. not really a fry more of a grease boil?

[boost]

not really a fry more of a grease boil?

thats what frying is...


well actually fat does not boil, water does, so its the water from the egg and bits of bacon still in the pan that are causing the bubbling.

[bode]

if youre making sunny side up eggs then you shouldnt be pouring off much of the bacon grease. but making eggs w/ leftover bacon grease is wtf standard.

[ProZachNation]

not really a fry more of a grease boil?

thats what frying is...


well actually fat does not boil, water does, so its the water from the egg and bits of bacon still in the pan that are causing the bubbling.

egg floating in grease = fry? poach?

[Galapogos]

congrats on 1500 Galapogos

Sweet, I didn't even notice that. And what was my brilliant 1500th post thesis some may wonder............?

I quoted something bode said.

[pantherhound]

eggs fried in leftover bacon fat is super standard and really not that difficult to comprehend.

Do some of you clean up the pan and then start again or something?

[swiggidy]

what lukie said.

this is getting creepy

[boost]

not really a fry more of a grease boil?

thats what frying is...


well actually fat does not boil, water does, so its the water from the egg and bits of bacon still in the pan that are causing the bubbling.

egg floating in grease = fry? poach?

fry, you cant poach in fat. Poaching is in water.

[flomo]

i'll try the microwave in a few weeks

not thinking i'm going to be happy with it



lukie, boost and others have have stated the obvious

[boost]

flomo, its honestly not bad per se, its just not good.

the problem with cooking it in a pan is that most people overcrowd the pan and the grease gets too deep. When this happens submerged parts get deep fried and burn while exposed parts dont cook very fast. Also people seem to set the temp way too high, low and slow for bacon imo.

[Lukie]

flomo, its honestly not bad per se, its just not good.

the problem with cooking it in a pan is that most people overcrowd the pan and the grease gets too deep. When this happens submerged parts get deep fried and burn while exposed parts dont cook very fast. Also people seem to set the temp way too high, low and slow for bacon imo.

thats what she said

[swiggidy]

Also, center cut bacon, FTW. It's more expensive but it goes on sale for 1/2 off all the time by me.

[ProZachNation]

Change thread to 'Bacon outa control' ?

[flomo]

just bacon cooked in micro tonight
not bad--it actually got crispy

i will be doing more of this

[jyms]

I haven't had bacon in over 16 months

[bode]

I haven't had bacon in over 16 months

huge life fail

[bjsaust]

Bacon in the George Forman grill. Fat runs away, proper crispy bacon.

[Lukie]

Seriously, is bacon really that good?

I'd rather eat a steak.

[boost]

Seriously, is bacon really that good?

I'd rather eat a steak.

bacon wrapped steak ldo.

But seriously, Im pretty sick of it, I pretty much avoid it unless its really good bacon.

[cuesta22]

baconater from wendy's

mmmmm

[Micro2Macro]

[Last one ok? If not I'll delete it]

[bigspenda73]

last one is more than acceptable

bacon flavored diet cote mmmmmmmmmm they got that shit in diet. dr. pepper?

[bigspenda73]

Seriously, is bacon really that good?

I'd rather eat a steak.

wtf bacon isn't a meal it's a snack or a side dish

ofc you'd rather have a steak, we'd all rather have a steak, except on a burger, I'd rather have bacon on a burger, and a chef salad.

[triumphant cracker]

just bacon cooked in micro tonight
not bad--it actually got crispy

i will be doing more of this

it took you a whole year to work up the courage to cook it in the micro??.....i'm surprised at this flomo.....lol.

[will641]

i saw an infomercial for a microwavable bacon rack. true story.

[yourfather]

I have you have a less sexy meat like salami or peperoni sliced thin and microwave them they taste kinda like bacon

[bikes]

There needs to be a damn man law that says bacon must never be microwaved.

[bode]

i saw an infomercial for a microwavable bacon rack. true story.

lol, my mom used to have one of these. worked surprisingly well actually.

and wtf at people freaking out over microwaving bacon. so standard.

[dranger7070]

[Last one ok? If not I'll delete it]

Have you ever been to the commune before? lol The last pic is obv the best. And WTF Diet COKE bacon? Yea, I'm watching my calorie intake, so I'm gonna have some Bacon flavored Diet Coke. Cuz you know, I'm healthy and all.