I keep a jar
of bacon fat in my fridge, and I figured I might as well just use it for this, but I'm not sure how much I should use.
Transfer the bacon to a paper towel - lined plate and reserve 2 tablespoons
of the bacon fat for the dressing.
Add 1 teaspoon of the reserved bacon fat (or canola oil if you're
out of bacon fat) to the skillet and return to high heat.
Pour off all but 2 tablespoons
of bacon fat into a small bowl, and return Dutch oven to stove top.
If you're watching calories, you can easily pour out the chicken fat and only use
part of the bacon fat with good results.
Remove all but about three
tablespoons of bacon fat from the skillet, add hash mixture and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
Toss butternut squash with 1 1/2
Tbsp of bacon fat (or other cooking fat) and the sea salt and pepper.
(I usually start off by cooking the bacon in a 2nd saute pan and drain off a little
of the bacon fat as needed into the pan I use for cooking the French toast.)
It is not only free of trans fats, but it also works to reduce the
amount of bacon fat by greasing off.
Either keep it dairy (with the cheese) and skip the meat and use butter or coconut oil
instead of the bacon fat; or you could make it meat and eliminate the cheese but add a larger amount of turkey bacon and use either beef drippings, schmaltz, or coconut oil; or you could make the recipe pareve by skipping both the cheese and the meat and using just coconut or olive oil and some chopped, cooked veggies like cauliflower or broccoli, or even some salmon if you like.
If you don't have a
jar of bacon fat in your fridge, 1) we need to talk, because this stuff is GOLD and it makes so many recipes taste even better, and 2) you can always cook 3 - 4 strips of bacon, then use the bacon drippings from that for this recipe.
In the meantime, I like to trim off excess
gobs of bacon fat because I don't want the rice cakes to be too greasy and chop shallots and green onions.
For the calves liver, my mom caramelized a big skillet full onions in a scant 1/4»
coating of bacon fat, seasoning the onions with some salt, pepper and a tad of sugar — that took about 20 minutes on moderately - high heat to get those onions seriously caramelized.
I had 2 - 3 cups
of bacon fat at one point in my frying pan and the grease was an inch thick.
Disregarding the fact that saturated fat is completely harmless, what most people don't realize is that the
majority of bacon fat (about 2 / 3rds) is unsaturated.
Here I've layered scallions, garlic scapes, cooked bacon lardons (+
dash of bacon fat), cheddar, asiago.
It is almost painful to think of the number of times dog owners have said to me «she wouldn't eat, so I gave put a couple of tablespoons
of bacon fat on her food....
Not preserved in any discernible way,
drops of bacon fat «adorned» the pedestal the tea cup was sitting on.
I made a couple of changes: I used olive oil
instead of bacon fat, added tomato paste and omitted the hot sauce and cayenne to make it more kid friendly.
Mashama Bailey, The Grey, Savannah, GA «I love eggs, and one of my favorite ways to eat them are soft - scrambled with a touch of cream and a
bit of bacon fat.
When compared against the
jar of bacon fat from breakfast, the similarities were a little too coincidental for my liking.
Here's a topping idea that won me 1st place in a local pizza contest: a little bit of purchased alfredo sauce, sliced mushrooms sauteed with fresh thyme, caramelized sliced onions, spinach sauteed with garlic and top off with some crispy cooked, crumbled bacon (cook the mushrooms in
some of the bacon fat)....
Remove the bacon from the pan and pour out
all of the bacon fat except for 1 tablespoon.
4 Cook onions: Add another Tablespoon
of bacon fat to the pan.
Be sure to drain off
some of the bacon fat as directed.
Heat the bacon and oil together in a large soup pot over medium heat to melt
some of the bacon fat.
Heat a comal, griddle, or cast iron skillet, and add about 2 tablespoons
of the bacon fat or lard and distribute evenly over the botton.
, griddle, or cast iron skillet, and add about 2 tablespoons
of the bacon fat or lard and distribute evenly over the botton.
Drain all but 1 tablespoon
of the bacon fat and set pan aside.