I fell in love with cooking as a little girl, sitting on the counter, helping Mom cook. That shared love of cooking is what this blog is all about. I want this to be a place where we can all share and learn from each other all our favorite recipes, kitchen tips, and more. From how to fry an egg to Grandma's tried and true classics to your favorite olive oil. I hope everyone enjoys the blog, has fun with it, and will contribute your own ideas.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Helpful Hint: Frying Bacon

Are you like me and hate to fry bacon? It never works out well for me. I end up with half burnt, half under-cooked bacon and grease splattered everywhere. So I rarely ever do bacon for that reason. But finally I have found the solution to "frying" bacon! My handy-dandy Broiler Pan ! This morning I did a little test. I got out my frying pan and my broiler pan. Set the oven broiler on HIGH and placed one package of bacon out on my pan. In the time it took for me to burn 3 pieces of bacon in my frying pan, I had an entire package of bacon perfectly cooked and ready to go from the oven. Yep. Last time I will ever FRY bacon. By cooking it in the oven I had zero mess, evenly cooked bacon, and the best part- all the grease was in the dripping pan below and my bacon wasn't soaking in it! So this is my "helpful hint" for today- never fry bacon again!

   When using the broiler pan remember to spray both sides of the top piece, and the bottom piece with cooking spray and it will clean much easier. Make sure your oven broiler is set to HIGH and move the rack up. About half-way through you will need to flip the bacon over to make sure it gets cooked through. It takes about 5 minutes total cooking time. And did I mention no mess!? Can't beat that! :-)

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