Posted: 5/4/2009 2:14:29 PM EDT
I hate cooking bacon, but it has to be done, this time I cooked it in a crock pot.
This is #3 of ends and pieces, I used some scissors to seperate it into lean and fat, and also cut the fat so it was no thicker than 1/8", put all of the fat into the crockpot, and all of the lean into the freezer for future pea/navy/lima bean soup.[ It took 15 minutes] It came out about 50/50% fat and lean. I cooked the fat on high for about 4 hours and the crunchy goodness was perfect. 
so I got #1.5 great salt pork, 1.5 cups crunchies, and about 8oz bacon grease. I drained the grease carefully to leave the bacon dust and made pea soup with the dirty pot. 1.5 cups split peas, 1 small onion, 5 cloves of garlic, small hand full of the salt pork, 3 cups water, fresh ground peper and salt too taste The nice thing about cooking it in the pot is I don't have to watch it very closely, just leave the lid cracked to let the steam escape and stir it every hour or so. |
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Excellent!!
Bacon in a crock pot is not one that I would have thought of, it gives the ends and pieces bags a whole new meaning in life (especially since they are usually less than half the cost of sliced bacon). Thank You for the idea and the pics! c0 ____________________________ Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine. Tpass.org |
