Zap! Instant Bacon

Published on Thursday, July 23, 2009, by Caitlin McGrath / Edit Post

Cooking bacon perfectly with little splatter or mess is easy when you use a microwave. Cook for around one minute per strip of bacon, depending on your microwave and the thickness of the bacon.

Many hounds line a plate with a few layers of paper towels, lay strips of bacon on top, and cover with another paper towel. The towels absorb the bacon fat as it renders and the bacon crisps.

You needn’t sacrifice the rendered fat if you like to cook with it, though. greygarious places her bacon on an unlined plate and covers it with a piece of parchment paper to prevent splatter. Once the rendered fat has cooled a bit, she pours it into a jar to save. alkapal uses a microwave bacon tray, which drains the fat into a collection tray and is easy to clean.

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  • What a great idea! On hurried, harried mornings I do our two strips each on paper towels and like that I haven't splattered the stove or countertops but rue the loss of that wonderful of ingredients, pork fat.

    I normally cook extra red-skinned potatoes and keep them in the frig to cut up and cook in bacon fat with onions. Great breakfast dish. I'll try your method, unfortunately my parchment is...+READ

    What a great idea! On hurried, harried mornings I do our two strips each on paper towels and like that I haven't splattered the stove or countertops but rue the loss of that wonderful of ingredients, pork fat.

    I normally cook extra red-skinned potatoes and keep them in the frig to cut up and cook in bacon fat with onions. Great breakfast dish. I'll try your method, unfortunately my parchment is in storage halfway across the country so I'll have to find some out in the boondocks. Thanks!-COLLAPSE