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How to Make Bacon in a Frying Pan

Here’s how I cook bacon on the stove in a frying pan. It’s easy and you don’t really need anything fancy. Just bacon and a frying pan. I do this for breakfast all the time. You get nice, crispy bacon, and it only takes a few minutes.

Protein: 8.00g Fats: 22.00g Carbs: 1.00g
How to Make Bacon in a Frying Pan

What You'll Need

grocery Ingredients

  • Bacon

cooking Equipment

  • Stove, Frying pan

bookmark_star Instructions

What you do

  1. Get your bacon out and pull the strips apart. Sometimes they stick, so just go slow.
  2. Put a big frying pan on the stove. Turn the heat to medium. You want it hot, but not crazy hot.
  3. Lay the bacon strips in the pan. Don’t overlap them. They should lay flat. Work in batches if you need to.
  4. Let the bacon cook. Don’t touch it for about 3 to 4 minutes.
  5. Once the edges look brown and the bacon starts to curl, use tongs or a fork to flip each piece over.
  6. Cook the other side for 2 to 4 more minutes. Watch close. Bacon goes from not ready to burnt really fast.
  7. When it looks how you like (crispy or a little soft), take it out and put it on a plate with some paper towels. This soaks up the extra grease.
  8. If you want less fat, blot the top with another paper towel. That’s it! Eat while it’s still warm.

lightbulb_2 Tips

  • Keep a close eye on it. Bacon burns quick if you walk away.
  • If the pan gets too full of grease, pour some out (careful, it’s hot).
  • For extra crispy bacon, let it go a little longer, but watch like a hawk so it doesn’t burn!
  • You can save the bacon grease in a jar. I use it for eggs or to fry potatoes. Makes stuff taste awesome.
  • If the bacon curls up too much, press it down with a spatula for a second.

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