Bacon in the Microwave
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Despite its dubious nutritional issues, I really do love the flavor of freshly cooked bacon, all crisp and hot. I rarely prepare it, though. I usually save bacon cooking for tomatoe season when we can make BTL sandwiches with garden fresh tomatoes and farm fresh bacon. Of course, our family has an odd way of making the BLT sandwiches which turns them into BEG sandwiches, for lack of a better term. We skip the lettuce and instead add a scrambled egg. It might sound odd, but it tastes divine and it is a massive burst of protein. Yum.
Anyway, my mom made bacon the old fashioned way when I was a kid. She made it in a skillet on the stove. She did have a cool splatter guard that not only contained the popping oil, but also kept the bacon from curling up. When microwaves were brand new in the marketplace, our family was one of the first to own one. Bacon was one the foods that was forever relegated to the microwave. She cooked it on a glass plate, laying flat between two pieces of paper towel. The paper towel prevented splatters and soaked up the bacon grease.
I’ve never been fond of either the stove top or microwave on a plate method. So, when I had the chance to try a new fully enclosed microwave bacon cooker, I jumped at the prospect. This handy little gadget lets you cook bacon in the microwave, eliminated 100% of the splatter and saves the bacon grease for you – which can come in handy if you want to add a little your green beans or baked beans for extra flavor. The CrispyClean® Bacon Broiler is the only gadget of its kind available – fully enclosed and splatter-free.
It looks like an unassuming plastic pitcher.
As you can see on the inside, though, once you unlock the levers and lift off the cover there are arms on which you can hang half a dozen slices of bacon. By hanging the bacon, you get an evenly cooked product in just about 30 seconds and all of the grease drips down and collect in the bottom of the unit. The best part of the process is that the entire contraption is dishwasher safe. That rocks.
I have room to store this little gadget, so it is completely worth my time and effort to cook my bacon with it. I think the benefit of how the bacon hangs and allows the fat to completely leave the meat is probably my biggest selling point. Healthy bacon might sound like an oxymoron, and turkey bacon just doesn’t make my grade, so this cooking method is hands down your best option if you want to use bacon in any of your meals.
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