Bacon is close to the perfect carnivore food: high fat, high protein, zero carbs, and endlessly satisfying. The only real questions are how to cook it crisp every time without scorching it, and what to do with all that beautiful rendered fat.
Cook it, then count it
The answer to both is the oven. It cooks bacon evenly and hands-off, and leaves you with a jar of pure dripping at the end. Here is the method.
Perfect Crispy Carnivore Bacon
Ingredients
- 250 g Bacon streaky or back, thick-cut
- 1 pinch Sea Salt optional
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a baking tray with foil and sit a wire rack on top for even crisping, or lay the bacon straight on the tray to keep more of the rendered fat.
- Arrange the bacon in a single layer with no overlap. No oil needed, it cooks in its own fat.
- Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until deep golden and crisp. Thicker cuts take a little longer, so check from 18 minutes.
- Rest the bacon for a minute to firm up. Pour the hot fat through a sieve into a jar, that is your dripping, perfect for frying eggs, searing steak and roasting.
Notes
Do not pour the fat away. The rendered fat from bacon and beef is dripping, the cooking fat that built the traditional British kitchen for centuries before seed oils took over. Use it to fry eggs, sear a steak, or roast.
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