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Chef shares unusual tip for cooking the perfect bacon
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4 Aug 2022, 15:06
Pic: TikTok
If you've always wanted perfectly crispy bacon, a chef has an unconventional tip to achieve it.
Chef Roice Bethel posted a video on TikTok, insisting the secret to crisp bacon is boiling it.
He's the first to admit it sounds a bit weird.
“If you want perfectly crispy bacon you have to boil it,” says Roice, “I know that sounds like it wouldn’t work but it does.”
“There’s two parts to every piece of bacon, there’s the muscle which is the dark part and the fat which is the white part.
“The muscle cooks extremely quickly, the fat takes a longer time to render out.”
pic: Tiktok/noflakeysalt
He explains you can counteract this by putting water in with the cooking meat, as this prevents the temperature from getting too high.
It evens the cooking time, making it perfectly crispy.
The chef says: “Once the water completely evaporates then the bacon gets nice and crispy, the meat’s not overcooked or burnt and the fat has perfectly rendered so it’s nice and crispy.”
Fans were converted by the method.
One wrote: “I did this but with coconut oil when I was doing keto. Best bacon ever.”
pic: Tiktok/noflakeysalt
“I tried, love the results” added another.
Some commenters shared their methods instead:
“George Foreman grill, 8-10 minutes. It’s perfect and the cleanup is so easy,” wrote one TikTok user.
Another wrote: “I cook my bacon in a glass baking sheet at 425 for 25 to 30 minutes turning every so often. perfect everytime and you can save the grease.”
This person added: “I also use my air fryer for my bacon, it’s always perfect.”
Other popular TikTok hacks include the pillow tip for travelling, and seven rules for getting organised.
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