Bacon Crisps
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove the rind from the bacon slices.
Dip the bacon in the beaten egg.
Coat the bacon with rolled cracker crumbs.
Cook
Fry in a pan until golden brown.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Thin slices of bacon
- Provides the main flavor and fat that crisps as it fries.
- Beaten egg
- Acts as a binder so the cracker crumbs stick to the bacon.
- Rolled cracker crumbs
- Forms a coating that browns and adds crunch when fried.
The step that matters
Fry in a pan until golden brown. Frying over steady heat renders the bacon fat and crisps the coating; too high a heat can scorch the crumbs before the bacon cooks through.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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