Bacon and Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Fry the bacon
Fry the bacon slices until clear and curling at the edges.
Remove the bacon and keep it hot.
Strain the fat left in the pan.
Fry and serve
Heat the fat again and fry the eggs.
Place an egg on each slice of bacon and serve together.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Bacon
- Renders fat that cooks the eggs and adds salty, savoury flavour.
- Eggs
- Set when fried to form the main body of the dish.
“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.
More bacon and eggs recipes
You might also like
Rice Gruel28 recipes
Peptoned Milk Gruel9 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.