To Boil Bacon
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
If the bacon is very salty, soak it in soft water for 2 hours before cooking.
Place the bacon in a saucepan and cover it with plenty of water.
Cook
Boil gently: for 2 to 3 pounds, cook for 1 to 1¼ hours; for larger pieces, cook for 1 hour and 40 minutes.
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
- Bacon
- Provides the meat and fat that give the dish its flavour and texture.
The step that matters
Boil gently. Keeping the water at a gentle simmer rather than a hard boil cooks the bacon evenly and helps keep it tender instead of tough or stringy.
“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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