Bacon is low FODMAP so it’s a wonderful world. But what the secret to cooking amazing bacon?
Well, start it actually start in the store. Don’t buy cheap bacon. The next key is to look at the bacon in the store. Look at the meat to fat ratio. Some packages you can clearly see what the bacon fat to meat ratio by looking at the package. Sometime you can flip the package over and look at the meat to ratio on the back. Yes, they actually make packaging with windows so you can see the meat/fat ratio.
Cut your bacon in half to cook it. This may sound crazy but it actually enables better cooking by giving you more space in the pan and more ability to move it around in the pan.
As an added bonus you, don’t need to heat the whole package at once, saving some calories. I typically bag up the other half and freeze it for another day. I find it less messy to cut the entire package in half and just squeeze the package into a zip lock.
Start by turning the pan on to just under medium and laying the bacon flat on the pan. Here you can see cutting it in half has given us a little more room.
Bacon won’t cook evenly on it’s own. Every 2-3 minutes rotate more cooked bacon from the center to the outside edge, and less cooked bacon to the middle of the pan. This is the key to evenly cooked bacon. After bacon has shrunk a little it’s time to flip it. When on piece is done remove it. You don’t have to remove all the bacon at once. Just remove bacon as it finishes. Look at the picture below you can see some is ready to be taken off an others need a little longer. I like to take my bacon off when I see some caramelization (darker colour) and let it finish cooking off the pan.
Finishing the bacon after cooking. Finally, on top of a plate, place a long piece of paper towel. Long enough to cover the plate twice. (Don’t double it up.) . Place the left side on the plate, and let the rest hang off. Place the bacon on the plate covered with paper towel. When all the bacon is cooked fold the extra paper towel over and gently pat the bacon. This will mop up the extra bacon grease
Voila! Amazing bacon cooked perfectly:
Now if I have got you in the mood to eat bacon. Why not try FODMAP Poutine?