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Bacon!
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I have recently come into possession of 13 pounds of bacon.
I briefly considered the joy of being able to eat eggs and bacon, or bacon cheeseburgers, for a month straight but then decided I don't want to have a heart attack at 23. Also, that would probably get boring after a while.
So I need suggestions for things to do with bacon. Anything that is somewhat healthier (i.e. does not add more fat or cholesterol than the bacon) gets bonus points, but I'm open for any kind of recipes.
I briefly considered the joy of being able to eat eggs and bacon, or bacon cheeseburgers, for a month straight but then decided I don't want to have a heart attack at 23. Also, that would probably get boring after a while.
So I need suggestions for things to do with bacon. Anything that is somewhat healthier (i.e. does not add more fat or cholesterol than the bacon) gets bonus points, but I'm open for any kind of recipes.
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Ingredients
1/2 pound bacon
1 large onion, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
2 (21 ounce) cans chicken broth
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes (with liquid)
1 cup water
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3/4 cup dry lentils, rinsed
Directions
Brown bacon; drain off fat.
In a soup pot add bacon and next nine ingredients; bring to a boil.
Add lentils cover and simmer until lentils are tender.
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You could also make some kind of chili or really hearty soups like vegetable barley, minestrone or split pea and use bacon to give it a nice rich flavor. Plus then you could freeze that, so you wouldn't have to worry about it going bad.
Bacon!
Eat in moderation.
Use the recipe for biscuits on the back of a Bisquick box (milk and Bisquick... I forget the exact amount of each. Skim works fine).
Roll it out flat on whatever you have for a counter. Flour the counter first to keep it from sticking (or use a touch of Bisquick instead of flour.. helps the flavor a bit).
Sprinkle cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and a touch of thyme on the dough.
Lay strips of bacon across the dough. Use as little or as much as you like.
Roll up the dough... it should make a long tube-like wrap of dough.
Wrap that dough in aluminum foil, and stick it in the freezer.
It can freeze for up to a couple months. When you're ready to use it, take it out of the freezer for about 15 minutes, and cut it into circular pieces. Stick them on a pan, cook at 350 for around 9 minutes, or until golden. If you'd like, you can brush on a bit of melted butter.
It's not the healthiest, but it makes a fantastic appetizer for a party. They won't last long.
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Sorta healthier :P
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This works with dry beans (like kidney beans) as well; start the same way, but add water and boil the beans until tender.
Still, if you're interested, you'll want to marinate it and then dry it in cool, fast-moving air to ensure that it drys rather than cooks, which would make it less pleasant.
Also how in dear god did you come across all this bacon?
2 of these with scrambled eggs and hash browns in between
alternatively buy a fuck ton of eggs and make a really big breakfast for all your friends
you won't regret it.
http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
My God, it is beautiful.
Mankind has reached new levels of awesomeness.
My friend made these once. No shit: the tastiest thing I've had in my entire life. I was also drunk, which may have contributed, but this is an endeavor worthy of the lord of all god-kings. I don't even like cheese very much!
Ingredients
* 1 pound (about 12 to 13 slices) bacon, preferably thick-cut
* 25 Medjool dates (about 3/4 pound)
* 1/3 cup ricotta cheese
* Special Equipment: toothpicks, a bamboo skewer for removing pits
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Cut the bacon in half lengthwise to make twice as many slices. Set aside. To remove the pits from the dates, cut the tips off each end of the dates and insert the flat end of the skewer until it pushes the pit out of the date. Repeat with remaining dates.
Place the ricotta in the bottom corner of a strong plastic bag and seal tightly. Use scissors to cut a small hole in the tip of 1 of the corners. Now use the bag like a piping bag to fill the dates with the cheese.
Wrap the ricotta stuffed dates with a slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick through the belly of the date. Arrange all the prepared dates on a parchment-lined baking sheet, allowing at least a little space between each one for good browning. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes or until bacon is browned and crispy. Remove from the baking sheet and gently remove toothpicks. Serve immediately.
It is a monument to all our sins
mmmm bacon.
So much sodium. So much saturated fat.
so fucking worth it.
That bacon explosion thing looks sooo good.
I'm going to pretend that you're the OP and you've just been eating half a pound of bacon per hour since the first post in this thread.
Try:
Fry off some bacon, onion, mushroom, peppers, courgette, and a thinly sliced clove of garlic (or whatever of those you like and/or have in the fridge) until cooked. The bacon is best if you do it seperately and crisp it up. Then mix in with pesto and pasta and a nice smattering of cheese.
Bacon lardons are a lovely addition as garnish to many soups.
Bacon and mushroom baguette, with a smidgen of English mustard. Mmmf.
Chicken wrapped in bacon is a fairly well know trick. In fact, all poultry roasts are good with a bit of bacon over the top.
Ummm, can't think of anything else of the top of my head.
use that instead of mayo to add some delicious calories to any sandwich :drool:
3/4s of it is now frozen, I figured 3 pounds of bacon should last me a month unless I develop a death wish.
I will definitely be trying the bacon weave, and I'll also be wrapping new and exciting things in bacon for some time. Bacon in my pierogies sound great, I love pierogies. A website called "Bacon Today" deserves some kind of Nobel Prize, truly it is the ultimate resource for bacon aficionados.
As to how I got it, a 6 and a half pound package of bacon was buy-one-get-one. It is the thriftiest route to gluttony I have ever seen, and I just couldn't pass it up.
Fixed that for you. You, sir, sound like who they made Baconaise for.
But in all seriousness, you might try to offset it by mixing it with some healthier stuff, like crumbling some on some steamed vegetables, or the same thing to make some homemade bacon bits for salad.