Saving bacon grease
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Strain the drippings from cooked bacon into a glass jar and keep them in the fridge for cooking beans, soups and rice.
Ingredients
- Bacon
Equipment
- fine sieve
- mason jars
Directions
- Cook the bacon in a skillet or in the oven, then pour the grease through a fine strainer into a glass jar.
- Let it cool completely, cover, and keep in the fridge.
Notes
Use it as cooking oil in savory dishes like soup, beans and rice for extra flavor. Safety: let the hot grease cool a little before pouring it into glass, and keep it refrigerated.