Keyword bacon drippings, cooking fat, frugal cooking, zero waste kitchen
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Strain the drippings from cooked bacon into a glass jar and keep them in the fridge for cooking beans, soups and rice.
Ingredients
Bacon
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.