Harvesting Bacon Drippings. Some people store their bacon in a cool, dark space underneath their sinks (really!) but the refrigerator is also suitable. This is optional you can spray nonstick spray or use a nonstick pan. Or a well seasoned cast iron skillet.
Add bacon, turnip greens, rice, and black-eyed peas to the skillet. Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, cranberries, and walnuts. I used to drop a > >> tablespoon of butter into the frying pan for eggs but bacon drippings > >> are much more tasty. You can have Harvesting Bacon Drippings using 1 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Harvesting Bacon Drippings
- It's 2/3 pound of smoked bacon.
May try it on the green beans too. > >> > >> William > > > > Yes, I save the bacon dripping for a lot of things, really good on green > > beans. > In a skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. Roll up; secure with a short skewer or toothpicks. When I got married she gave me plants to start a patch in my back yard and I cook them every summer even blanching and freezing some for winter. She called them "crow's foot" greens.
Harvesting Bacon Drippings step by step
- Heat a skillet. This is optional you can spray nonstick spray or use a nonstick pan. Or a well seasoned cast iron skillet..
- Add the bacon and start rendering the fat of the bacon. If it starts to smoke a bit turn down the heat or add more bacon. This will cool the pan and the drippings..
- Turn often the bacon will have a tendency to stick no matter what pan or skillet you have. Just slide a meat fork or spatula under it to turn..
- When the last of the bacon is done immediately turn off the heat have the jar ready. Put some type of paper products under the jar to insulate under it. Especially if you have stone countertops because hot and cold may cause the soon to be hot jar to explode, due to quickly changing temperatures. This is true with anything. Also the paper products will catch any spillage of bacon drippings when pouring..
- Get a jar that has a lid and is sterile. Add the bacon drippings to it the jar will be hot for a while. Make sure you have a food grade jar that can or has had food in it..
- Store and use as needed. I hope you enjoy!.
I season with bacon, onions and bacon drippings. Thanks for the information on harvesting them later in the season. when I was growing up in Tennessee, my mother fried bacon, used the bacon drippings to fry eggs for Daddy, and made cream gravy from the drippings that I ate over plain white bread. Mother always said she couldn't make good biscuits so they were not part of the scenario. Pat chicken thighs dry with paper towels and place on a small sheet tray. In a large cast iron skillet over medium heat, toast pecans, tossing, until fragrant and lightly.