How to Precook & Freeze Bacon

A simple, convenient and inexpensive way to enjoy precooked bacon. This is an easy way to have bacon always handy. You don't have to purchase the precooked bacon in the grocery store which can be costly and doesn't taste as good as home cooked. When you have precooked bacon in the freezer, it's easy for you and your family to just grab and go.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Bacon - the more the better! Get your favorite like hickory smoked or maple brown sugar!
• Fry pan or griddle
• Paper towels
• Freezer bag

1. 
    
   Cooking up the bacon. Smell it?

   Cut the bacon strips in half and cook bacon just as you normally would, except not quite as long. Cook until lightly brown and not too crisp. Plan to cook extra bacon every time you are preparing a big breakfast. You are already going to have the mess, so just cook more to freeze for later use. Cook them even less if you plan to use some in recipes like scallop wraps. You'll want them soft and pliable.

2. 
    
   Drain the grease off the bacon.

   Let the bacon drain as normal. Paper towels work well. Keep them flat! Don't let them get tangle up because it's harder to freeze properly. Let them drain and cool while you eat your breakfast. Blot the extra grease off the bacon.

3. 
    
   Lay bacon on top of folded paper towel.

   Fold a paper towel in half. On one half of that paper towel lay slices of bacon flat. You can fit about 5 or 6 in that space. Turn the remaining half of the paper towel over the top of the bacon. So now you have a top and bottom protecting the bacon. This helps to keep it from getting crushed and broken in the freezer.
   Repeat step 3 for every 5-6 pieces of bacon.

4. 
    
   Bacon inside paper towel.

   Put all the folded paper towels, now full of bacon, on top of each other and slide them into a freezer bag. I have found the zipper/slide ones are easier to get in and out of more often.

5. Place them in the freezer. On the door is a good place so they don't get lost or crushed and are easy to access.
   
   When you are ready to eat some, take out as many as you need. There is no waste or leftovers to deal with now. To warm them up, simply place them in the microwave for a few seconds. My favorite way is to place a piece of tin foil on the top of my toaster oven. While cooking the toast, place the bacon on top and they will be warm enough when the toast is done. You can place them directly inside the toaster oven but they tend to get too crispy that way. You can add them directly to your egg pan as the eggs are cooking. Try different ways for yourself.

Tips & Warnings

• Perfect for the Atkins diet
• Quick and easy for kids to eat
• Healthier than fast-food
• Cheaper than grocery store precooked
• Great for families on the go

[lighthouse1958]

on 10/10/2009 I love to freeze everything I can get my hands on. I freeze my bacon before it is cooked but didn't know I could do it after I fried it. It makes since, I do buy the other in the grocery stores that are already almost fried. Thanks I guess this will be my next thing to freeze. You gave me an ideal, We have hurricanes here in Mobile sometimes and are out of electricity for weeks at a time. I could do this and keep it in the freezer until later on in the week and have fresh bacon already fried. Thanks for giving me this ideal. 5*