How to Make a Bacon Press

Keep your bacon flat as it fries with a bacon press.

Prepare perfectly crispy bacon without curling by using a bacon press. These heavy weights sit on top of the bacon as it cooks in a skillet, keeping the bacon flat as it cooks, preventing the problem of trying to fit curled bacon strips between slices of bread for a sandwich. Most bacon presses are made of cast iron, but any heavy, heatproof material can be used, such as the heavy brick at the center of this homemade bacon press. Preheating the bacon press shortens your cooking time as the heat from the bacon press cooks the top of the meat while the skillet heats the bottom, meaning you do not have to flip the cooking bacon.

Things You'll Need

• Brick
• Aluminum foil
• Oven mitts
• Skillet
• Bacon

Instructions

1. Wrap a brick with three layers of aluminum foil.

2. Heat the brick in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes before using it to make the bacon.

3. Lay the raw bacon in a skillet and set the hot bacon press on top of the bacon, transferring the press from the oven to the skillet with oven mitts.

4. Fry the bacon with the press on top until crispy and thoroughly cooked.

References

• Practically Edible: Bacon Press
• Recipe Tips: Bacon Press