My wife bought a bunch of turkey bacon from Costco. After trying numerous approaches I have finally figured out the way to prepare it well, too often with other methods it comes out like turkey flavored cardboard. I will say no matter the method, the more iron stomached of my two dogs was always willing to get rid of it anyway, so the previous error parts of trial and error cooking were not total losses. Here goes: It takes a couple of devices and 1 other ingredient. The first device is a microwave bacon cooker (these are great, they cook the bacon on removable plastic racks and drain the fat into a pan underneath). The second is a regular iron or similar skillet. Step one is take 4 pieces of thick sliced pork bacon from Canada (Black Label is best) and cook 3.30 in the microwave at max setting. Step 2 is heat up the skillet using setting 6.5 on the stove top, and poor in remaining liquid fat from the microwave bacon cooker pan into the skillet. Make sure the fat layer is about 1/8th to 1/4th of an inch throughout the skillet and heats thoroughly, and drop in your slices of turkey bacon. Allow to fry about 3 minutes per side, remove to plate, and allow to cool down a bit. Wallah, you have tasty turkey bacon for breakfast or for a BLT. The only household member so far disappointed is my stomach of iron buddy who only gets much smaller bits now.
3 paper towels underneath 6 pieces turkey bacon spray with pam droplets of tabasco 2 paper towels on top 5 minutes crispy
I'll say this: I bought a "bacon-wave" in college. What a load of crap that was. $30 down the toilet. I guarantee you that if you microwave bacon wrapped in a paper towel, it will remove just as much fat, if not more, than micro-bacon devices. I never fry bacon anymore. Too time consuming, and bacon grease doesn't go down the sink too well.
Its time to move on to the next life cause you've obviously given up on this one. Never fry bacon.... Coffee, bacon, cigarettes. From God to your breakfast table.
We make Turkey Bacon all the time on our Foreman grill. You have to make sure you get the right brand. I have bought some that taste like absolute garbage. I forget what brand it is that we buy....but do not get Jennie-O. That stuff is nasty.
I just discovered this product at Costco likewise. We are midway through the first pack and like it quite a lot. We'll have to try that Tabasco sauce recipe as we both like spicy food. Why do you spray them with Pam though?
Hey, I was just trying to make it tasty. Yes the Jennie-O product probably is more suited to the construction industry than the food industry. The Louis Rich (what I got from Costco) is OK if you cook it right. Actually I think the microwave bacon cooker is great, for real pork bacon, that is. The grease is collected nicely, you can us it for cooking [e.g., turkey bacon] or poor it in any left over can and throw it in the garbage. I'll have to try the pam/tobasco trick--I never thought I would actually get people making serious suggestions on the topic.
Right, but if you're going to knock out the benefits of the turkey(Though it's probably still slightly better for you), why not just eat the pork bacon, especially when you're already cooking it to prepare your turkey bacon? Just wondering...
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Hey - try cooking that turkey bacon in a toaster oven and lemme know how you like it. Ttry cooking it different ways in the toaster oven, too: higher heat/shorter time, lower heat/longer time, etc.). Be sure and put a makeshift foil tray under the bacon to catch the grease, otherwise messy cleanup. -- droxford
"e.g." = "for example" , Gippyup gave the full expression. BTW "i.e." = "that is", another very conveneint short had expression. To tell you the truth I sort of started the thread in jest, yes the irony of having to cook turkey bacon in real bacon grease to get it real tasty. I eat real bacon just as much if not more.
