Food tastes vary wildly between individuals. Eggs are one thing - are you a soft boiled, or a sunny side up type of foodie?
But when it comes to bacon, getting it just right for you or your guests is another art. While clearly not an issue for vegetarians or vegans, meat eaters say that bacon tastes so much better when it’s crispy. However, how do you achieve the perfect rashers without ending up with a charred mess? Chef Roice Bethel has the answer, apparently.
Sharing cooking tips, the chef says crispy bacon can be achieved 'every time' without frying or using an oven. Roice, who is also known as @noflakeysalt on social media, shared the video with his 155,000 followers, according to the Express. The clip was captioned: “Evenly Crispy Bacon Every time!” And he explained his method and why it works.
Roice began: “If you want evenly crispy bacon, you need to boil it. I know that sounds like it wouldn’t work, but it does.” Referencing streaky bacon, the chef revealed: “There are two parts to every strip of bacon; there’s the muscle which is the dark part and the fat which is the light part. The muscle cooks extremely quickly, the fat takes longer time to render out,” he added.
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Explaining the method, Roice went on to explain that you should begin by placing the bacon strips “into a cold pan” and then “add just enough water to cover your bacon”.
“The water prevents the temperature from getting too high which gives the fat time to render out,” Roice said. “So the meat and the fat finish cooking at the same exact time.
“Once the water completely evaporates, the bacon will get nice and crispy, and the meat won’t get overcooked or burnt. The fat is perfectly rendered so it’s nice and crispy [too].”
He didn’t say how long it takes to cook the bacon this way, but hundreds of people left comments on the post. One said: “This is a fact. Works every time and flavour is the same.” A second chimed: “I’ve tried it and it does work!” Someone else commented: “Done this and bacon stays good size and gets crispy takes a little longer but def worth it.”
Many people suggested cooking bacon this way results in loss of flavour, and some remarked on the texture. One said: “I tried this…like shoe leather. Terrible.” Another comment read: “Boil out all the flavour, got it.”
Pure Wow tried Roice’s method and said “the results were surprisingly delicious”. They followed the instructions word for word, and the bacon took around 30 minutes to cook in total. But the bacon was “evenly cooked and crispy throughout; the fatty parts were ever so slightly softer than the muscly parts, but not so much that they were chewy”.
There are several other ways to cook crispy bacon, with many recommending an air fryer. Lay the bacon in a single layer on the base of the air fryer basket - make sure the layers don’t overlap. Some like to line the basket with foil or parchment paper to reduce mess.
Set the air fryer to 200 degrees Celsius and cook streaky bacon rashers for six to 10 minutes, back bacon rashers take anywhere from four to eight minutes, and the longer you leave it, the crispier it will be. Remove and enjoy!
What's your tip for cooking bacon? Have you tried this? Let us know in the comments box below.
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