The “genius” hack for cooking healthier and tastier bacon
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Bacon has a bad reputation for being unhealthy, and sadly, for good reason. It’s high in saturated fat and cholesterol, which can increase your risk of heart disease, especially when you let it cook in its natural oils and fat.
While you can’t reduce the amount of cholesterol and sodium in this delicious-yet-tragically-unhealthy meat product, did you know that there are cooking methods that can reduce the amount of fat in bacon?
Well, there's no denying that we are as surprised as you when we found out about this one little-known bacon cooking hack shared by a food reviewer on TikTok.
A contributor at the Right Guys Review page shared an inventive tip to cook bacon, which he claims makes the meat tastier and healthier than ever.
Credit: TikTok/Right Guys Review
In the video, the user puts a wooden skewer through the end of the pieces of bacon before placing them through the spaces on the oven shelf.
The food reviewer then places a baking tray covered in tin foil below the meat, noting that the tray will catch the fat that will drip off from the bacon upon cooking.
He then lets the bacon pieces cook inside the oven.
We did not get the details on the temperature and the cooking time of the bacon from the video, but according to the cooking and food review website, delish, the typical oven temperature for cooking bacon is 200 degrees Celsius, while the cooking time is usually 15 to 20 minutes.
Once the bacon pieces are cooked, the user pops them into bread to make a delicious sandwich.
The hack allows home cooks to reduce the fat from bacon. Credit: TikTok/Right Guys Review.
The hack captured the attention of TikTok users, praising the food reviewer for his "genius" cooking tip.
One person wrote: “I’ll try this next time hahaha.”
“Nice idea,” said another.
A third chimed in: “Brilliant gonna try that mate looks good.”
Meanwhile, a number of users pointed out that the liquid that was dripping off the bacon was not fat, claiming that it was actually water.
One comment read: “That’s the added water dripping, not fat.”
“Yea there’s lots of liquid on the tray that’s because of all the water they inject into bacon before it’s cut,” another quipped.
A third added: “It’s bacon, if you’re going to have it might as well have it properly.”
Will you give this bacon cooking method a go, or are you a traditionalist?