One of the best ways of starting your morning is with a bacon-filled breakfast. However, once you get this iconic breakfast food to your desired level of crispiness, it’s common practice to ditch the leftover fat drippings. But doing so is wasting one of the best ingredients no one cooks with anymore but should.
Rendering bacon fat means that you’ve cooked the bacon long enough to ensure that you’ve gotten out all of the fat and your pan is left with a healthy amount of grease to use for later. And while it’s definitely not the fastest way to cook this breakfast staple, it’s undeniably a game-changer. Bacon fat adds a saltiness and rich, smoky, meaty flavor to anything you cook, from scrambled eggs to Brussels sprouts.
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