Culinary uses for bacon grease/fat

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[RadSav]

granny use to make homemade doughnuts, she used some type of oil plus some bacon grease and would fry the dough in it and throw them into a bag with cinnamon and powdered sugar  holy heck with aglass of cold chocolate milk damn it was awesome, i miss those days

Oh Heck Yeah   We did the same thing.  Bisquick donuts cooked in Snowy White shortening and bacon grease.  If we had it she used bear fat instead of Snowy White.  Us kids would get in trouble every time she cooked those as she insisted they cool. We would steal them while they were still so hot they burned your fingers.  It was worth every spanking we ever got

[jackmaster]

granny use to make homemade doughnuts, she used some type of oil plus some bacon grease and would fry the dough in it and throw them into a bag with cinnamon and powdered sugar  holy heck with aglass of cold chocolate milk damn it was awesome, i miss those days

Oh Heck Yeah   We did the same thing.  Bisquick donuts cooked in Snowy White shortening and bacon grease.  If we had it she used bear fat instead of Snowy White.  Us kids would get in trouble every time she cooked those as she insisted they cool. We would steal them while they were still so hot they burned your fingers.  It was worth every spanking we ever got

:yeah:never got a whoopn from granny but she did tell us we would burn are tongues and we damn sure did i would probably listen now, but when your a kid you know more than they do

[Jonathan_S]

I boil it and drop it on my enemies from the roof. Also, I season the cast iron with it.

It works great for seasoning cast iron 

Can't speak to it's effectiveness in thwarting a siege   

[jackmaster]

idk about dropping BACON GREASE tp thwart an attack, i am sure it would work, but it would be a waste of grease, however we trained with a few BRITISH GROUPS that had zero problem from dumping their waste from a few days of being in the defense from the moc site roof tops on you  some seriously hard soldiers and fun to train with, but they werent playing with a full deck, fun to go to the bar with as well CRAZY TIMES, but yeah dont waste the BACON GREASE.....

[Kc_Kracker]

flavor, greasing pans, or plugged arteries. thats about it 

[swinters]

Two of our favorite veggie recipes use bacon grease about the same way.  Got to use Johnny's Seasoning too, though.  We generally use frozen green beans or frozen brussel sprouts, put them in a pan as you normally would with a tablespoon or two of water and then add a couple of dollops of bacon drippings (at least a couple of Tablespoons), sprinkle Johnny's on and stir and cook as usual.  Almond slivers are good added to the green beans, too.   

And add it to potatoes when you fry them.  I dice the potatoes and pop them in the microwave to partially cook them and then finish them up in the frying pan.  Just before they're done I lower the heat and throw in stuff like diced onion, green or red pepper, maybe some diced celery, or whatever's in the fridge that doesn't need to go out to the chickens yet.
 

[Hornseeker]

Well... couple nights ago I started frying up a pound of turkey bacon... I admit, i like the stuff... but dang... it will dry out too quick if your pan is a little hot... I happened to notice my turkey bacon was drying out a bit... and I thought, "what the heck"... I dropped a tablespoon of lovely bacon grease in the pan and finished frying up my turkey bacon in a nice layer of BACON GREASE! Best dam turkey bacon I EVER HAD!!! mmm mmmm!

[Bean Counter]

Cool! I'll try that

[pianoman9701]

Well... couple nights ago I started frying up a pound of turkey bacon... I admit, i like the stuff... but dang... it will dry out too quick if your pan is a little hot... I happened to notice my turkey bacon was drying out a bit... and I thought, "what the heck"... I dropped a tablespoon of lovely bacon grease in the pan and finished frying up my turkey bacon in a nice layer of BACON GREASE! Best dam turkey bacon I EVER HAD!!! mmm mmmm!

This is funny. So, apparently you're initially buying turkey bacon for the health benefits. Then, you're adding real bacon grease to keep it from drying out. I love hunters and how we think. 

[Jonathan_S]

After a long period of both of us working 12 days in a row, my wife and I made burgers

1/2 pound patties with ground bacon mixed in and grilled in bacon grease.  Topped with mushrooms and onions that were grilled with a tablespoon of bacon grease.... and of course bacon, pepperjack cheese, tomato and lettuce 

I think I passed out less than an hour later 

[pianoman9701]

After a long period of both of us working 12 days in a row, my wife and I made burgers

1/2 pound patties with ground bacon mixed in and grilled in bacon grease.  Topped with mushrooms and onions that were grilled with a tablespoon of bacon grease.... and of course bacon, pepperjack cheese, tomato and lettuce 

I think I passed out less than an hour later 

Passed out or stroked out? Sounds delicious. I want one.

[Jonathan_S]

Hahaha, yeah stroked out might have been the case.  I could almost hear myself getting fatter   

[Bean Counter]

Well... couple nights ago I started frying up a pound of turkey bacon... I admit, i like the stuff... but dang... it will dry out too quick if your pan is a little hot... I happened to notice my turkey bacon was drying out a bit... and I thought, "what the heck"... I dropped a tablespoon of lovely bacon grease in the pan and finished frying up my turkey bacon in a nice layer of BACON GREASE! Best dam turkey bacon I EVER HAD!!! mmm mmmm!

I have tried this for two days now. Can I say it is awesome? Yes I can 

be advised that the bacon grease heats up fast and stays hot. you may or may not burn the turkey bacon first time you try. can't confirm or deny if that was me 

[Red leaf 67]

Are you still looking for culinary uses for bacon fat?  I use it for a lot of things, but one of my favorites is using it in flour tortillas. Tortilla's all have some kind of fat or shortening in them & although not the healthiest,  tortilla's made with lard or bacon fat taste best to me. I have used butter, shortening, canola oil, peanut oil... the lard & bacon fat taste best to me. None of these choices are that good for you, but I read the ingredients on commercial tortillas & some are using hydrogenated veg oils. At least if I scratch make some of my own foods I know what is going into them. I live in central Vermont & can't find good flour tortilla's so learned to make them( my son helps me). I'm active & fairly healthy so as long as I'm playing outside getting exercise, I try not to be overly concerned about the health aspect.