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tacknosaddle t1_jdg4bnu wrote

Reply to comment by Odin4456 in I made damn near perfect bacon today. by JCP5887

Yeah, you can also use it to brown meat and vegetables when starting a braising dish. When they said they were looking for as little cleanup/mess as possible I figured they probably weren't the type to save it for stuff like that which is why I made that suggestion.

I'm the type that buys slabs of pork belly and makes my own so am definitely down with saving it for other use. I always get the skin on belly because a few squares of that skin is a great way to add a bit of fat & some smoke flavor to a soup or stew.

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Odin4456 t1_jdjkqyx wrote

Lol it was me. I can make good bacon in a cast iron or on a range top as well, but the time/effort/mess of that method isn’t usually something I’ve got time for. I also use it when I make sausage gravy to make my roux in the pot. Brown up the sausage, put some bacon fat in there and mix the flour in to a dough ball. Then I add my cream to proper consistency and taste

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