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The Instacart guide to sliced bacon products
About sliced bacon
While many pork products are defined as from a particular cut off meat, you'll find sliced bacon products from various parts of a pig. You can get bacon from any part of a pig that has a high fat, including the back, belly, and sides. In the United States, bacon cut from the pork belly is most common and known as streaky bacon or side bacon.
Pork meat sold as bacon first must go through the curing process. In addition to regular sliced bacon, which is typically sliced around 1/16 of an inch thick, a variety of products exist.
At around 1/8 of an inch thick, thick-cut bacon is simply bacon that is twice as thick as regular bacon. That makes thick-cut bacon more meaty but less crisp. Thick-cut bacon is well-suited to your favorite BLT sandwich.
Center-cut bacon comes from the middle of a pork belly. This section is close to the bone and less fatty than other meat used for bacon. Center-cut bacon tends to be the highest quality bacon, and it's also usually sliced uniformly. Center-cut bacon is ideal for recipes when you don't want a lot of fat, such as when you're wrapping other foods like scallops or asparagus with bacon.
Hardwood smoked bacon is bacon genuinely smoked in the traditional method: with smoldering hardwood chips. This type of product can also be labeled as naturally smoked bacon. Different types of wood can be used to create subtly different flavors, and the product may list that information.
You can also purchase precooked bacon if you want to save cooking and cleanup time. Precooked bacon is cooked before packaging. Keep in mind that you won't get bacon grease to use for frying or additional flavor if you go with a precooked product.
Sliced bacon cooking tips
Sliced bacon is ideal on its own as a side dish for cozy, at-home brunches, and it works well in a variety of recipes, too. Let Instacart make ordering your favorite sliced bacon products easy! Cooking sliced bacon on the stovetop is the most typical cooking method. You'll need to turn and flip the bacon constantly to ensure even browning, so a good pair of tongs can help keep slices from slipping.
Start cooking your bacon on a cold pan, then cook slowly on low heat. "Done" bacon depends a bit on personal preference: Some people like flappy bacon and some want bacon extra-crispy. Generally, sliced bacon should have even browning, and the meat should lose its raw redness. Bacon will also keep cooking a bit after you remove it from the pan.
You can also cook sliced bacon in the oven. Oven-baked bacon is a great option when you're cooking for a crowd of people. You don't even have to flip sliced bacon in the oven. Just put it on a baking sheet in your oven and watch as the strips bubble into a crispy, delicious treat.
Plan to cook 12 ounces of sliced bacon in the over at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 14 minutes if you have regular bacon. If you have thick-cut bacon, you'll need to bake it for around 18 minutes at that temperature.
Bacon cooked in the oven may retain some chewiness near the middle of each slice, especially if you're using a thicker cut. If you prefer bacon that's crisp through and through, you can bake the slices on top of an oven-safe metal cooling rack set up over a baking sheet. That allows the bacon to cook from all sides so it gets crispier.
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FAQs about sliced bacon
In addition to offering the perfect breakfast or brunch side on its own, sliced bacon offers a range of possibilities for use in your favorite recipes. Layer sliced bacon on a sandwich with apple and brie, or use it in a club sandwich with turkey, avocado, sliced hard-boiled egg, and romaine lettuce. Use sliced bacon to wrap scallops or dates, or layer on pizza or a burger. Sliced bacon does it all.
Center-cut bacon comes from the middle portion of a pork belly. Uncooked center-cut bacon has at least 25% less fat than regular bacon — it's essentially regular bacon without bacon's fatty ends. If you don't have center-cut bacon on hand and want to cut down on fat, you can just cut the fatty ends off regular sliced bacon. Otherwise, opt for regular bacon to take advantage of the extra fat flavors for recipes such as soups, stews, or sauteing onions.
Crispy, tasty bacon makes a delicious addition to everything from weekend breakfasts to casual lunchtime sandwiches to fun dinner parties, so having a simple option when it's time to shop for sliced bacon will make your days much easier. You can have your favorite sliced bacon products delivered in as little as 2 hours when you shop via Instacart! Save time and order sliced bacon on Instacart today!