Hi, I’m Joni from justthefood.com and I’m here today on Everyday Dish TV and we are going to be making bacon. A lot of people have requested some bacon bits without hydrogenated fat. They’re easy to find at the store but they’re full of hydrogenated fats, chemicals, artificial colors, so I came up with a way to make them at home. It’s cheap, it’s easy and it takes about 10 minutes of your time. So we’ll get started.
You’re going to start TBP or TSP and get organic—online in the book bins, so you’re going to start with that and then add it to a bowl. Then you’re going to grab your liquid smoke and add it to your water, a little bit of salt, add to the water, then you’re going to take that and you’re going to pour it over your granules, you’re going to mix that up. I use my fingers for everything. I’m a finger gal. We’re going to mix that up and then you have two ways, you can heat it up. I like to use the microwave. I think it’s the simplest. I can get some other things done while it’s heating up. Or you’ll just tightly cover up with plastic wrap. Put it in the microwave for about five to six minutes. If you opt not to use the microwave, boil your water first, pour it in, cover it and let it sit for 10 minutes.
Okay, so our TBP is reconstituted. At this point if you’d like you can optionally add a few drops of red food coloring, if you really want your bacon bits to look like bacon bits but they’re fine as they are. So you’ll just want to go over to your stove with your preheated oil, just enough, 2 tablespoons just to get it really kind of greasy like bacon should be. Ad you’ll just start adding it in to the pan. Try to get a nice single layer. Now the trick here is not necessarily to brown the bits, they’re starting to pop all over the place here. It’s fun to make bacon. But what we’re really doing is we’re giving them back to the crispy bits that they were before you rehydrated them. So first we reconstitute them and now we’re going to take that moisture right back out. So really watch it. Again, let the oil get absorbed and you’re just going to really keep tossing them until they’re nice and crispy, probably about five or six minutes.
Alright, so it looks like they’re just starting to brown up. They’re nice and dry. You can go ahead and turn off the heat and your bacon bits are done.
I’m Joni from justthefood.com here in Everyday Dish. Thanks.
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