A chef has shared an unusual tip that ensures his bacon is perfectly crispy every time.
American Roice Bethel was a contestant on the first season of Gordon Ramsey’s reality television show ‘Next Level Chef.’
In a video posted to TikTok, Mr Bethel says the trick to crispy bacon is to boil it first.
“If you want perfectly crispy bacon you have to boil it,” he says in the video.
He says perfect bacon comes from paying attention to the different parts of a strip of bacon.
“So there’s two parts to every strip of bacon,” he says.
‘There’s the muscle, which is the dark part – and the fat, which is the light part.’
Muscle cooks quickly while the fat takes much longer, making it difficult to get the two sections just right.
Mr Bethel’s solution is to place strips of bacon on a cool pan first, then add enough water to barely cover the meat.
“The water prevents the temperature from getting too high which gives the meat enough time to render out,” he says.
“So the meat and the fat finish cooking at the same time.”
Have you ever tried this method? Give it a go and let us know how you went!
