I Sauteed Onions In Bacon Grease

Yep same here been doing it for yrs

welcome to flavor town. Some of us were born here.

Well, why didn't YOU write this thread years ago? I could have been enjoying this new taste sensation for years!

It's funny...I've been cooking since I was 3 (literally...I had to drag a chair to the stove to stand on).

I am always looking for new tastes...and perfecting old tastes. I grow herbs, chives, garlic & hot peppers in my garden to add flavor to my cooking. I experiment with tastes all the friggan time.

And until today (I'm in my mid fiddies) it never occurred to me to saute onions in bacon fat.

I just made a burger. Well really just the patty. Couldn’t figure out what to make for dinner so that was it. It was awesome. Thought about sautéing an onion but was just not motivated.

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That's how you start making German potato salad which is 10x better.It's got a dash of vinegar in it too.

Op won’t be happy until he gets that heart attack

A good supermarket has a butcher who makes their own "slab" bacon. That is more economical and tastes better than commercial bacon.

Some people now have a "beer fridge" in the garage. If so, then you buy your pork and season it and place it on a rack with rock salt underneath. That draws out the moisture and dry cures the slab bacon.

add some new potatoes sliced in half with the onions and you'll have something delicious

Bacon grease makes so many things better! Add it to canned green beans, refried beans, of course eggs, sometimes taco meat, baked beans...so many options!

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Fry the burger in the bacon grease too.

Par boil cabbage..any kind..fry in bacon grease and crubled bacon for a longg while

Thank me later..

Oh yay! Add brown sugar to the onions to caramelize.

That's how I make refried pinto beans. Then I dump in the precooked pintos and mash it together with fresh garlic and cilanto. Makes fine bean burritos.

Our ancestors routinely cooked in bacon grease or rubbed the bacon fat on the iron skillet.

Ever tried toast with bacon grease instead of butter?

A authentic spinach salad has dressing made from bacon grease, sugar, pepper, and vinegar. What's the big deal?

During the Great Depression, a hobo was glad to chop wood and get a bacon grease sandwich on homemade bread.

Grandpa would warm the "spec" (FAT) over the fire and then put the drippings on rye bread. Called spec bread or dirty bread. Add sliced tomato, sliced raw onion or just plain dirty. Yum. Too much will give you a belly ache! We were just talking about this and plan to fire some up again this summer

Brussels sprouts fried with Bacon lardons mmmmm

I would have liked your Grandpa.

save that bacon you cooked and the grease, thin slice some cabbage and mix all together and ya got some good eatin'.

back in the day, used to add some to the dry dog food bowl once a week, i can't remember why, but good ole Rover sure did love it.

I HEAR what you're saying...but this is a FIRST for me.

perfect

Imagine a grilled cheese sammich...then slip in a beef patty & onions sauteed in bacon grease

Try frying your eggs in bacon grease. My mother insists on doing it, I tried it and of course, great.

God bless your Mom!

Dang there's alot of good bacony ideas here!

Lol .deep fried jalapenos suffed with hard cheese bacon wrapped deep fried bacon greeeze...topped with parmesan cheese..

That is essentially a chile relleno. YUM delicious.

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This is a redneck dish. Take a piece of German bologna. Fry it and put it on a peanut butter sandwich. OUTSTANDING.Ham is good too especially honey baked ham.