Country Fried Floured Bacon

This is excellent for breakfast, snacks--or upgrade your BLT to a place it has never been before.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 430 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups vegetable oil for frying
• 1 pound thick sliced bacon
• 2 cups flour
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 cups half-and-half cream
• 0.25 pinch white sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cut the bacon strips in half, and place into a shallow dish with the half-and-half, crisscrossing the bacon in a star pattern. Soak the bacon a minimum of 30 minutes, but no more than 2 hours. This step helps reduce the curling of the bacon during frying, tenderizes it, and adds a wonderful flavor.

Step 2

Stir together the flour, salt, pepper, and sugar in another shallow dish until blended; set aside. When the bacon has finished soaking, remove it from the half-and-half, and shake off the excess. Press each piece into the flour mixture to coat, then set aside. If desired, you can place a sheet of wax paper between the rows of bacon once the plate is covered. However, the flour does a good job of keeping the bacon from sticking to each other.

Step 3

Heat the vegetable oil in a deep skillet over medium-low heat. Fry the bacon in batches until browned and cooked to desired degree of crispness, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on a paper towel.