Bacon fat

M_A_S_H
M_A_S_H Posts: 17 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I was building a recipe for quiche earlier this morning and without thinking, tossed the veggies into the pan with the bacon fat. Anyone know how much bacon fat two slices of bacon would render? The brand of bacon was Applegate uncured Sunday bacon, not a center cut, if that's helpful.

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  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    It's too highly variable. I have a small measuring glass that is marked in tsp, tbsp, and ml that I could use for such things. In the absence of measuring it, I'd log it as a tbsp or so, or just log the raw weight of the bacon vs. the cooked.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Did you log the raw bacon? It should already account for the bacon grease I would think.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Did you log the raw bacon? It should already account for the bacon grease I would think.

    Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. Labels that show "cooked weight" appear to assume that excess fat will be discarded. The best labels I have seen show both, but they're not very common.
  • M_A_S_H
    M_A_S_H Posts: 17 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Did you log the raw bacon? It should already account for the bacon grease I would think.

    I weighed and logged the cooked bacon since the package says pan-fried slices.
    Thanks for your help everyone, I ended up just logging 1.5 Tbsp bacon grease.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    Did you log the raw bacon? It should already account for the bacon grease I would think.

    Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. Labels that show "cooked weight" appear to assume that excess fat will be discarded. The best labels I have seen show both, but they're not very common.

    But if you weigh it raw, you can just use this: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2597?manu=&fgcd=

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