Crispy Crunchy Bacon | How to Cook Bacon in Water

What's the best way to fry bacon? Cooking bacon in water on the stove is a simple, efficient way to make perfectly cooked bacon every time. In this video, see how bacon cooked with a little water on the stovetop compares to bacon cooked in a pan on the stove.
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[Ultradude]

Finally someone done a fair video with no motive other than finding out the truth. There's a big cooking channel that claims "cooking with water is way better and you won't go back to cooking without water again!" 😂 I tried it with water, perhaps I added too much water. It took too long. So I tried cooking it without water, it's much faster, and at medium low, the bacon wasn't burned, it was crisped. And much faster for me.

[HopeAll]

Use tongs with rubber tips. It's easier to flip, and it's easier on your pans, instead of using that fork, which will damage your pans.

[Zenqiii]

The main reason I'd put water in the pan when cooking bacon is to help the fat render without spitting it all over my stove

I.e when I don't feel like cleaning up a tonne of grease that spit everywhere lol

[reiolite]

Nice. Lil olive oil /butter slow cook. Scoop oil out as i cook. With spoon. Save fat, for eggs. Or crisp chicken skin. Adds nice flavor.

[CookBakeTaste]

This is really mouth watering and great recipe!

[vickanid]

It makes sense that you'd get similar results since once the water evaporates, it's cooking the same as the non-water pan. What might be more amusing is to see what would happen if you boiled the bacon for a bit and then let it crisp up at the end. Would boiling cook it faster due to the higher thermal mass of the water? Guess I'll have to do an experiment to see....

[SuperHugsta]

I always tell my wife, who is also named Donna .. Not to use a fork on non stick pans!...😂😇

[loeungd]

Thanks for sharing. Crispy bacons are my favorite but not burnt. Gaging when to reduce the heat is key .. .the sizzling sound as in sausages, fried chicken/fish, homemade fries/onion ring, etc. ---Love to hear thoughts on this--

[bobl]

When you use the water method, you're supposed to bring the thin later of water to a boil first, then add the bacon.

[nawb_]

I wasn't intending on driving to the shop for streaky bacon... But off I go!

[djshotokan]

You know...this experiment needs to be done a few times for more exact results!

[anonymike]

What an excuse to eat eight slices of bacon. Hee-haw!

[DennisNelson-eeil]

I absabsolutely love crispy bacon.and you can cook a whole load and snack on it cold later.

[bobsilver]

Thanks for the video...I'm making bacon as I type this

[songsfromthelord]

Thanks Donna. Remember that God loves you 🙂

[chihiroa]

Setting them aside for 3 min is the way to make them crunchy? They don't look crunch when taken out.

[robertgappa]

So what exactly was the point of your video? At the end there didn't seem to be any difference b etween the two.

[tb]

I need to try this method as I am an air fry guy.

[JonnySublime]

Here’s the thing for all you bacon scientists there is no wrong way to cook bacon

[tommaxwell]

Boiling ham was a Sunday staple growing up. With enough water to boil the pork some of the salt is dissolved out of the pork. Some love super salty ham/bacon, others not so much. With the little bit of water you used, it quickly evaporated resulting in two pans of fried bacon. Not much difference as the results showed. More water would result in a true boiled bacon, but it wouldn’t be crispy.