It’s no secret that cooking with bacon fat makes many dishes that much more tasty. But did you know that you can freeze it and keep it indefinitely?
Bacon fat is good for all kinds of things, from just cooking or baking with to more esoteric uses like seasoning cast iron, making popcorn, infusing bourbon, or even making a bacon-scented candle. The next time you make a batch of bacon, let the leftover fat cool a bit and then freeze it in ice cube trays. You’ll have perfectly-sized dollops of this flavorful goodness whenever you want. And since it’s just frozen fat, it will last in your freezer for better than a year.
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