LARDON: THE BEST BACON EVER
Making bacon lardon is incredibly easy! Enjoy these delicious bite sized morsels on salads, eggs or as a baked potato topper too!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 236kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound slab bacon sliced into ½ inch strips and cut into batons
Instructions
Preparation Steps
- Gather the tools.
- Slice the bacon slab into ½ inch strips, then cut into batons.
Cooking Instructions
- Heat a large, heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes or until hot.
- Add the lardons, laying them with the widest side down.
- When the fat begins to melt, reduce the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes. As more fat gathers in the pan, reduce to medium-low heat and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Flip the lardon bacon pieces with tongs and cook for 20 more minutes.
- Remove any crisp lardon from the pan with a slotted spoon and move any lardon that needs additional time into the center of the pan to continue cooking.
- Serve hot and happy eating!
Notes
Once you've had slab bacon in the kitchen, you tend to get really creative with it! I love making bacon lardon with slab bacon... I can make it as thick or thin as I would like.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 236kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 375mg | Potassium: 112mg | Vitamin A: 21IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.2mg
