Bacon, Yum!

Easy Crispy Bacon (and a Clean Microwave)

This is how I make bacon.  Tools needed:

Bacon

a microwave, with a custom bacon setting

3 cheap thin truly paper- paper plates.  The kind you buy by the hundreds for super cheap that are usually best used for craft projects.

5 paper towels

The set up:

Fold 2 paper towel in 4th's lengthwise.  Place these across from each other at the edges of the turntable in the microwave.  Turn one paper plate upside down and place in center of the turntable.   Place 2 paper plates right side up on top of the upside down place.  Fold another paper towel in 1/2 on way, turn and fold in 1/2 the other way so you have a 4 ply square.  Place this in the center of the paper plates.  

Add Bacon:

Lay another paper towel, full size, over the paper plates.  Add 4-6 pieces of bacon; lay them out individually,  ends hanging over the long folded paper towels at the sides.  Cover the bacon with the last paper towel:

Cover the bacon completely; I folded it back so you could see the bacon between the paper towels.

Set the Microwave Custom Bacon setting following your microwave directions.

In this case of 4 pieces of bacon, approx. 3 min. later:

The bacon is crisp and the paper towels and plates have soaked up all the greasy fat drippings.  Carefully (it's HOT), removed the top paper towel and discard:

I'm not exaggerating when I say this bacon is shatter quality crisp.  Handle with care.  Squeeze too hard- it shatters.  Drop it- it shatters. Pull it too hard from the paper towel where it might be a bit stuck - it shatters.  

Carefully loosen the ends of the bacon; remove the bacon from the microwave and gently place on a plate.

Discard the greasy paper products.  Grab a clean, hot, wet dish rag and wipe the inside of grease steamed microwave clean in seconds.  Remove the turntable and quickly wash with a squirt of dish soap and hot water.  Return to your nicely cleaned microwave.

Devour the bacon.  Oops, I mean serve with Mom's Homemade Hashbrowns  crumble into bacon bits, or do what you will with this beautifully Easy Crispy Bacon!