Remove the bacon from the packaging but keep in a whole piece, do not separate.

Slice the bacon from top to bottom into thin strips so that you cut each piece of bacon into a quarter inch slice.

Add all of the sliced bacon into an unheated heavy bottom saucepan, such as a dutch-oven.

Cook over medium to medium high heat.

As the bacon grease becomes clear, the bacon will start to become very crispy very quickly.

Working quickly, using a heat proof slotted spoon, and a plate covered in paper towels, begin removing the crispiest bacon first.

Depending on what you want to do with the bacon grease, which will be quite a bit, you’ll need to let it cool to a different level.

Never pour grease down the drain, kitchen, bathroom, or toilet. It’s bad news for the environment and for the waste processing plants.

You can mix it with birdseed and set it out for the birds to eat, they love it.

You can save it (!!!) for other recipes and general use. Pour the cooled bacon grease into a storage container for keeping in the fridge. I like using a small glass mason jar, with a tight fitting lid.

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