Is there a way to get bacon crispy if you wrap it around potatoes and stick it in the oven?
I wanted to try and make the “Gotcha Pork” dish from anime series Food Wars. It requires you wrap bacon around mashed potatoes and put it in the oven. Is there a way to bake it so the bacon comes out crispy? Thanks
Best Answer
The bacon should naturally come out crispy, as the oven cooks the bacon more evenly and the heat surrounds it. You can find here an article that lists a couple of advantages of cooking bacon in the oven including extra crispiness.
I think the trick with dishes like “Gotcha Pork” is, to make sure you refrigerate or chill the dish, especially your mash before putting it in the oven. As the bacon will need around 20-40 min to get brown and crispy when it's wrapped around the potatoes (depending on the thickness of the bacon slices). You want to make sure, that the mashed potatoes don't run away but the bacon has got enough time to get brown and crispy.
Also to consider is that thicker bacon will take longer to fully cook and crisp up in the oven. My own experience is, when cooking bacon-wrapped chicken for example, that regular-cut bacon cooks the best (doesn't get burned too quickly but also gets fully crispy).
By googling it, I found a couple of recipes inspired by “Gotcha Pork”, that include instructions regarding refrigerating, etc. I personally found this one very straightforward but would still take regular instead of thick bacon cut.
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How do you make crispy bacon wrapped things?
You can wrap your food in raw bacon and then cook both together. If the main food is done first you can turn the food on its side so that the bacon is now touching the grate so that you can crisp it up. But make sure and this is important, to turn down that heat to about 375-400.How do I make bacon crisp in the oven?
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay the bacon slices on the baking sheet. Cook the bacon for 18-20 minutes or until it's as crispy as you'd like.How do you make crispy bacon rinds?
Arrange your raw rinds on a microwave proof dish. Try not to let them touch each other as they will tend to weld together. Stick the dish in a microwave oven and cook on high for about three and a half minutes. Check them and give them a turn a couple of times during the cooking.The Biggest Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cooking Bacon
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