How are Bacon Bits made?

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat?

Maybe; read the label. If it's real meat, then it's cooked
and crumbled or chopped. If it's not real meat, then it's
extruded or rolled and chopped or crumbled.

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Can people make them at home?

You can certainly crisp-fry thinly sliced bacon and crumble
it; a far superior solution, particularly if you use decent
bacon with minimal additives (Smithfield dry-cured bacon
comes to mind).

Some amusing and informative links on the subject:
cockeyed.combacon.htmlOpen ↗
montrealfood.combaconbits.htmlOpen ↗
smithfieldhams.combaconOpen ↗

-j

First you catch a bacon..........

jacqui{JB} said:

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Quoted message said:

How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients?
Do they actually contain meat?

Maybe; read the label. If it's real meat, then it's cooked
and crumbled or chopped. If it's not real meat, then it's
extruded or rolled and chopped or crumbled.

Quoted message said:

Can people make them at home?

You can certainly crisp-fry thinly sliced bacon and
crumble it; a far superior solution, particularly if you
use decent bacon with minimal additives (Smithfield dry-
cured bacon comes to mind).

Some amusing and informative links on the subject:
cockeyed.combacon.htmlOpen ↗
montrealfood.combaconbits.htmlOpen ↗
smithfieldhams.combaconOpen ↗

-j

sorry.. I couldn't resist.

jacqui{JB} said:

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Quoted message said:

How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients?
Do they actually contain meat?

Maybe; read the label. If it's real meat, then it's cooked
and crumbled or chopped. If it's not real meat, then it's
extruded or rolled and chopped or crumbled.

Quoted message said:

Can people make them at home?

You can certainly crisp-fry thinly sliced bacon and
crumble it; a far superior solution, particularly if you
use decent bacon with minimal additives (Smithfield dry-
cured bacon comes to mind).

Some amusing and informative links on the subject:
cockeyed.combacon.htmlOpen ↗
montrealfood.combaconbits.htmlOpen ↗
smithfieldhams.combaconOpen ↗

-j

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

I think the commercial ones are soy with nitrates added...
make home made ones by frying thin sliced bacon extra
crispy... drain... then sit in oven over paper towels for a
bit to dry thoroughly... then crumble in your hands.

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Quoted message said:

How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

First find some little, teeny pigs....

;-) gloria p

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

I'm making some right now. I bought a 3 pound box of bacon
ends 'n' pieces last month. The bacon is a *lot* more
irregular than these boxes usually are, so it doesn't fry in
slices very well.

So I'm chopping the raw bacon with a sharp knife, then
frying it in batches. I am not pouring off the grease
because it makes it easier to cook the next batch. When it's
done, I spoon it out onto paper towels to drain. When cool,
it's not crumbly enough, so I'll put it on the food
dehydrator for a few hours (with a drip tray underneath to
catch the fat.)

This is the first time I've tried this, so it's not a proven
procedure yet.

-Bob

Puester said:

Quoted message said:

How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main
ingredients? Do they actually contain meat? Can people
make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

First find some little, teeny pigs....

;-) gloria p

ROFL! Gloria, you are too much!

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Most of the commercial brands (like Hormel) are actually
made from ham scraps rather than pork bellies (cheaper,
makes them less fatty, and they're easier to preserve).

The fake crunchy ones are TVP with artificial smoke
flavoring.

-sw

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

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They are unusually large feces flakes.

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

The brand "Bacon Bits" is a soy product, with flavoring.
They contain no meat. I don't know how to make them at home.

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

pig hoof clippings.. gives them some crunch too..

If you have a pig at home..just give him a pedicure this
afternoon...

--
Laura

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How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

Answer:

1. buy a bottle

2. read the label

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Most of the commercial brands (like Hormel) are actually
made from ham scraps rather than pork bellies (cheaper,
makes them less fatty, and they're easier to preserve).

The fake crunchy ones are TVP with artificial smoke
flavoring.

-sw

Er --- what's TVP?

Dora

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The brand "Bacon Bits" is a soy product, with
flavoring. They contain no meat. I don't know how to
make them at home.

There is no brand called "Bacon Bits". You're thinking
of "Baco's"

-sw

x-archive:no said:

Quoted message said:

How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main ingredients? Do
they actually contain meat? Can people make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

The brand "Bacon Bits" is a soy product, with
flavoring. They contain no meat. I don't know how to
make them at home.

This is what I was trying to find out, how to make these
fake ones, not how to crush bacon to make real ones. Soy is
a good food, and I am vegetarian. I love the fake bacon bits
and one of those little bottles is gone in a few hours. I
want to make my own, and make them in large amounts. But
how? How do I get the soy to start them. Then for the
flavoring, and finally processing....

Thanks

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"Steve Wertz" wrote in message >

Quoted message said:

Most of the commercial brands (like Hormel) are actually
made from ham scraps rather than pork bellies (cheaper,
makes them less fatty, and they're easier to preserve).

The fake crunchy ones are TVP with artificial smoke
flavoring.

-sw

Er --- what's TVP?

Dora

textured vegetable protein. it's a meat substitute.
--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.

Actually, Steve was pretty close; he was likely referring to
a product of Tone Brothers, labelled Tone Imitation Bacon
Bits; I most often see them in the spice aisle at Sam's
Club. There are also at least two other companies that make
Imitation Bacon Bits, Ryt-Way and Marburger.

Steve Wertz said:

x-archive:no' x-archive- said:

The brand "Bacon Bits" is a soy product, with
flavoring. They contain no meat. I don't know how to
make them at home.

There is no brand called "Bacon Bits". You're thinking of
"Baco's"

-sw

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Quoted message said:

How are Bacon Bits made? What are the main
ingredients? Do they actually contain meat? Can people
make them at home?

Thanks for all info.

The brand "Bacon Bits" is a soy product, with
flavoring. They contain no meat. I don't know how to
make them at home.

This is what I was trying to find out, how to make these
fake ones, not how to crush bacon to make real ones. Soy
is a good food, and I am vegetarian. I love the fake bacon
bits and one of those little bottles is gone in a few
hours. I want to make my own, and make them in large
amounts. But how? How do I get the soy to start them. Then
for the flavoring, and finally processing....

One of those bottles is gone in a few hours? Have you ever
checked out the sodium content in that [censored]?

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Quoted message said:

The brand "Bacon Bits" is a soy product, with
flavoring. They contain no meat. I don't know how to
make them at home.

This is what I was trying to find out, how to make these
fake ones, not how to crush bacon to make real ones. Soy
is a good food, and I am vegetarian. I love the fake bacon
bits and one of those little bottles is gone in a few
hours. I want to make my own, and make them in large
amounts. But how? How do I get the soy to start them. Then
for the flavoring, and finally processing....

Thanks

Are you sure you're not a Flexitarian? If you're gonna gorge
on fake bacon, what's next?

gloria -p