If you didn’t grow up in a family with a cook who taught you how to store bacon grease, it might seem like a foreign concept. We clean off all other pan drippings after cooking, so why save these?

Bacon grease adds a smoky, flavorful depth to everything from fried eggs to roasted vegetables. Keeping a jar of leftover bacon grease on hand to use as cooking oil for vegetables, beans, dressings, ...

Don’t toss this flavorful fat. We’ll walk you through the best way to capture the grease after cooking and reveal the no. 1 step to help you keep it fresh for as long as possible. If you didn’t grow ...

Is there anything better than the smell of bacon frying in a pan? Well, sure—the bacon itself. But when you fry up a pan of bacon, you’re not just left with salty, smoky pieces of pork; you also have ...

Bacon grease is like liquid gold in the South, so it matters how you keep it. Photo by Polina Tankilevitch In the South, bacon grease can be a pretty hot topic. Every Southerner worth their weight in ...

For generations, Southern cooks have been using leftover bacon grease to add layers of smoky, salty flavor to their favorite recipes. What started out as a thrifty practice has become an unofficial ...

David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food subscriptions, kitchen tools and cooking tips. David earned his BA from ...

Don't waste a drop of that liquid gold. For generations, Southern cooks have been using leftover bacon grease to add layers of smoky, salty flavor to their favorite recipes. What started out as a ...