bacon
Sign in to saveBacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the BLT sandwich), or as a flavouring or accent.
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Bacon is a salt-cured pork product made from cuts like the belly or back, commonly eaten at breakfast as a side dish or used as a main ingredient in dishes like BLT sandwiches. It matters because it serves as a versatile food—eaten on its own, incorporated into recipes, or used to add flavor to other dishes.
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Key facts
- Food.name
- Bacon
- Food.image
- Made20bacon.png
- Food.caption
- A strip of cooked side (streaky) bacon
- Food.type
- Cured pork
- Food.main_ingredient
- Salt-cured pork belly
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26 sectionsContents
- Curing and smoking
- Cuts
- Around the world
- Australia and New Zealand
- Canada
- Germany
- Japan
- Great Britain and Ireland
- United States
- History
- Bacon mania
- Bacon dishes
- Bacon fat
- Nutrients
- Health concerns
- Alternatives
- Turkey bacon
- Macon
- Vegetarian bacon
- Bacon-flavoured products
- Bacon bits
- Other bacon-flavoured products
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the BLT sandwich), or as a flavouring or accent.
Bacon is also used for barding and larding roasts, especially game, including venison and pheasant, and may also be used to insulate or flavour roast joints by being layered onto the meat. The word is derived from the Proto-Germanic , meaning .