It's bacon grease and you don't need to refrigerate it. People have been leaving it in a thick cup on their stove's for ages. I just wouldn't leave it longer than a month. Take a paper towel and cover it with a rubber band.
Made with 1/2 c. popcorn and 3 tbsp. bacon grease. Topped with 2 tbsp. of melted bacon grease and salt. very tasty, but next time I will add 1 more tbsp of bacon grease for the topping for more bacon flavor. very cool idea!
Yum-ay! I scaled this down to four servings for my boys and I. Simple and pretty straightforward. I omitted the cheese and bacon bits as the bacon grease would have been enough on it's own and stuck to plain salt. Surprizingly good. Would have never thought of using bacon grease to make popcorn!
I have made popcorn this way my entire adult life. After frying any kind of meat ie: bacon hamburgers steak porkchops etc I love to pop corn in the pan before I wash it. Fantastic flavors!! Depending on what you cooked a little more oil may have to be added...or subtracted:)
At his annual Christmas Potluck at work hubs said someone brought popcorn that believe it or not was made with bacon grease. He raved about it and it caught my attention - it's hard to think of something that isn't even better with bacon so I decided to give it a whirl. As a popcorn purist I kept it plain and simple - just popped the popcorn in the bacon grease (didn't measure either) and added a little salt. It really was quite good! While it won't take the place of real buttered popcorn for me it was an interesting variation I enjoyed.
This was delicious! I only used 1/4 cup of bacon grease and plain salt - no bacon bits or cheese. The more you ate it the more you could taste the bacon. This is a fun way to change up popcorn every now and then!
This was how we made popcorn when I was a kid. I also sprinkle dry ranch dressing on it instead of the cheese.
This was how we made popcorn when I was a kid. Still a go-to comfort treat. My husband thinks I'm nuts but please try it - it's great. I've never put cheese in it but I love to eat a chunk of cheddar with popcorn.
I grew up with making popcorn with bacon grease too. I still make it that way. My grandmother would use an old pot on the stove and it tasted GREAT. I use popcorn popped in grease to make popcorn balls. It is a different flavor and so delicious. Thanks for posting this. I think I will make some tonight!
did not find it that flavorful. i was disappointed
