Country Fried Floured Bacon

Name: Country Fried Floured Bacon
Total time: 55
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 pound thick sliced bacon; 1 ½ cups half-and-half cream; 2 cups flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; ¼ pinch white sugar; 2 cups vegetable oil for frying

Recipe by MomMom from allrecipes.com

Breakfast 55 Mins.

Ingredients

6 servings

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1 pound thick sliced bacon
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1 ½ cups half-and-half cream
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2 cups flour
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¼ teaspoon salt

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½ teaspoon ground black pepper
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¼ pinch white sugar
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2 cups vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

Cut the bacon strips in half, and place into a shallow dish with the half-and-half, crisscrossing the bacon in a star pattern. Soak the bacon a minimum of 30 minutes, but no more than 2 hours. This step helps reduce the curling of the bacon during frying, tenderizes it, and adds a wonderful flavor.
Stir together the flour, salt, pepper, and sugar in another shallow dish until blended; set aside. When the bacon has finished soaking, remove it from the half-and-half, and shake off the excess. Press each piece into the flour mixture to coat, then set aside. If desired, you can place a sheet of wax paper between the rows of bacon once the plate is covered. However, the flour does a good job of keeping the bacon from sticking to each other.
Heat the vegetable oil in a deep skillet over medium-low heat. Fry the bacon in batches until browned and cooked to desired degree of crispness, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on a paper towel.