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It also tends to cook bacon fat quickly, which can leave the white part charred while the pink leaves stay undercooked, floppy and quite chewy. If you do not fry it properly. Bacon is quite simple to cook, but a big mistake a lot of people make is dousing it in oil, which makes grease splatter everywhere and fills the kitchen with smoke. It also tends to cook bacon fat quickly which can leave the white part charred while the pink leaves stays undercooked and quite chewy.

However, Grumpy, the cook behind Grumpy Recipes who goes by a pseudonym online, has shared that there is a better way to cook bacon so you get the crispiest strips, as all you need is water. He said: I've been making cispy bacon for as long as I can remember. It's so flavorful and adds an excellent crunch to anything you put it on...The method I'm showing today involves cooking the bacon with a few tablespoons of water. It might sound counterintuitive at first, but I promise it makes the crispiest bacon ever."

Not many people realise that bacon fat renders at a high heat and it can cook itself, and when you add oil it tends to cook the meat at a much faster rate.

This often causes the white fatty parts of the bacon to become charred and makes the frying pan smoky, so people assume the bacon is done cooking.

However, it often leaves the pink meaty part of the bacon undercooked so it has a horrible leathery texture, and will make the strips feel really greasy.

Using water helps keep the pan at an even temperature so the fat has time to melt properly and cook the bacon without the pink meat becoming burned from the heat.

Bacon does not need any oil as it will cook in its own fat, and using water simply helps it cook evenly so the whole strip will come out with a better crispy texture.

It stops the bacon becoming greasy and lets the natural meaty flavour stand out instead of being masked by oil so you end up with much tastier strips.

You will need:

• A frying pan with a lid
• Four to six strips of bacon
• Two tablespoons of water
• A buttered roll
• Any sauce of your choice

Method:

To begin, cut your bacon strips in half and add them to a cold pan. Do not worry if they overlap slightly, as they will shrink as they cook.

Cutting the bacon strips just makes them fit in the pan and also means the fat will melt faster so you do not have to wait ages for this cooking technique to work.

Add two tablespoons of water to the pan and turn the heat on to low. Then, cover the pan with a lid and cook for roughly seven to 10 minutes, or until all the water has evaporated.

Covering the pan with a lid keeps the heat in, which helps the water cook quickly, and the trapped steam helps the bacon cook more evenly.

When the water completely evaporates, the bacon will crisp quickly as it cooks in its own fat. Flip the bacon so both sides cook evenly.

Once the bacon is crispy, placee is on a paper towel to absorb any fat and then place on a buttered roll.

Your bacon should be smoky, rich and perfectly crispy around the edges so you can enjoy a savoury bacon butty without any excess grease.