Cooking- HELP!

Gundog48 · 17 Dec 2011 at 19:38

OK, parents are out and I've never really cooked anything other than a bit of spaghetti bolognese! Anyway, I raided the freezer and found some bacon chops, had them before and they're nice, but a bit salty. To go with it I'm going to do some sautee potatoes.

The plan:

Defrost the bacon in cold water for ~1Hr (any ideas on how to do it quicker?)
Stick the potatoes in a pan and boil them for about 5 mins
Pour the boiling water into a pan and steam the potatoes for another 5 mins
Put the bacon on a hot skillet with some oil- do about 5 mins a side
After the first side is done, add the potatoes to the skillet so they should both have about 5 mins

Sound like a plan? Only worry is that the potatoes are normal roasting ones...

Hyburnate · 17 Dec 2011 at 19:42

Pics of the bacon chops?

Gundog48 · 17 Dec 2011 at 19:45

Bit inconvenient right now, but it's about 1.5" thick. I'm sure as hell gonna take a picture when it's done though, I'll be proud of it if it works!

Gundog48 · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:54

Done- t'was delicious!

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty proud of that!

Hyburnate · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:56

You should be mate, looks real nice. I had marmite on toast for my dinner.

Although I was cooking when I was about 8. So hang your head in shame

haaammit · 17 Dec 2011 at 22:22

Lush - that looks awesome

/edit - I'd personally like the wedges a bit more cooked/browned but epic work nonetheless

Gundog48 · 17 Dec 2011 at 22:24

Cheers guys! It was real nice, the bacon was pretty salty though as expected! Only issue was the big bit of fat running down the middle- made everything pretty difficult to cut, even with a steak knife!

alexakasloth · 17 Dec 2011 at 22:31

Nice one, looks good