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Bacon is a traditional Chinese delicacy, an essential dish for Chinese New Year's Eve rice, made by salting pork, marinating it and drying it in the sun. Although the bacon is very fragrant, but after all, it is high oil and high salt, not eaten every day, so every year after the bacon is ready, many people are stored in the refrigerator, and once they put it, they forget it.
Recently, there has been a wave of "cured bacon" in the community, and neighbors have also begun to take action. This year's meat was cheap, so her balcony was covered with freshly dried bacon. However, this morning, she suddenly came to me and asked me, can I still eat bacon after a year?
It turned out that she bought some pork in the morning and put it in the refrigerator freezer, she found that there were several pieces of bacon marinated last year at the bottom, all frozen for so long, thrown away reluctantly, and did not dare to eat casually, so she ran to me and asked me.
It is estimated that many people have this situation, how do you deal with it? Throw it away or cook it and eat it? I don't know how to eat it, otherwise it will be difficult to eat and hurt your body!
I have a friend who is a registered dietitian and hear what she has to say.
Cured bacon with a lot of salt, not easy to breed bacteria, shelf life is generally relatively long, placed in a cool and ventilated place can be stored for more than 6 months, and frozen in the refrigerator, at least can be stored for more than 1 year.
The question is, although it can be preserved for a year, can it be eaten?
Nutritionists say that as the freezing time is prolonged, the bacon loses its moisture and the meat quality deteriorates. At the same time, a large amount of salt will also be oxidized into nitrite, which is a substance harmful to the human body. And there will be more and more bacteria on bacon, such as cold-loving bacteria, which are suitable for survival at low temperatures and are also harmful to the human body.
Therefore, bacon can be frozen for a year, or even 2 to 3 years, but it is not recommended to eat bacon that has been frozen for so long, not only the taste is very woody, but also has an adverse impact on the human body.
So how long can you eat frozen bacon?
In order to ensure the taste and nutrition of bacon, pay attention to the following 3 points when preserving:
(1) It cannot be directly frozen, and must be packed with plastic wrap or plastic bag to prevent moisture loss.
(2) Do not mix, bacon and bacon put together, cooked food and raw food separate, to prevent cross-infection.
(3) Can not be thawed and then frozen, repeated freezing will not only reduce the taste, but also easy to breed bacteria, resulting in bacon deterioration.
The freezing time of bacon should not exceed 6 months, try to eat it within 4 months, the quality of bacon is the best. If it is vacuum packaging, eat it within the shelf life, throw it away directly after the shelf life, do not eat it. So after a year of freezing bacon in the refrigerator, nutritionists recommend not to eat it, or throw it away is safer.
How is bacon eaten?
Dietitian teaches you how to eat properly, these 3 steps are essential:
1: Put the bacon in water and brush the surface carefully with a brush.
2: Put the bacon into the basin, add some salt, pour in 50 °C warm water, stir well and soak for 2 hours.
3: Boil a pot of boiling water, add bacon and cook for 30 minutes, then fish it out with chopsticks and wash it with water.
4, cut into thin slices and cook, you can make fried bacon, steamed bacon.
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