Email to Cat Recipe Categories: Catgurrl's HOME PAGEAppetizers Barbecue-Grill Bath-Body Beverages Bread Breakfast-Brunch Brownies-Bars Burgers Butters-Spreads Cajun-Creole Cakes-Tortes Campfire Candy Canning-Preserving CarnivalFare Casseroles Cats-Mewsings Cheesecake Chili ComfortFood Condiments Cookies Cooking-For-Two Crockpot Desserts Economical Ethnic Fish-Shellfish Fix-and-Freeze Food-As-Medicine Fruit GameDay Gifts Holiday IceCream Kid-Approved KitchenAid Lowfat LunchCounter MainDish Marinades-Rubs Meats Miscellaneous Muffins PacificNorthwest Pasta Pastries Pets PicnicBasket Pies-Tarts Pizza Poultry Quick-n-Easy Relishes-Salsa Rice Salad-n-Dressing Sandwiches Sauces Snacks SoulFood Soup-Chowder SouthernFavorites SpecialEvents Tips-and-Tricks Vegetables-Sides Vegetarian WildGame YourComments How To: Hassle-Free Bacon Chopping Source of Recipe Cook's Illustrated magazine * * * The following tip makes slippery bacon a cinch to mince: Wrap the bacon in plastic wrap and freeze for 15 minutes. The bacon will harden just enough so that, using a chef's knife, it can be chopped as finely as needed with nary a slip.