Im from australia, how much bacon is a piece of bacon please?

Sally Frawley
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Pressure Cooker Pork Carnitas
Recipe question for: Pressure Cooker Pork Carnitas

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robyn March 20, 2019
Here in Canada a piece of bacon would be another way of saying a slice. In North America bacon is generally sold sliced in 1 pound packages, and the average slice is about an ounce, or 28 grams. Not sure you need to be super accurate for this recipe since basically the purpose of the bacon apart from flavor is to provide some fat, and the amount of fat per slice can vary.
 
Sally F. March 20, 2019
Oh Robyn you're brilliant thanks so much. My 16 year old sent a request for this for dinner but that description had me baffled. I Australia we'd call that a rasher.
Cheers
 
Smaug January 11, 2023
Since your average pork shoulder is about half fat and smoked flavor is not traditional with carnitas the bacon is probably best skipped.
 
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