Fried bread

[ProseccoBitch]

Seeing someone else's fried breakfast post just now set me thinking about this.....

When I was a kid fried breakfasts always included fried bread, which I LOVED. I think my Mum used to cook it in the frying pan that had had the bacon in it as it always tasted bacon-y. Whenever I've tried it I've buggered it up, it's always dry and hard whereas Mum's was always superbly greasy!

Any top tips for achieving optimum results?

You need loads and loads of fat, that's the thing, basically obscene amounts because it soaks it all up. Delicious but a rare treat!

Yep fried bread was one of my pregnancy cravings. Lots of oil is needed as it soaks in the bread. Too little oil makes it too toast like.

You can make it even if you grill your bacon. Use your bread to wipe up the bacon fat collected at the bottom of your grill pan - if there is enough dip both sides in, otherwise one side will do. Do it fairly quickly as you are aiming for lightly coated rather than soggy and greasy. Then toast the bread under the grill.

Bacon isn't as fatty as it used to be, so you'll need to add something like lard to fry the bread in.

Am now craving fried bread immediately but have to go out.

Not much point grilling your bacon if you're just going to eat the fat in some bread anyway

If you want authentic like your mum cooked, then it's lard I'm afraid, like Herat said.
Dry fry your bacon first, then keep warm and put lard in the pan.
Heated really hot and quickly cooked.

Fried bread with runny fried eggs on top.
Yum.
LOVE fried bread.

But, yes, allow about a cup of oil per slice :(

I use sunflower oil loads of it put a tiny bit of bread in and when that bubbles pop in the bread and then quickly turn and out

I love love love fried bread and have had it twice this month :) but christmas was time before

Yum yum yum

Omg your poor arteries!! do it with a shit ton of lard think I need some now

I know it is terrible terrible! I prefer it with sunflower oil think it's because that's how my mum has always made it

I ordered take away before seeing this thread and now I wish I hadn't as fried bread and egg would have been much better

I add butter to the pan when I do it. And then eat the delicious fried bread with lots of honey on it.

I love fried bread!

One Eyed Jack is my favourite - where you remove a bit of bread from the middle and fry an egg in it.

Ooh fried bread I haven't had that since I was a kid we used to have it with a fry up sometimes on a Saturday night! I've never made it for myself. You don't see it served with fry ups much when you go out for breakfast I guess because of its unhealthiness...but as a treat it would be great!

Hmm thinking about when I can next have a fry up now...

We called that an Eagle's Eye growing up, Worra.

A friend once showed me to butter the bread first (on both sides) and then fry. Works really well.

So I just googled lard calories - 115 in a single tablespoon!!!
I suppose my high and quick advice would mean less absorbed, but still

We're having a fry up for dinner tonight as a treat, I cover the pan in lard and it's awesome lovely and greasy

Grouchy my kids called it 'Egg In The Hole'.

Straight to the point I suppose

We always have friend bread with eggs n bacon! I love it

I used to love fried bread with marmalade on when I was little - might just have to make it again to see if I still like it ...

I had some tonight made with the fat left after cooking pancetta and some extra butter, plus honey on the cooked bread. It was bloody lovely and I didn't share it with my children.

Fried bread is my dirty Brownie/Cub camp treat - the perk of taking them away!