How to remove fat from a pan with aluminum foil

Smart woman discovers how to remove fat from a frying pan in SECONDS with a handy trick

  • The woman told how she removes fat from the pan
  • First, she puts aluminum foil in the kitchen sink and taps it to the drain.
  • She then pours cooking oil into foil and leaves it until it hardens, then throws it in the trash can.
  • Her ingenious hack has gained more than five million views and impressed many.

A woman shares how she removes fat from a frying pan with a simple kitchen trick.

Holly from Ontario, Canada, says she’ll never go back after discovering the ‘genius’ method and uses just three steps to remove excess oil from a frying pan.

To do this, she first pulled out a sheet of aluminum foil and placed it in the kitchen sink, making sure it shaped it into a sink shape.

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Woman reveals how to remove and dispose of cooking oil from her frying pan that has amazed millions She first placed the foil in the kitchen sink, making sure she shaped it into a sink hole.

A woman described how she simply removes and disposes of cooking oil from her frying pan, which has amazed millions of people around the world.

After cooking the crispy bacon slices, she poured the rest of the oil from the pan into the foil and poured the fat down the drain hole.

She left the oil until it turned into a solid block, and then she wrapped it in foil and threw it in the trash – it’s as simple as that.

Holly posted her simple hack on TikTok and received almost five million views, as well as thousands of comments from astonished users.

She poured the remaining oil and bacon fat from the frying pan onto the foil. Holly made sure to drain the bacon grease and excess oil into the drain area.

After cooking the crispy bacon slices, she poured the rest of the oil from the pan into the foil, and dipped the fat into the drain area.

“I’ve always just used a paper towel to soak up the oil, I’ll try this,” a user wrote.

‘My God. Absolutely brilliant doing it from now on,” wrote another.

While hundreds of onlookers shared their shame at seeing “liquid gold” go to waste, many suggested reusing bacon fat for cooking.

She then left the oil until it turned into a solid and hard block. Then she wrapped it in foil and threw it in the trash - it's that simple.

She left the oil until it turned into a solid block, and then she wrapped it in foil and threw it in the trash – it’s as simple as that.

‘Which! I always keep it and cook so many dishes with it like eggs, pasta and burgers,” wrote a TikTok user.

“You just threw away liquid gold,” the sad-faced woman wrote.

“Visualizing bacon is gold. I put it straight into an old coffee can to make sauce, cornbread and green beans,” wrote another.