Fring bacon can be quite a mess. Dealing with all of that splattering grease can be less than fun to clean up! This is one of those little tricks that makes a BIG difference!!!! Oven baked bacon! Genius! I wish I had known about this sooner. I don’t think I will ever go back to pan frying bacon. I also love this method turns out flatter bacon, not that curled up kind from the skillet!
You will definitely want to use:
Nonstick Foil for this recipe! Makes clean up a cinch!
Oven Baked Bacon
Ingredients
- Bacon
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with nonstick foil.
- Preheat oven 400.
- Lay bacon flat on foil (or on a rack over a lined pan) and bake until crisp 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from pan and lay bacon on paper towels to drain excess grease.
If using a rack instead of foil, it will look like this! I lined the pan for easy cleanup and laid the bacon directly on the rack. This allows for the grease to drain off the bacon.
Marilyn says
Just wondering….doesn’t this make a mess in the oven with grease splatters?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
enter the self cleaning oven! hahahaha
John says
Use this recipe all the time. For Crisp Thick Bacon place bacon in cold oven. Set oven to 425 and cook for 20 to 23 minutes depending on you oven! Keep an eye on it starting at 20 minutes until you know how your oven reacts.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
I will have to try the cold oven!!!
Virginia says
I’ve been cooking bacon in the oven for years and I’ve not had an issue with splattering. Hope this helps!
chris says
I’ve been doing this for 20 years. I use parchment paper and flip the bacon over half way through cooking. It’s how restaurants generally cook bacon. I don’t think it makes a mess in your oven..