Bake Your Bacon

Ladies and gentlemen, are you frustrated by unevenly cooked bacon? Are you embarrassed by bacon curled up into unseemly snarls? Are you tired of skidding around on a skating rink of grease in front of your stove as you suffer the splattering hot grease that comes out of the frying pan?

Well, you don't have to suffer anymore. Simply bake your bacon. Here's how.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place a cooling rack (the kind you cool cookies on) into a rimmed baking sheet. Lay your strips of uncooked bacon in straight rows, just touching, not overlapping, on the rack. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until it is as crispy as you like it, and drain on paper towels.

That's it!

 

 

 

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Comments

[wrascil]

02:49 PM on 06/14/2012

It's not rocket science... its bacon ! ! !
But i figure they called it B A C O N for a reason

[jffrysmit]

01:18 PM on 06/14/2012

One of the best and most efficient ways I've learned to cook bacon is to cut the entire package in thirds. Essentially you have three stacks of 1/3 strips of bacon. The more efficiently line the pan. The rarely curl up unless you buy a fattier bacon and they are the perfect size for any sized plate. In addition the cooked third strip is also the perfect size for a BLT or bacon topped burger, chicken sandwich, etc.

[natal plum]

09:32 AM on 06/14/2012

Yum yum. Fried carrion strips.

[htimsr40]

08:56 AM on 06/14/2012

I can not think of many things as inefficient and wasteful as baking my bacon. Heating the oven to 350 just for bacon? Get real. I have no trouble frying up bacon (or using my Foreman grill) without all the wasted energy.

[LTTR136]

08:38 AM on 06/14/2012

In my experience, most people tend to pan fry bacon too fast and at too high a heat. If you fry the bacon more slowly and turn it often, it cooks more evenly. It's also good to remember that the meat should be removed from the pan a little early because it will keep cooking after it is removed from the heat. Oven cooking is not a good way to cook bacon if you only want a slice or two.

I prefer the microwave and cook bacon on a rack made for that purpose.

[John2021]

02:58 AM on 06/14/2012

(Warning: Snark Alert!) Yes Folks, fifty years after Saint Child taught every last one of us how to be a gourmet cook, we learn that you can bake bacon.

This reminds me of a miracle discovery in Cook's Illustrated about how if your knife wasn't long enough to slice a broad loaf of country bread, you could turn the bread on its edge and slice it sideways.

And if it's dark in the kitchen...Hey! Just turn on a light!!

[Carlton Logan]

03:39 PM on 06/12/2012

This does work. I've tried it and the bacon came out crisp from end to end. I like the non-stick racks better because they are easy to clean. In fact, I have a cooling rack I use only for bacon or other meats so they cook evenly and the grease drips to the pan underneath.