Perfect Oven Cooked Bacon Food

HOW TO COOK BACON IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Place the bacon on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet.
• Drizzle a little water over the bacon.
• Place the bacon in a cold oven and turn it on to 400 degrees F (convection if you have it).
• Set your timer for 20 minutes. This is just about all it should take in a 400-degree convection, but carefully watch it as cooking temperatures vary based on oven temp, bacon thickness and other factors.
• Carefully flip the bacon with tongs and rotate the sheet pan after about 20 minutes.
• Cook for 5 to 10 more minutes; keeping a close eye so it doesn't burn.
• Remove from the oven and place the bacon strips on a paper towel-lined plate and blot both sides to collect excess fat.
• Keep warm for serving or refrigerate for re-heating for using later.

PERFECT OVEN-COOKED BACON

Steps:

• DO NOT pre-heat the oven.
• You will not be using the 1/4 teaspoon water. I had to add it to the ingredients list because Food.com will not let you upload a recipe that only has one ingredient, so I had to make up a second ingredient.
• Place the bacon in a single layer on a cold, rimmed baking sheet. If you like, you can line the pan with parchment paper to make clean-up easier, but I like to save my bacon grease to cook with, and the parchment makes it difficult to get it all out of the baking sheet, so I just leave the pan unlined.
• Place the pan on the center rack of a cold oven. Set the oven to 400º.
• Cook for 15 to 20 minutes. Very thin bacon will only take about 15 minutes, thick-cut bacon will take 20. After 15 minutes, keep an eye on the bacon to make sure it is not getting too brown.
• Immediately remove the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels.
• Blot the top of the bacon with paper towels to remove extra grease.
• If you like, save the bacon grease in a heat-proof container. The grease can be stored in the fridge and used later in other recipes - you just got two products for the price of one :).

PERFECT BACON

Steps:

• Bring the bacon to room temperature. Lay the strips in a cold skillet, raise the heat to medium and cook, turning, until desired crispness, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels. For large batches, lay the strips on a foil-lined baking sheet in a cold oven; set to 400 degrees F and bake 15 to 20 minutes.

HOW TO COOK BACON IN THE OVEN (NO RACK!)

Steps:

• See Notes to find out a different technique to keep your oven completely clean while cooking bacon in the oven!
• Lay the raw bacon out on a sheet pan without a rack. Place in the middle of the oven and turn the oven on to 400F. Cook the bacon until crisp, about 20 minutes (or until it is done to your liking) Remove from the oven and drain the bacon on a plate lined with paper towels.

HOW TO COOK {PERFECT & CRISPY} BACON IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Line a cookie sheet with foil.
• Lay bacon in a single layer on the cookie sheet.
• Put into a cold oven and set to 375F.
• Bake for 15-25 minutes or until done to desired crispiness.

CRISPY OVEN-BAKED BACON

Steps:

• Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Place bacon on sheet and place in a cold oven.
• Set the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and cook bacon until crispy, 25 to 30 minutes.

HOW TO COOK BACON IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Lay strips of bacon on parchment, ensuring they are not touching. I can get 8 on my largest pan -- you can cook as many as you need as long as they lay flat and don't touch.
• Bake bacon for 20-35 minutes, depending on how crispy you like your bacon. There are a number of factors that affect cook time, so check your bacon at 20 minutes, and add 3-5 minutes at a time until your bacon is perfectly the way you like it.
• Remove and let sit on a paper towel lined plate for a few minutes before serving.

HOW TO BAKE THE PERFECT BACON (STEP BY STEP!)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and place the wire cooling rack on top of the baking sheet.
• Place the bacon evenly in a row careful not to overlap. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until desired crispiness. Remove and set the bacon on a paper towel lined plate.

PERFECT BAKED BACON

Steps:

• Line rimmed baking sheet with foil. Coat lightly with oil spray.
• Lay out bacon in a single layer. Put in a cold oven.
• Turn on to 400°F; Set timer for 17 minutes.
• When the 17 minutes is up, check every 1-2 minutes until done. It will look slightly undercooked in the oven. Take it out now & it will be perfect - crispy but not hard.
• variations:.
• 1. sprinkle with brown sugar before baking.
• 2. sprinkle with black pepper before baking.
• 3. lightly coat with jerk seasoning before baking.

OVEN BAKED BACON

Steps:

• Place oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400.
• Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly spray the foil with cooking spray.
• Lay bacon slices on foil with separation between each piece.
• Sprinkle brown sugar and cayenne pepper over bacon.
• Roast bacon until fat starts to render, about 10 minutes.
• Rotate the pan from front to back and continue cooking until the bacon is crispy and brown, 5-8 minutes or 8-10 minutes for thick-cut bacon.
• Remove bacon from pan when crispy and place on paper-towel lined plate. Serve immediately.