Thick Cut Bacon In The Oven Food

THICK-CUT BACON IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a baking rack on top. Position bacon strips on the baking rack.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crispy, 15 to 20 minutes.

HONEY-BOURBON GLAZED BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the honey and bourbon in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Lay the bacon on the prepared baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Brush with some of the honey-bourbon syrup. Continue roasting until deeply caramelized and crispy, another 10 to 15 minutes--the bacon will really crisp as it cools. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon pepper and serve.

OVEN-BAKED SHEET-PAN BACON

Steps:

• Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 400°F. Divide bacon between 2 wire racks set inside large foil-lined rimmed baking sheets. Bake, rotating baking sheets front to back and top to bottom halfway through, until brown and crisp, 35-50 minutes (depending on the thickness). Transfer to paper towels to drain.

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 :).

BAKED BACON (OVEN FRIED BACON)

Steps:

• Oil not needed, only for a second ingredient so it would post.
• Arrange slices in rows, across pans with fat edges slightly overlapping lean edges.
• Bake 375 degrees without turning 20-25 minutes (depending on thickness) until bacon is slightly crisp.
• I have been draining the grease and flipping the bacon, then back in the oven for 5 minutes or so.
• Watch closely.
• DO NOT OVERCOOK.
• Drain or skim off excess fat at needed.
• Drain thoroughly on paper towels.
• For those with a convection oven use 325 degrees 20-25 minutes.
• The longer you bake after 20 minutes the greater the risk of producing a dry, burnt piece of bacon.