Have you ever cooked your bacon in the oven? We have been doing it for years. If you love bacon, this is the best way to cook a big batch all at once. Clean up is such a breeze and you don’t have to worry about eh grease splatters all over your kitchen and shirt!
One thing I love to have on hand is cooked bacon. You never know when you’re going to need it. If you use this method, you can cook a bunch of bacon all at once, then freeze those perfect strips flat in the freezer. Then you can add it to salads or a little bit of crumbled bacon when a recipe calls for it.
If you stack the strips of bacon into one pan in different directions (see picture), you can cook two (one pound) packages at once in the same pan in the oven. About half way through the cooking time, the bacon will have shrunk a significant amount, freeing up a lot of space in the pan. You can then move the top pieces down to a single layer so it will cook evenly and crisp up.
Ingredients:
1 to 2 pounds bacon
Instructions:
1.Line the pan with tin foil.
2.Place the strips of bacon on top.
3.Place the pan into a cold, unheated oven (use the middle rack).
4.Set the oven to bake at 400°F (204°C).
5.Set the timer for 20 minutes. It may take a bit more time, depending on your oven.
6.At about half way through the cooking time, move and separate the bacon on the pan to allow for even cooking.
7.Remove the pan from the oven. Place the crispy bacon on a plate lined with a paper towel to absorb excess grease.
8.Let the bacon grease cool in the pan for a bit and if you’d like to save the bacon fat, you can transfer it to an empty cleaned out plastic peanut butter jar or old tin can. Freeze it if you won’t be using it right away. If you plan to throw it all out, let it cool place a few paper towels on top and roll it all up with the tin foil to throw it all out at once.
Do you think you’ll give the oven method a try?
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