Description
How to Bake Bacon in the Oven is a simple, step-by-step tutorial that teaches you how to cook bacon in the oven! So easy & less messy!
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 pieces of uncooked bacon
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place a piece of parchment on top of a large baking sheet.
- Bake: Lay strips of bacon down on the parchment paper, ensure they aren’t overlapping. Place in oven, middle rack, for 18-20 minutes. If you like your bacon softer, start checking it around 15-16 minutes as some ovens cook faster than others. If the bacon isn’t crispy enough for your liking after 20 minutes, simply continue cooking in 1-2 minute increments until you have reached your desired crispness. Remove and let cool.
- Serve: Enjoy right away or store in the fridge for later!
Notes
- Crispier: option to place a wire rack on top of the rimmed baking sheet and then place the bacon on top of that before baking. This lifts the bacon out of the rendered fat and lets the heat circulate to result in a crispier piece of bacon.
- Thickness: a thick cut bacon will require a longer cook time than regular bacon, but it also tends to retain more flavor.
- Storage: keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece of bacon
- Calories: 117
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 185.4 mg
- Fat: 11.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 0.4 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
- Cholesterol: 18.5 mg