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Oven Roasted Bacon

Cook a whole package of bacon perfectly in 20 minutes with no messy cleanup. Can you ever really have enough bacon? With this technique you can get close.

Cook a whole package of bacon in 20 minutes with no messy cleanup. Can you ever really have enough bacon? With this recipe you can get close.

Why Oven Roast Bacon?

Why fry up four pieces of bacon only to be left with a frying pan full off hot grease that you have to let cool, scrape out and throw away?

If you’re good you scrape it into a container to put in the fridge.

Personally, I can’t keep up with my bacon fat enough though and only save fat from maybe one out of five batches of bacon I cook.

Easy Oven Roast Bacon

By simply lining a baking sheet with foil and cooking the bacon in the oven, you can have a whole passel of bacon, cooked evenly and ready at the same time.

After breakfast when the baking pan is cool, just wad up the foil and throw away.

Bacon without a greasy fry pan to clean up? And stove. And counter.

That’s my kind of cooking!

When you make the bacon, put a picture up on instagram and tag me @chefintheburbs I’d love to see it!

Cook a whole package of bacon in 20 minutes with no messy cleanup. Can you ever really have enough bacon? With this recipe you can get close.

Cook a whole package of bacon perfectly in 20 minutes with no messy cleanup. Can you ever really have enough bacon? With this recipe you can get close.

Oven Roasted Bacon

Chef Shelley
For regular day kind of bacon I use Oscar Mayer Center Cut. You can use any kind of bacon. If it’s thick cut you will need to increase cooking time. I use Reynolds Heavy Duty foil which is wider and perfectly covers a rimmed baking sheet.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package bacon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425°. Line rimmed baking sheet with foil so that the bottom and up the sides are covered.
  • Lay bacon out on baking sheet in a single layer. Keep pieces from overlapping or they will stick together.
  • Put baking sheet in oven. Check at 15 minutes to make sure it’s cooking evenly. Rotate pan if needed. Cook 5 more minutes for crispy bacon.
  • Immediately remove bacon to paper towel lined plate.
Cook a whole package of bacon perfectly in 20 minutes with no messy cleanup. Can you ever really have enough bacon? With this recipe you can get close.

Filed Under: 30 Minute Dinners, Breakfast & Brunch, Essentials, Fall, How To

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Comments

  1. Kushi says

    July 23, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    That looks so good! Love the oven roasted method!

    Reply
    • Chef Shelley says

      July 24, 2016 at 9:52 am

      Thanks Kushi.

      Reply
  2. Jessica Knott says

    July 24, 2016 at 12:17 am

    I’m not gonna lie. The first time I baked bacon was last year! Where has it been all my life!? Not only does the smell not linger around all day but the bacon lays flat in a long strip and tastes just as good as pan fried! Totally love doing this!

    Reply
    • Chef Shelley says

      July 24, 2016 at 9:53 am

      Me too Jessica.

      Reply
    • Leona says

      December 12, 2017 at 8:48 pm

      And bacon grease all over the inside of your oven.

      Reply
      • Chef Shelley says

        January 5, 2018 at 6:49 pm

        Huh. I’ve never had a problem. Maybe it’s the type of bacon you buy? Of course I clean my oven regularly so maybe I just haven’t noticed.

        Reply
  3. Bri says

    July 24, 2016 at 1:15 am

    Such a great trick – love it!

    Reply
    • Chef Shelley says

      July 24, 2016 at 9:53 am

      Thank you Bri.

      Reply
  4. safira says

    July 24, 2016 at 4:34 am

    Pics looks great. Going to try this with turkey bacon

    Reply
    • Chef Shelley says

      July 24, 2016 at 9:54 am

      Turkey bacon is much more lean so I would guess you will need to substantially decrease the time. Start with 10 minutes and let me know how it goes!

      Reply
  5. Sarah says

    July 25, 2016 at 3:46 pm

    I love this! I don’t eat a lot of meat, but sometimes I have to cook it for other people. I love the idea of not having to mess with it after it’s on the tray!! Fab idea!

    Reply
  6. Heather says

    August 1, 2016 at 2:34 pm

    Ha! I am so sending this to Brian, who refuses to believe that this can be done without the house burning down. Thank you for posting it!

    Reply
    • Chef Shelley says

      August 12, 2016 at 11:32 am

      It doesn’t even smoke up the house. Tell him to set a timer on his iPhone so he remembers to take it out of the oven and he’ll be fine 😉

      Reply
  7. Raine says

    November 6, 2019 at 1:58 am

    This is hands down by far the best way to cook bacon. I’m so glad I found this recipe to pass on Pinterest! Thank you for writing this recipe!

    Reply

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