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.
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.
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!
- 1 package bacon
- 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.
When not cooking for clients, Chef Shelley is making delicious food at home for family and friends and probably having a glass of wine.
That looks so good! Love the oven roasted method!
Thanks Kushi.
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!
Me too Jessica.
Such a great trick – love it!
Thank you Bri.
Pics looks great. Going to try this with turkey bacon
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!
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!
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!
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 😉