How to Cook Bacon in The Oven
Once you learn how to cook bacon in the oven, you’ll never cook it any other way!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 12-16 slices per pound 1x
- Category: cooking lesson
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
1 pound of bacon (your choice of thickness and flavor)
Instructions
- Start by preheating your oven to 400 degrees F and place two oven racks at the bottom third and top third positions. Keep the bacon chilled until the oven is up temperature.
- Line two sheet pans with parchment paper. (These pre-cut sheets are much easier to work with than rolls of parchment paper.)
- Open one pound of bacon and lay out slices of bacon – half on one sheet and half on the other, making sure they do not touch each other or the edge of the pan.
- Place the two pans in the oven at once and set your timer for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, rotate pans and also switch rack position – move bottom pan to the top rack and vice versa.
- Set timer for 5 minutes.
- After five minutes, inspect the doneness of your bacon slices and decide if you want them to be crispier. Then check every minute up to 20 minutes.
- Thin cut bacon will most likely be crisp in 15 minutes. Thin cut is typically 16 pieces per pound.
- Thick cut bacon needs up to 20 minutes. Thick cut bacon is typically between 12 and 13 slices per pound.
- Our thick cut bacon was 13 pieces for a 1-pound package and cooked crisp in 19 minutes. But – oven temperatures vary greatly so please check every minute after 15 minutes to avoid burning.
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