How To Cook Bacon In The Oven Video

Bacon in the Oven

I’ve got a quick trick to share with you today, How to Cook Bacon in the Oven. Bacon is nearly my favorite thing in the whole wide world. On a scale of importance, it pretty much goes God, Family, then Bacon. Therefore, this girl knows her bacon and how to cook it to perfection. So instead of cleaning up skillets and grease splatter all over the counter and stovetop, or worrying about grease burns, why not put your bacon in the oven?

Five Minute Fix

This isn’t quite a Five Minute Fix recipe, because it does take longer than that to cook in the oven. But it doesn’t take but a minute to get the bacon in the oven, so that should count for something.

How To Cook Bacon In The Oven

The only thing you’ll need for this recipe is your oven, a rimmed baking sheet, some foil, and bacon! This is seriously a ridiculously easy recipe.

Simply put a metal cooling rack inside the baking sheet and then follow the recipe as usual. This helpful tip allows the bacon to be lifted above the baking sheet, letting the strips cook from all sides, so they get crispy quick. The fat then drips down and collects below.

Leftover Bacon

You now have delicious, salty, chewy yet crispy bacon. Use it however you’d like… In salads, sandwiches or by itself. And if you have leftovers, don’t worry about it! Oven baked bacon can be stored in a ziploc bag in the refrigorator for up to a week. Which also makes it a great make ahead food! To reheat, add it to a hot pan to crisp up or loosely wrap it in a paper towel and microwave for a couple of seconds.