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Baking Bacon

Last post 08-09-2009 2:48 PM by free68. 10 replies.
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  • 06-24-2006 7:50 AM

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    Posted by: Cittie

    I cook mine on the broiler pan @ 350º for approx 25 mins. Just did some this morning and it is great and less time consuming!

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    Lynn this is an AWESOME way to cook bacon! I preheat the oven to 400 degrees. I line a cookie sheet with foil. Place slices of the bacon on the pan..as many as you like. Baking time depends on if it's thick or thin sliced or how crisp you like your bacon. Watch it close. Varies from about 10 minutes up to 30 for thicker bacon. It gets crisp and if you save bacon grease you can pour it off the sheet.

    We bake a pound at once, store it in a ziplock, and reheat in the microwave or use in recipes. My husband won't let me cook it any other way now and I wouldn't want to. Grease doesn't splatter all over the oven either.

  • 06-24-2006 7:51 AM In reply to

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    Posted by: MissEllie

    I cooked about four pounds of bacon like this for a meal I was serving and it worked GREAT! I got one of my big cookie sheets with sides and lined it with parchment paper.

    I laid the bacon out flat and baked it for about 10-12 minutes at 450º. It didn't require any turning at all. It was just right, not curled up and very tasty.

    I drained the fat off and loaded it with another pound of bacon. Cleanup was very easy and it worked very, very well.


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    I turn it. also it you foil line your tray it will be easier clean up

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    This is the only way I cook mine. I don't turn mine either. I bake it on a 325 oven, and it turns out perfect, every time.

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    I saw The Barefoot Contessa on Food Network last week doing exactly this!!! She placed the bacon (thick-cut) on a baking sheet.

    Oven at 400...she baked the bacon for 15-20 mins, until it was very crispy.
    She "patted" it off with paper towels to soak up some of the grease.

    I thought perhaps if you placed a rack on the baking sheet, the grease might "drip off" better. But it looked good!!!

  • 06-25-2006 1:22 AM In reply to

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    wow this sounds like less grese stain on my tops lol

  • 06-26-2006 4:25 PM In reply to

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    I learned this method of fixing bacon when I was young and cooked in a nursing home. Of course, we cooked in large quantities so we had to do it this way. It sure saves on splatters. If I have the oven going for something else, I will fix my bacon this way even now. Good tip.~Bettina

  • 06-27-2006 10:35 PM In reply to

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    I do this also, but place the bacon on a rack over a cookie sheet, that way the grease drips onto the cookie sheet,and there is no grease on the bacon. The bacon is so crisp and tender it just about dissolves in your mouth! Betsy

  • 07-06-2006 1:44 PM In reply to

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    bump

  • 09-09-2006 5:38 PM In reply to

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    I like to cook mine on a HOLLAND grill. It is indirect flame that never flares up. We love the grill . The best thing I like to cook on it is a ham. You close the bottom and put apple juice in it and steam the ham. That is what they were serving when we went to a home show and we bought it on the spot. Saves on a pan and everything. Just put it on the rack- can't fall through and it is just great. Sherry8 zone 4

  • 09-09-2006 10:15 PM In reply to

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    We always oven fried our bacon in the military on large sheet pans. Once in a while if we overslept we would just drop it in the deep frier. LOL It curls up a lot deep fried but it cooks in no time.

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  • 06-29-2009 1:30 PM In reply to

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    Another tip for preparing bacon in the oven is coating the bacon slices in brown sugar then placing the bacon on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet.  This also works well with beef  bacon!

  • 08-09-2009 2:48 PM In reply to

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    this sounds great to have it on hand for breakfasts and just snacking. Think I will try it the next time we buy bacon.

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