Bacon Freaks Gourmet Bacon Tasting

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Recipe on how to cook bacon in the oven.

Bacon in the oven

But, it can be a real challenge to cook bacon well. Frying it is a mess. Microwaving has inconsistent results. Plus, neither scales well to the large amounts of bacon needed for a big brunch (or just me on a Sunday morning.) The secret is to bake the bacon in the oven.

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C or gasmark 7)
2. Take a large cookie sheet with a lip and cover it in aluminum foil. I like the wide heavy duty stuff that can cover the tray with a single piece.
3. Arrange the bacon on the sheet without overlapping.
4. Bake for six minutes.
5. Turn the cookie sheet around 180 degrees.
6. Bake for another 4-7 minutes depending on your oven and how crispy you like your bacon.
7. Lift the bacon out with tongs and set on a plate covered in paper towels. I dab the tops with another paper towel too.

Result: piles of perfectly cooked bacon for your dining pleasure.

Here are the cool bits about this recipe:

* All of the bacon grease is in the pan on top of the foil. Once it cools down you can lift out the foil and throw it all away. No mess. Better still, you can spoon out the fat to scramble eggs in (because what goes better with hot bacon than eggs scrambled in bacon fat?) Beet greens or spinach stir fried in bacon fat with crumbled bacon on top is delicious too.

* The turning around part is the magic move. Most ovens don’t heat evenly. By turning the tray around, you ensure all the bacon cooks evenly. It’s really amazing to me how evident the heat variation is when you see the bacon.

* If you want more bacon (and who doesn’t), stick more cookie sheets in the oven at the same time. You can do tons at once this way with no additional time and minimal additional effort.