How to Cook Bacon in the Oven

Want to know how to cook crispy bacon without all the muss and fuss? BAKE IT! You don't even need to preheat your oven!

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword dairy free, gluten free, low carb

Method Baking

Servings

Calories 230kcal

Line bacon slices on a foil then parchment paper lined baking sheet. Slices can be touching but not overlapping. Place baking sheet into a COLD oven then start preheating the oven to 375 degrees. You can choose regular or convection setting. Rotate the baking sheet 180 degrees when the oven reaches 375 degrees.
Once the oven comes to temperature, check on the bacon - if it still needs a few minutes to become crisp, keep baking until desired crispness is reached. Once crisp, transfer slices to a paper towel lined plate to drain then serve.
Carefully strain bacon grease through a fine mesh sieve into a jar for another use, or let it cool on the foil then ball up and throw away.

Thick cut bacon usually takes a few extra minutes to bake once the oven preheats to 375 degrees AND benefits from each slice being turned over at that point to ensure the bacon bakes evenly. Regular/center cut bacon does not need to be flipped.
In my experience, using the convection baking setting bakes the bacon faster than the standard baking setting. Either one is fine and will give you perfectly crisp bacon but you just may need to continue to bake the bacon longer after coming to temperature if using the standard baking setting.