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Oven-Baked Bacon is a savory, crispy, and easy way to make a large amount of bacon right in your oven. This way of making bacon frees up your stovetop and is great for making a big breakfast, brunch, or if you need a large amount for a recipe. (paleo, gluten-free, keto)

Oven-Baked Bacon

Hi Everyone, it's bacon time!

I am an unabashed bacon lover and every time I've gone vegetarian (several attempts in my teens and 20s), I always end up coming back to being an omnivore, it's because of bacon.

I blame you bacon!

In all seriousness, I was always a "stovetop bacon maker".

Well, guess what?

When you have a family, as I do now, in my 30s and often am cooking larger breakfasts or brunches on the weekends, especially when we have visiting friends/relatives - you tend to search for more efficient ways of doing things.

That means making the bacon in the oven and freeing up the stovetop.

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Making bacon in the oven comes out just as crispy and delicious and the best part is that you don't have to "babysit" the bacon by the stovetop.

Just put it on the baking sheet and put it in the oven and check on it as it's close to being done.

My friend Karl, intern extraordinaire at The Farm Cooking School, told me, in his opinion, it is wrong (meaning that's just his preference) to make Oven Baked Bacon without raised baking racks placed within the rimmed baking sheets.

The idea is that you lay the bacon on top of the wire racks and that allows the fat to drip down. 

I told Karl, I do not in fact have oven-safe baking racks (yet!) that fit perfectly in my rimmed baking sheets.

I am sure some percentage of my readers do not have this set up either, so I am showing you how to make this Oven Baked Bacon by just laying the bacon on the sheets.

Ingredients for Oven Baked Bacon

• 12-ounce package of bacon (12-14 slices) *I prefer thick-cut bacon
• optional: you can brush the bacon with maple syrup or sprinkle with your favorite spices, for example, Harissa, chili powder, etc.

Helpful Kitchen Tools for Oven-Baked Bacon

• 2 rimmed aluminum half-sheets
• 2 oven-safe, cooling racks to fit in the half sheets, optional
• parchment paper, cut to the size of the half sheets, optional

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Oven-Baked Bacon

Yield: 1 pound bacon

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes

Oven-Baked Bacon is a savory, crispy, and easy way to make a large amount of bacon right in your oven. This way of making bacon frees up your stovetop and is great for making a big breakfast, brunch, or if you need a large amount for a recipe. (paleo, gluten-free, keto)

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Ingredients

• 16 ounces (1 pound/454 grams) bacon slices (1 whole package)
• optional: you can brush the bacon with maple syrup or sprinkle with your favorite spices, for example, Harissa, chili powder, etc.

Instructions

1. Place two racks evenly centered in the middle of the oven. Preheat oven to 400°F. On 2 rimmed baking sheets, line the bacon so that they are not touching, divide the bacon evenly between the two baking sheets. Optionally, you can put the bacon on parchment or oven-safe baking racks so that the bacon fat can drain off the bacon.
2. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until desired crispiness is reached
3. When the bacon is done, using a spatula, transfer the bacon to paper towel-lined plates to absorb oil. You can reserve any remaining oil from the baking sheets for further cooking or discard. Serve cooked bacon and enjoy!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 7 Serving Size: 2
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 40Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 127mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 2g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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• This "Oven-Baked Bacon" recipe was originally published on 4/16/2019
• It was updated and republished on 10/14/2020, 7/3/2024

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Sara is an architectural designer turned work-at-home Mom. She lives in New Jersey by way of New England and New York, with her husband and 3 kids under 8. She loves design, being creative, and spending time with family and friends. She loves checking out local businesses and eats and being apart of the local farm to table community.

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