How to Cook Bacon in the Oven
If you think cooking bacon with microwave or frying it on the stove is the best method, you should read this article and try this method. You will surprise because of this easy, quick and delicious result this method given to you.
If you are not really know how to cook bacon in the oven, you can learn and try in this four steps. The steps how to cook a bacon in the oven include what is the ingredients, materials, and kitchen utensils you need to use.
The ingredients you need to prepare is, of course, the bacon, prepare 1 up to 2-pound bacon. The equipment is the platter, baking sheets, paper towel, aluminum foil, and tongs, and silicon mitt.
Here are the instructions for how to cook bacon in the oven:
1. First, prepare your oven. For the caution, do not preheat the oven. You have to start cooking the bacon with cold an oven because starting with cold oven will ensure that your bacon will cook slowly in good temperature.
Meanwhile, get your baking sheet and put a piece of aluminum foil upon it. Using aluminum foil will ease the cleanup process.
2. Then, get your bacon sliced and put the slices on the foil. Place the baking sheet in the middle of the rack of the oven. Make sure that the oven is still cold.
3. Move to the next step, if you have placed the bacon properly, close the oven door and set the temperature to 400°F (240 C).
4. After around 20 minutes, check the color of the bacon. If it turns to be golden brown, it means that your bacon is done. However, the thickness of the bacon also determines the time and temperature of cooking bacon. If your thick bacon slices, the temperature can be higher and the times may take a bit longer.
5. Fifth, turn off the oven and remove the pan from the oven. Now place the cooked bacon on the pan lined with paper towels. The bacon will surely let the fat out. If you are on a diet, paper towels are very necessary.
Those are steps to cook bacon in the oven.
It’s so easy, right? There are some final notes that may be important to know. The first is about the cold oven. Starting with the cold oven to cook bacon is very important. This will let you cook slowly and give us the better result. Your bacon will not be overcooked or uncooked. It means that you will eat cooked bacon with enough temperature. The use of aluminum foil is not really necessary. But the plus point is when you use aluminum foil sheets, it will keep your pan clean and you will have easy cleanup. Bacon-wrapped aluminum foil sheets can be very helpful to get your bacon cooked. Usually, the texture is crispier and it will not stick to the sheet. There are other steps how to cook bacon in the oven with different variations. Find it more at ovenbacon.net.
