baking bacon

[dhnorris]

the wife bakes three pounds at a time at 375 on flat cookie/brownie pans (?), some kind of woman tool and it comes out perfect. Thought you might like to know.

 

[fire259]

There is a guy at the Firehouse that cooks bacon in the deep fryer.

I'm not quiet ready for my first heart attack so I pass.

 

[fordmanchris]

I have done it in the oven and it turns out pretty well.. I had a small grill grate looking rack that fit inside of the pan so the grease dripped off. I thought it was easier to cook that way, but one time the pan twisted from the heat and spilled grease in the oven so I havnt done it since.

 

[spasmo]

I have read that if you put another pan on top of it while cooking it, it'll be flat.

You can also crinkle up some aluminum foil and set the bacon on that so that the grease can sink a little so that the bacon isn't sitting directly in it. I used the aluminum foil but I don't think my crinkles were deep enough. It helped a little but it could have been better. Cooking it on a broiler pan might work well since the grease will sink through the holes but it can't cook that much at one time if you use that little pan.

 

[Scutter01]

I've baked bacon before. I put in on a cooling rack on a cookie sheet (the kind with a lip all the way around) to catch the grease. It turns out really well, but you have to use thick bacon because it comes out much more brittle than if you fry it. I never had a problem with it crinkling up. In fact, it came out flatter than when I fry it.

Baking it is also good if you like to sprinkle brown sugar on it during the cooking process for "candied bacon. You can't do that easily when frying.

 

[ljadayton]

I decline to share my bacon baking secret cause it's just whatever's on the back of the package. Regular bacon turns out better then the thick cut if you're baking, in my opinion anyways...For bacon bits though (like in that bread ), gotta go in a pan on the stove top though

 

[$mooth]

I'll often bake it on a wire rack sitting on a cookie sheet. But my favorite way is grilling it. Just something about fire that makes everything better.

 

[mensajess]

as a professional chef i bake it at 350 in a convection (fan inside) oven for 15 mins. usually around 10# at a time, however for easter i think we did 40#.

 

[scottka]

as a professional chef i bake it at 350 in a convection (fan inside) oven for 15 mins. usually around 10# at a time, however for easter i think we did 40#.

You're going to make friends quick with that amount of bacon! I must know where this bacon is!

 

[AZ Hunter]

40#?? WTF!?!?!?! That's a crazt amount of bacon! YOU.ARE.THE.BACON.MAN!!!!

 

[steve666]

Brown Sugar Bacon
Ingredients
½ cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
¼ pound sliced bacon
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400o.
2. In a large plastic zip-top bag, combine brown sugar and mustard. Add bacon and toss to coat.
3. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Place a cooling rack on the lined baking sheet. Put bacon on rack and roast in oven for 20 minutes. Let drain for a few minutes on the rack and serve.


Maple-Candied Bacon
Ingredients
1 pound thick sliced bacon, good quality
½ cup maple syrup, Grade B
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Finely ground black pepper
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400o.
2. Line a rimmed baking sheet with heavy foil. Place a baking rack over the lined sheet tray and arrange the bacon slices across the rack next to each other, not overlapping.
3. In a small bowl, whisk the maple syrup and mustard. Generously spoon over the top of the bacon, and bake 12 to 15 minutes. Turn the bacon over and baste with syrup mixture. Bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes, or until the bacon has reached desired crispiness.
4. Carefully remove the pan from the oven. Sprinkle hot bacon with a scant pinch of finely ground black pepper. Let the bacon rest on the rack for 5 minutes.

 

[spasmo]

I wasn't going to go to the store today, but now I think I need some bacon. I just HAPPENED to get a new Convection oven on Monday so I can give this a try.

 

[spasmo]

as a professional chef i bake it at 350 in a convection (fan inside) oven for 15 mins. usually around 10# at a time, however for easter i think we did 40#.

Do you cook yours directly in the grease or do you elevate the bacon?

 

[Kingpin]

For the best way to a heart attack I make a batter using Drakes batter mix and deep fry bacon but I must admit some of the recipes on here sound mighty good how can it be bad its Bacon

 

[85t5mcss]

as a professional chef i bake it at 350 in a convection (fan inside) oven for 15 mins. usually around 10# at a time, however for easter i think we did 40#.

You are a god among men!