100 Great Bacon Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is the secret to perfect bacon? ›

Tried and true, this is the way I learned to cook bacon: Lay the strips in a cold skillet, place over medium-low to medium heat, flip and fry until you reach your desired doneness and then transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.

Brush uncooked bacon slices with a slurry of balsamic vinegar and maple syrup, brown sugar, or honey, place them on a rimmed, foil-lined tray in a 400°F oven, check every five minutes or two to see how things are faring, flip and baste as needed, and when the bacon is cooked and the glazed thickened, cool the bacon on ...

Why Does Cooking Bacon in Water Work? The addition of water keeps the initial cooking temperature low and gentle, so the meat retains its moisture and stays tender as the fat renders. Plus, since the water helps render the fat, there will be significantly less splatter as your bacon finishes in the pan.

How do hotels make bacon so crispy? Hotels use their oven to cook the bacon over pan-frying.

Lean bacon is key

Bacon is hardly a super-lean meat, and when you buy it in the supermarket, you can often find that half of each slice is devoted to thick, white strips of pure pork fat. The bacon chefs use in restaurants, however, is usually far leaner than the supermarket kind.

Even though it doesn't necessarily come with a mild flavor, bacon is a total blank canvas. With the help of some extra ingredients and spices for your bacon, you can take its original savory, salty, and smoky flavor and enhance it with things like chili powder and coffee, Sriracha, maple syrup, brown sugar, or honey.

Bake the bacon in a 400°F oven until well-browned and crisp, this should take between 15 and 18 minutes depending on the thickness of your bacon. To follow Martha's method to a T, you'll need to rotate the sheet pan halfway through.

It's so incredibly simple! Just preheat oven to 375°F, and arrange your bacon on a slotted pan (like Rach's!) and bake to crisp for 15 to 18 minutes. (Again, if you don't have a slotted pan, Rach says you can make your own by putting a wire cooling rack on top of a baking sheet with a rim.)

Bake the bacon in a 400°F oven until well-browned and crisp, this should take between 15 and 18 minutes depending on the thickness of your bacon. To follow Martha's method to a T, you'll need to rotate the sheet pan halfway through.

How does Rachael Ray cook bacon in the oven? ›

Preheat oven to 375F. Arrange bacon on a slotted baking sheet and bake to crisp, 15-18 minutes.

In the Oven

Place in a cold oven, close the oven door and turn oven on to 400°. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until bacon is crisp; watch carefully during the last few minutes of cooking. Remove and put on a paper towel-lined plate to absorb extra fat.