How to: Cook Bacon in the Oven

I, like many of you, have been victim of the pinterest ‘nailed it’ – you know where you see a gorgeous / super cute / nifty idea on pinterest, it seems simple enough, but in real life – ends up a mess…

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Pinterest, and I am inspired daily by the gorgeous food photography and delicious recipes. But I have generated a certain reluctance to try some of the grander ideas I see.

I have however had two great successes:

1. Make-ahead pancake mix for camping: you make your pancake batter, store in a plastic sandwich/freezer bag knotted at the top, and nip the corner with a pair of scissors to pour onto your hot skottel or frying pan over gas cooker when ready to cook. Works like a charm. Only trick is to keep any monkey’s by your campsite from stealing your banana fillings ;).
2. Aaaand… Cooking Bacon in the Oven

To cook your bacon in the oven, you will need, a baking sheet, tinfoil, a metal cooling rack, non-stick cooking spray and paper towels.

I just love the simple genius of this idea – no standing over a hot stove dodging sputtering bacon grease – crispy, hassle-free bacon!

I usually opt for rindless back bacon. And a cooling rack on a baking tray allows excess fat to drip away (the tin foil is there to limit clean up).

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How to: Cook Bacon in the Oven

 

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A hands-free, hassle-free method for cooking perfect bacon, all in the oven.

Author: Cheryl Meyer

Ingredients

• pack of bacon
• shallow baking sheet
• tinfoil
• metal cooling rack
• non-stick cooking spray
• paper towels

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Line the baking sheet with tinfoil. Use a baking sheet with edges to contain the bacon drippings and that your cooling rack fits within the sides.
3. Place the metal cooling rack on the lined sheet and coat with non-stick cooking spray.
4. Place the bacon slices in a single layer on the rack (no overlaps).
5. Transfer to the preheated oven and cook for 17 – 20 minutes (keep an eye on it, cooking tiem depends on on the thickness of the bacon and how crispy you like it), turn once after about 12 minutes.
6. When the bacon is golden brown and crispy – it’s done.
7. Remove from the oven and transfer to paper towels to soak up any excess fat.

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Some meal ideas to turn your cooked bacon into:

• a quick blt sarmie for lunch
• crustless quiche
• chicken or turkey roulade filling

Cheryl x