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Oven Baked Bacon Recipe

4.94 from 29 votes
up close view of cooked bacon strips
An easy step-by-step tutorial on how to cook perfectly crisp bacon in the oven. This method is quick, less messy, and easy to scale for a small or large batch of bacon!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
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Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings:5 servings

Ingredients

  • 10 slices of bacon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Arrange bacon slices in a single layer - not touching - on top of the parchment.
  • Bake for 14 minute for chewy, 16 for crispy, and 18 for extra-crisp/crunchy bacon. *Keep in mind that the bacon will continue to crisp up while cooling.
  • Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to cool for several minutes before serving. Discard excess grease (or save in a jar for use in other recipes). Enjoy!

Notes

Parchment paper: I prefer to use parchment as it tends to yield crispier bacon, but foil works too. 
Scaling the recipe: this recipe works for as many or as few pieces of bacon as you wish, adding more bacon will not change the cooking time - simply add more bacon slices to your lined baking sheet and be sure that they are not overlapping. 

Nutrition

Calories: 183 kcal, Carbohydrates: 1 g, Protein: 6 g, Fat: 17 g, Saturated Fat: 6 g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3 g, Monounsaturated Fat: 8 g, Trans Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 29 mg, Sodium: 291 mg, Potassium: 87 mg, Vitamin A: 16 IU, Calcium: 2 mg, Iron: 1 mg
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Author: Tiffany