Side dish - How much bacon for 10 recipes
Author: Jacki Maas
Salty and sizzling Oven Baked Bacon is the key for stress-free holiday breakfasts, brunch with friends, or when you need to cook up a whole package of bacon for other dishes, salads, sandwiches, or burgers. Sometimes you need to cook bacon for a crowd, and what better way to get perfectly crispy bacon every time than by using your oven!
Baked Bacon for a Crowd Recipe
The best way to batch-cook bacon, whether you like it crisp or chewy.
Provided by: J. Kenji López-Alt
Total time: 18 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 1
Provided by: J. Kenji López-Alt
Total time: 18 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 1
Ingredients:
- 12 slices bacon
Nutrition:
- Calories: 108 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 23 mg
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Sodium: 387 mg
- Sugar: 0 g
- Fat: 8 g
- Serving Size: Serves 4 to 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Adjust oven rack to center position and preheat oven to 425°F (220°C). (If doubling recipe, adjust 2 racks to upper- and lower-middle positions; see notes.)
- For Crisp, Wavy Bacon: Line a 13- by 18-inch rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Arrange bacon strips on pan, overlapping as little as possible. Bake bacon for 10 minutes. Rotate pan and continue baking until bacon is as browned as you like it, 5 to 10 minutes longer for thin-cut or 10 to 15 minutes longer for thick-cut. Remove bacon from oven, transfer to a paper towel–lined plate to drain, and serve.
- For Chewy-Crisp Bacon: Tear off a 13- by 30-inch piece of aluminum foil and crimp it, accordion-style, into 1-inch sections. Stretch out foil and place it on a 13- by 18-inch rimmed baking sheet, folding up edges to catch drips. Arrange bacon strips on foil, overlapping as little as possible. Bake bacon for 10 minutes. Rotate pan and continue baking until bacon is as browned as you like it, 5 to 10 minutes longer for thin-cut, or 10 to 15 minutes longer for thick-cut. Remove bacon from oven, transfer to a paper towel–lined plate to drain, and serve.
- For Crisp, Flat Bacon for Sandwiches and Burgers: Line a 13- by 18-inch rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and top with a sheet of parchment paper. Arrange bacon strips on tray, overlapping as little as possible. Top with a second sheet of parchment paper; place a second baking sheet on top. Bake bacon until it's as crisp as you like it, 25 to 30 minutes for thin-cut, or 30 to 35 minutes for thick-cut. Remove trays from oven, carefully remove top tray using tongs and an oven mitt, transfer bacon to a paper towel–lined plate to drain, and serve.
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Perfectly Crispy Bacon For A Crowd
Sometimes you need to cook bacon for a crowd, and what better way to get perfectly crispy bacon every time than by using your oven! Check out how easy it is!
Provided by: Lisa from A Day in the Kitchen
Total time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 0 servings
Cuisine: Western
Number of ingredients: 1
Provided by: Lisa from A Day in the Kitchen
Total time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 0 servings
Cuisine: Western
Number of ingredients: 1
Ingredients:
- Streaky bacon
How to cook:
- Preheat oven 400 deg F (200 C).
- Line baking sheets with heavy duty aluminum foil or parchment paper.
- Lay bacon slices on the pan, making sure the slices do not touch.
- Bake until desired doneness, checking at 15 minutes.
- Once desired doneness is achieved, turn off the heat and leave the pan in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Transfer bacon to paper towel-lined plates to drain before serving.
How to Cook Bacon in the Oven
Salty and sizzling Oven Baked Bacon is the key for stress-free holiday breakfasts, brunch with friends, or when you need to cook up a whole package of bacon for other dishes, salads, sandwiches, or burgers. It's less hassle and mess to make bacon in the oven and the bacon will turn out perfect every time!
Provided by: Amy Nash
Total time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 5
Provided by: Amy Nash
Total time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 5
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. bacon (classic cut or thick cut)
- Aluminum foil or parchment paper
- Baking sheets
- Tongs
- Paper towels
Nutrition:
- Calories: 315 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 1 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Fat: 30 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. One pound of bacon fits perfectly on one baking sheet but you can cook two pounds of bacon at a time by adjusting your oven racks so that one rack is in the bottom third of the oven and the other is in the top third of the oven.
- Arrange bacon slices close together in a single layer on the baking sheet. It's okay if the edges touch, you just don't want the bacon to overlap too much.
- Place the baking sheet(s) of bacon in the oven and bake for 15-35 minutes, depending on the level of crispiness and doneness that you like and the type of bacon you are using. Flip halfway through baking, if desired, to get the bacon evenly crisp on both sides.
- Remove the bacon from the oven and use tongs to transfer the individual slices to a plate lined with paper towels. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container or plastic bag and refrigerate up to 3 days.
- If you plan to save the bacon grease, pour it into a safe container while still hot. Or just wait until it has cooled completely, then peel off the aluminum foil with the congealed grease on it for easy cleanup.
