I love bacon. I have with breakfast, in sandwiches, on salads, on burgers, in pastas, on a baked potato.
Cooking bacon sounds easy right? I’ve seen people fry it in oil, in the microwave or people just using that pre-cooked bacon. No.
When you go out for breakfast or brunch, diners are cooking bacon on their flat-top. At home we don’t have a flat-top but a non-stick pan (or cast-iron) will do the trick.
Half of bacon’s weight is fat. Use that fat to cook it. This this method will give you crisp tasty bacon.
How to Cook Bacon
Stove-Top Method
- Have a container to pour off bacon fat.Take your bacon out of the fridge. Place rashers side by side (not overlapping) in a non-stick pan and turn the heat on to medium.
- After about 4 minutes, you should see some rendered fat and the edges browning a bit. Time to flip the bacon.
- Cook another minute or so. Check to see the bottom side is brown and crisp, flip and cook until bacon is cooked to your desired doneness.
- Place bacon on a paper-lined plate, pour off bacon fat in a container.
You may on occasion be entertaining family/friends and wish to cook more bacon than a pan can hold. Bacon in the oven is the way to go.
Bacon in the Oven
- Place your bacon on a parchment-lined sheet pan. Turn your oven on to 400F, place your bacon on the middle rack and bake for about 20 minutes or until crisp.
- Transfer bacon to a paper-lined tray and serve.
- Pour off bacon fat in a container.
What about this method from an earlier recipe you posted. Place your bacon in medium skillet with 1/2 cup water over medium heat. Allow the bacon fat to render until the water has evaporated. Now the bacon will crisp-up in its own fat. Remove the crisp bacon, reserve.
Nick, I use that for diced/chopped bacon for something like carbonara.
Good tips from you as always Peter