How to Cook Perfect Bacon
Featured pro: Curtis Stone
Category: Cooking, A Better Breakfast
Curtis Stone shares his sizzling trade secret to cooking perfect bacon, whether you pan-fry it or bake it in the oven.
Step 1: Bacon Types
There are a variety of bacon types to choose from: thick-cut or thin cut, smoked or non-smoked, naturally smoked vs. liquid smoked, and with or without sodium nitrite. Sodium nitrite is a preservative and coloring additive that may be a health risk.
Step 2: Never Cook Bacon Naked!
Bacon's wonderful but it can be messy to cook in a pan with the grease spattering everywhere. Try cooking it in the oven. Heat your oven to 350º -375°. Get two cooking trays, cover one with kitchen paper and lay your strips down, cover the bacon with a second sheet of kitchen paper. Place another cooking tray right over the top this will keep in the heat and keep your bacon flat.
Items You'll Need for this GMC Trade Secret
- Bacon
- Cooking Trays
- Kitchen Paper
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ANOTHER good/great way to fry bacon is in the microwave oven. Be sure to cover with a paper towel to keep the splatters at bay. A "special microwave skillet" is made especially for this purpose. It is IDEAL! It is ramped for grease run-off and has built-in "grills" for non-sticking and a trough to catch the grease. I've been using mine for 28 years, and it is still as good as new. It only takes a few minutes to cook a half-pound of bacon.. I LOVE it.........you will too........(I'm SURE!) ~~DAVEEN
January 12 2013 at 5:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyACCKSSS!! I am in love with BACON! I love everything to do with bacon being cooked, grilled or whatever. BUT what is the difference of those 3 or 4 bacons being showed? Why was it panned with 2 pans? How to time it in different ways for different purpsoes? Therefore the show still needs to be subtitled! Thanks.
March 12 2012 at 12:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhe never said how long to cook it for !!
March 11 2012 at 9:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCooking Bacon in oven sounds great, what time and what tempreture? Please.
March 11 2012 at 9:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBacon...a gift from the Food gods...I switched from pan frying and went to oven 340-345 degrees for 18-20 minutes - comes out yummy everytime...
March 11 2012 at 8:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDid you know that if you have 2 overlapping cookie sheets of bacon in the oven and one hangs up on the other during removal, causing the pan to tip hot bacon grease into your oven, a flash fireball while ensue? You CAN, however, smother said fireball by closing the oven door. Or so I've heard. X-D
March 11 2012 at 8:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBBQ is great. Low (watch for flair-ups) or indirect heat.
March 11 2012 at 8:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow long do you cook it in the oven?
March 11 2012 at 7:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou didn't say how long to leave it in oven.
jdeard5400@aol.com....would LOVE to cook bacon without the mess!!!!
Why wouldn't you give the time amount to cook the bacon?
March 11 2012 at 5:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGet our latest tips in your inbox
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