Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
Place bacon onto parchment, laying rashers side by side in a uniform manner.
Transfer to oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove tray from oven. Using tongs, carefully flip rashers over. Drain away excess bacon grease. Sprinkle bacon with black pepper and blue cheese. Return to oven and bake until crispy, about 8 minutes. Add a couple minutes more to adjust to your desired level of crispiness. Total time between 18 - 20 minutes.
Remove from oven. Transfer bacon with tongs to a paper towel-lined plate to drain excess fat. Transfer to plate or platter and serve immediately.
Oven-baked Crispy Bacon
Ingredients
1½ pound thick-cut bacon
¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
Place bacon onto parchment, laying rashers side by side in a uniform manner.
Transfer to oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove tray from oven. Using tongs, carefully flip rashers over. Drain away excess bacon grease. Sprinkle bacon with black pepper and blue cheese. Return to oven and bake until crispy, about 8 minutes. Add a couple minutes more to adjust to your desired level of crispiness. Total time between 18 - 20 minutes.
Remove from oven. Transfer bacon with tongs to a paper towel-lined plate to drain excess fat. Transfer to plate or platter and serve immediately.
Oven-baked Crispy Bacon
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Thick-sliced bacon cooked crispy in the oven, topped with freshly cracked black pepper and crumbled blue cheese…
Ready to up your bacon game? Try this OVEN-BAKED CRISPY BACON recipe!
Pretty much every meat-eater loves bacon, but raise your hand if you prefer it in a sandwich like a BLT or triple-decker club. Same! Now, how about the pleasing, smoky flavour of bacon worked into salads (think: COBB), potatoes (think: FULLY LOADED BAKED POTATOES) or soup (think: CORN CHOWDER). It’s a resounding yes, yes and yes!
Well good news, our tried-and-true method for OVEN-BAKED CRISPY BACON yields a crispy, crunchy result every time. But wait, there’s more! Read on to discover our nifty little flavour upgrade that takes this bacon from simple to amazing!
Here’s why this recipe works:
Cooking bacon in the oven is far neater than preparing it on the stovetop in a non-stick pan or cast iron skillet.
Using the oven frees up prime space on the stovetop for you to make an OMELETTE or EGGS IN THE HOLE at the same time.
Preparing oven-baked bacon ensures the fat renders, leaving the bacon super crispy.
You can adjust our cook time on this recipe to the desired level of crispiness, with the total time coming in at only 18 – 20 minutes.
Here’s the deal on OVEN-BAKED CRISPY BACON:
INGREDIENTS
Let’s hear it for a three-ingredient recipe – love that! We suggest having extra quantities of the bacon and blue cheese on hand. Why? Because this recipe is so easy and so delicious, your weekend guests will be requesting more, guaranteed. Best to be ready in case a big batch is in order!
THICK-SLICED BACON
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. For this recipe, we suggest using pork belly strips, referred to in Canada and the U.S. as “side bacon” or “streaky bacon”. That said, this technique will also work with other types of bacon. Try it with back bacon, a leaner kind of bacon cut from the loin that is popular in the U.K. and Ireland; collar bacon, cut from the back of the pig’s head; or cottage bacon, a lean cut from a boneless pork shoulder. No matter which you use, make sure it’s thick-sliced so the bacon cooks evenly and crisps up without burnt edges.
SHEET PAN
As mentioned off the top, cooking bacon in the oven is much cleaner than the traditional stovetop method; no splattering, thus less mess. All you’ll need for this recipe is a sheet pan or rimmed baking sheet to arrange the bacon slices in a single layer, ensuring they cook evenly.
In our VIDEO for this recipe, we instruct you to line the sheet pan with parchment paper to reduce the browned bits clinging to the pan. You can also use aluminium foil if you’re looking for a quick clean-up. Just place wire racks on a foil-lined baking sheet and it’ll work perfectly.
BLUE CHEESE & BLACK PEPPER
After spending two days determining our winning flavour combinations for CLASSIC DEVILED EGGS, adding blue cheese to this bacon recipe just felt right. To make things easier, we suggest you follow our lead and purchase the blue cheese already crumbled. Look for containers of crumbled blue cheese in the dairy section of your local grocery store. Also, before adding the cheese, please remember to use tongs to turn the bacon over, – that grease is HOT!
Now, experience tells me not everyone loves blue cheese (makes me sad, but there you have it) so feel free to try the recipe with a light sprinkle of aged cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack or Parmesan. Last thing, sprinkling the cheesy, crispy bacon with the fragrant, spicy kick of freshly ground black pepper is sensational. Do not forget this step.
ENJOY
Bacon is perhaps one of the most popular meat side dishes ever, but you’ll still be amazed at how flavourful it is prepared this way. Serve it next to our EASY BAKED EGGS or our BROCCOLI CHEDDAR QUICHE. It’s also perfect to add to salads, sammies, potato dishes and soups, as mentioned above.
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Ingredients
1½ pound thick-cut bacon
¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
Place bacon onto parchment, laying rashers side by side in a uniform manner.
Transfer to oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove tray from oven. Using tongs, carefully flip rashers over. Drain away excess bacon grease. Sprinkle bacon with black pepper and blue cheese. Return to oven and bake until crispy, about 8 minutes. Add a couple minutes more to adjust to your desired level of crispiness. Total time between 18 - 20 minutes.
Remove from oven. Transfer bacon with tongs to a paper towel-lined plate to drain excess fat. Transfer to plate or platter and serve immediately.
