Bacon Chips, Easy Oven Recipe - Healthy Recipes Blog (2024)

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Is it better to bake bacon at 350 or 400? ›

Bacon should be cooked at 400°F.

Medium-thick bacon slices will need 18 to 20 minutes to reach the perfect level of crispiness. But check the bacon at 10 minutes, and adjust your cooking time to your preferred degree of doneness.

Step 1Preheat oven to 200°C (180ºC fan) and line a large baking tray with foil. If using, line a wire rack on your baking tray. Lay bacon in a single layer onto baking tray or cooling rack, making sure not to overlap. Step 2Bake until your desired crispness, 15 to 25 minutes.

Place the bacon in a cold oven, and set the oven temperature to 375°F. Bake the bacon in the oven for 15-20 minutes total. If you are doing more than one pan of bacon, rotate sheet pans from top to bottom halfway through. If you are not using a baking rack, flip the bacon strips halfway through cooking.

I top one or two rimmed baking sheet pans with sheets of parchment and a row of bacon slices, then bake them at 400°F for 15 minutes. It's just as simple and efficient as it was at the hotel.

Regular, thin-cut bacon will typically bake in 12 minutes at 400 degrees F. If you want it extra crispy, you can let it bake a little longer, but keep a close eye on it. For Thick-Cut Bacon. Thicker bacon will take 14 to 20 minutes, depending upon your thickness and how crisp you would like it to be.

use parchment paper for easy clean up; I don't recommend aluminum foil as the bacon tends to stick to it; the thicker the bacon, the longer the cooking time; adjust accordingly; save the bacon grease and use it in place of oil in other dishes.

Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil, making sure the pan is completely covered. Check that the foil extends up the sides of the pan so it captures all the bacon grease and cleanup is easier. Arrange the bacon strips on the prepared baking sheet, or on the rack if you're using one.

Healthy ways to cook bacon

One splatter-free method that Martha Stewart swears by is cooking the bacon on parchment paper in the oven. Stewart recommends heating the oven to 400 degrees. Next, place a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and space bacon evenly on top of the paper (don't let the pieces overlap).

It's so incredibly simple! Just preheat oven to 375°F, and arrange your bacon on a slotted pan (like Rach's!) and bake to crisp for 15 to 18 minutes. (Again, if you don't have a slotted pan, Rach says you can make your own by putting a wire cooling rack on top of a baking sheet with a rim.)

Do you flip bacon when cooking in oven? ›

Transfer pan to 400F (205C) preheated oven and bake on the center rack for 15-20 minutes (this is for classic-cut bacon, thick-cut bacon will likely take longer), flipping the bacon halfway through (see note). Cool for several minutes and then carefully transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Enjoy!

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay the bacon slices on the baking sheet. Cook the bacon for 10 to 20 minutes or until it's as crispy as you'd like.

Don't set your temperature too high.

Many oven-baked bacon recipes call for a high temperature but keep in mind those recipes preheat their oven first and are not slowly warming their bacon over time. Slow and low is the name of the game here.

In my experience, using the convection baking setting bakes the bacon faster than the standard baking setting. Either one is fine and will give you perfectly crisp bacon but you just may need to continue to bake the bacon longer after coming to temperature if using the standard baking setting.

Bacon cooks best low and slow. Whether on the stove or in the oven, don't cook it at a temperature that's too high or you risk uneven cooking, or worse, burned bacon. It's not worth rushing, so plan accordingly.

Nope! You don't have to flip it while cooking. You just lay the bacon on a baking sheet, stick it in the oven, and set a timer. The strips of bacon bubble away in the oven (no splattering!) and gradually become the crispy, golden-hued, irresistible bacon we know and love.

This from Cindy Capps Lepp: Lay a layer of foil over the bacon; this will keep grease from spitting all over the oven. Remove the foil for the last few minutes of cooking for "final crisping." Cleanup is a snap.

Additionally, covering bacon can lead to excess moisture buildup, which may result in soggy or rubbery bacon rather than the desired crispy texture. I'm not sure what others do but I don't. I lay the bacon out flat on a cookie sheet (I fill the pan) and bake it at about 400 degrees for about 20–25 minutes.