Cooking bacon in the oven creates perfectly crispy, delicious bacon. It's also super easy, creates less mess, and allows you to multitask in the kitchen. Watch the video below to see how easy it is!
Recipe by Lisa Bryan on January 15, 2020
Prep time: PT5M
Cook time: PT15M
Total time: PT20M
Rating
4.94 stars (351 reviews)
Keywords
cooking bacon in the oven, how to cook bacon in the oven, oven baked bacon
Ingredients
8 bacon slices
Categories
Snack
Cuisine
American
Steps
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Line a baking tray with parchment paper, then place the bacon side-by-side on the tray.
Cook the bacon for 10 to 20 minutes or until it's reached your desired level of crispiness. Make sure to check on it after about 10 minutes, as some ovens cook faster. Remove the tray from the oven and transfer the bacon with tongs to a paper towel-lined plate.
If you're rendering the bacon fat, line a fine mesh sieve with a paper towel. Then place the sieve over a glass storage container and pour the bacon fat from the sheet tray into the sieve. Cover the glass storage container and place it in the refrigerator for future cooking needs.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 2 slices of bacon
Calories: 183 kcal
Carbohydrates: 1 g
Protein: 6 g
Fat: 17 g
Saturated Fat: 6 g
Trans Fat: 0.1 g
Cholesterol: 29 mg
Sodium: 291 mg
Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
Reviews
Nicolette on 2025-07-26 (5 stars): First time trying bacon in the oven and wow, best I've ever had! My bacon was very thin (low sodium) and I had to cut in half because I only have a small sheet pan. I sprinkled with light brown sugar and black pepper. Perfectly cooked bacon in about 12-13 minutes! I don't like mine super crispy and I kept checking on them every 5 minutes because I was worried about them burning. Thank you for the recipe. <3
Sean on 2025-07-26 (5 stars): Thank you. This was helpful information.
Rose on 2025-07-22 (5 stars): Worked like a charm!! I lined a sheet pan with tin foil, added the bacon, took a piece of parchment paper, balled it up, smoothed the paper out and placed it on top of the uncooked bacon per a review by Nana McDaniel. No splattering and easy clean up. It took about 13 minutes in my toaster oven. Thanks for posting!
Janice Pinney on 2025-07-21 (5 stars): Perfectly done and tastes great!
Audrey V on 2025-07-16 (5 stars): Best ever! I like very crispy and found I need to do 20 minutes in our oven.
Cindy on 2025-07-14 (5 stars): Great way to cook bacon. It also freezes really well and crisps up in the microwave in paper towel in about 30-45 seconds.
Rebecca Ledford on 2025-07-11 (5 stars): I fixed our first time bacon in the oven, it was delicious and so easy to do, thank you for sharing 💯👏🏻
Natalie on 2025-06-28 (5 stars): Finally gave this a try, absolutely incredible! I truly thought bacon was going to splatter all over the oven and become a cleaning nightmare. I'm never cleaning the stove top again.
JEANA on 2025-06-24 (5 stars): I bought an industrial restaurant quality pan on Amazon. It's thicker, larger and heavier then your ordinary cookie sheet. I find I use it often for everything.
