S/O Bacon

pmarie33

How do you cook your meat candy?

Jenball717

I usually fry it because the oven takes too long even though I can drain it more easily that way. I want my meat candy NOW!

hlb622

I used to fry in a pan, but I hate that the whole entire house smells like bacon afterward. So now I only do it in the oven.

jnsmith85

On the griddle, and then we always do eggs right after while the bacon grease is nice and hot! Easy to drain and clean!

ballygirl

I've never actually cooked bacon, although I do like bacon. I don't usually eat much for breakfast and if I am in the rare mood for something more elaborate than cereal with fruit, I usually go out to a diner or something. DH doesn't eat bacon so I would never cook it just for myself.

tashad18

Oven or frying pan.

shelley1002

In the oven, it melts in your mouth that way.  I think its a little tough and chewy when cooked on the grill.

jennlin

Jenball717 said:

I usually fry it because the oven takes too long even though I can drain it more easily that way. I want my meat candy NOW!

this exactly.

lstein5

Occasionally the oven but 95% of the time I cook it in the cast iron pan and I also tend to cook the eggs or potatoes in the leftover fat. I like the added benefit of the bacon fat keeping my cast iron well seasoned too!

taylormarie923

Oven. Rachel Ray told me to.

bkeane619

I nuke it, then I only have to clean paper towels and a plate. If I were to serve it for people other than my family I would fry or bake.

taylormarie923

bkeane619 said:

I nuke it, then I only have to clean paper towels and a plate. If I were to serve it for people other than my family I would fry or bake.

I wrap everything in tin foil because I'm lazy. I never wash my baking sheets.

shelley1002

crunchymama11 said:

How do you cook bacon in the oven? And what is the benefit?

Lay it out on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 or 375 for about 30-40 minutes, flipping halfway through.  No real benefit besides no grease splatter all over the stovetop.

You can put a wire cooking rack on the cookie sheet and lay the bacon out on the rack.  Gets crispy and all the grease drips off so you have the great taste of bacon but not all the fat and grease.

jennlin

crunchymama11 said:

How do you cook bacon in the oven? And what is the benefit?

it's prettier. it lays straight, doesn't curl. and low maintenance. we put the bacon in the oven first, then make waffles, eggs, etc (back when i can eat these things), and when that was done, so was bacon..no tending to it over the stove.

jennlin

crunchymama11 said:

Thanks ladies! Except I don't like crispy bacon so I'll continue to cook on the stove. Plus bacon grease is good to fry up some home fries.

i don't like crispy bacon either. it doesn't crisp up unless you put it in there too long. the bacon sits in the grease in the cookie sheet, and i just pour that into my pan to cook with.

Jalee85

I almost always use the George Foreman now, perfect results every time!

skyla13

I use the oven, but I think everyone needs a bacon wave...

megs1409

We don't cook bacon in the house as I don't like the entire house smelling like bacon. So, I guess the answer to the question would be the restaurant!

bkeane619

Let it be known. I am currently using the @beernifer‌ method of preparation to change from nuking to baking. I will report back.

bkeane619

Final report. Deft messier than microwave but it worked well. I pulled it a little before too crisp for me.

jennlin

bkeane619 said:

Final report. Deft messier than microwave but it worked well. I pulled it a little before too crisp for me.

i do 325, and i have no idea for how long..but probably about 20 minutes. i like floppity bacon.

skyla13

@bkeane619‌ did you use parchment paper on the pan? That will save tons of the mess.

bkeane619

skyla13 said:

@bkeane619‌ did you use parchment paper on the pan? That will save tons of the mess.

I used aluminum foil

pmarie33

We use this microwave bacon tray.  I like my bacon wavy.  

pmarie33

pmarie33 said:

We use this microwave bacon tray.  I like my bacon wavy.  

Of course the tray doesn't come out of the microwave looking like this.