How do you cook bacon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw a hack to cook on the stove in a skillet in water, but never tried it.

We cook four lbs a week of thick cut bacon from Costco. We do it for 15-18 minutes a side at 375. We have a specific cookie sheet for this. It also sits on top of a cookie rack so it allows the fat to drip away which we save for other cooking.

What? We do 17-18 minutes total, in the oven. At 18 minutes it has not dark burned spots but it's so crisp it turns to delicious hearty bacon ash when you bite into it (my preferred crispness). You must be eating charred nothing by doubling the time.

The bacon browns on both sides when we flip it in the oven.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is a "carby snack"? A pear?

+1. I love bacon as much as the next person, but I’ve never heard it described as healthier than a carby snack. How is it healthier?

It is pure protein. A Carby snack is like chips or cookies. Nope, let me snack on two or three pieces of bacon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is a "carby snack"? A pear?

+1. I love bacon as much as the next person, but I’ve never heard it described as healthier than a carby snack. How is it healthier?

It is pure protein. A Carby snack is like chips or cookies. Nope, let me snack on two or three pieces of bacon.

No it’s not. It’s high protein but Almost 70% of the calories from bacon come from fat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is a "carby snack"? A pear?

+1. I love bacon as much as the next person, but I’ve never heard it described as healthier than a carby snack. How is it healthier?

It is pure protein. A Carby snack is like chips or cookies. Nope, let me snack on two or three pieces of bacon.

TIL cooked bacon has no fat, only protein

[Anonymous]

In the oven, rimmed baking sheet, no cooling rack, no flipping.

[Anonymous]

What a great thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is a "carby snack"? A pear?

+1. I love bacon as much as the next person, but I’ve never heard it described as healthier than a carby snack. How is it healthier?

It is pure protein. A Carby snack is like chips or cookies. Nope, let me snack on two or three pieces of bacon.

TIL cooked bacon has no fat, only protein

It's basically the leanest meat you can eat. Ground turkey lovers should be grinding up bacon instead.

[Anonymous]

In the oven on a sheetpan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is a "carby snack"? A pear?

+1. I love bacon as much as the next person, but I’ve never heard it described as healthier than a carby snack. How is it healthier?

It is pure protein. A Carby snack is like chips or cookies. Nope, let me snack on two or three pieces of bacon.

TIL cooked bacon has no fat, only protein

It's basically the leanest meat you can eat. Ground turkey lovers should be grinding up bacon instead.

If indeed cooked bacon had no fat at all it would be leaner than ground turkey.

Of course in reality cooked bacon is about 50% fat by weight and is not leaner than ground turkey.

[Anonymous]

Fat is not bad for you! The worst foods are labeled “low fat”. Plus all the processed foods that contain sugar.

I don’t have high cholesterol or a fatty liver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw a hack to cook on the stove in a skillet in water, but never tried it.

We cook four lbs a week of thick cut bacon from Costco. We do it for 15-18 minutes a side at 375. We have a specific cookie sheet for this. It also sits on top of a cookie rack so it allows the fat to drip away which we save for other cooking.

What? We do 17-18 minutes total, in the oven. At 18 minutes it has not dark burned spots but it's so crisp it turns to delicious hearty bacon ash when you bite into it (my preferred crispness). You must be eating charred nothing by doubling the time.

The bacon browns on both sides when we flip it in the oven.

It browns on both sides, without flipping, by 17 minutes at 375 in my oven. It is inedibly burnt and has to be thrown in the trash if it's in for 20 minutes. I have no idea how the laws of thermodynamics have been suspended in your house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw a hack to cook on the stove in a skillet in water, but never tried it.

We cook four lbs a week of thick cut bacon from Costco. We do it for 15-18 minutes a side at 375. We have a specific cookie sheet for this. It also sits on top of a cookie rack so it allows the fat to drip away which we save for other cooking.

What? We do 17-18 minutes total, in the oven. At 18 minutes it has not dark burned spots but it's so crisp it turns to delicious hearty bacon ash when you bite into it (my preferred crispness). You must be eating charred nothing by doubling the time.

The bacon browns on both sides when we flip it in the oven.

It browns on both sides, without flipping, by 17 minutes at 375 in my oven. It is inedibly burnt and has to be thrown in the trash if it's in for 20 minutes. I have no idea how the laws of thermodynamics have been suspended in your house.

It is very thick cut bacon.

[Anonymous]

In the oven, 400, on a sheet pan lined with parchment for about 20 minutes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I do a cookie sheet with a cooling rack on top. 400 for 15-20 min depending on the cut. It’s so easy and little to no mess.

Same. I think for a little bit of bacon I like doing it in the skillet, but these days if I’m making it, it’s for four or more people and the oven is so easy.

Plus 1. Oven works so well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do a cookie sheet with a cooling rack on top. 400 for 15-20 min depending on the cut. It’s so easy and little to no mess.

I found this method far too messy. Cleaning the cooling rack is an absolute pain. Like others, we now cook on parchment sometimes flip, sometimes not. You don’t really need to.