Cooking Bacon

[mattkime]

ztirffritz wrote:
I always thought that bacon was done in a frying pan. Once I realized it could be made on a cookie sheet in the oven I never looked back. WAY easier.

No reason why you can't save the bacon grease either.

[freeradical]

Can bacon be boiled like peanuts?

[NewtonMP2100]

….oven so you don’t have to cleanup the grease splatter……..all over the top of stove…….

[JoeH]

freeradical wrote:
Can bacon be boiled like peanuts?

Funny you should ask. Son came across a method that starts with simmering the bacon for a bit, then pan frying. That renders off a bit of the fat, and the lean meat doesn't dry out as much.

[Maddog]

When cooking on the stove, I like to use the stock pot. Easy to fry up and no splatter. The oven is good, especially if you have cooling racks that fit into your jelly roll pan. This elevates the cooking bacon and then you can deal with the rendered fat however you choose. I also like this same set up on the grill to get the mess and smell outside.

[Bill in NC]

Microwave.

Quick and since I do not like my bacon crispy (often cremated when out to eat) no downside there.

[wurm]

I also like this same set up on the grill to get the mess and smell outside.

Mess, yeah, but why on Earth would you want that smell outside?

[mrbigstuff]

Doesn't the nuked bacon splatter?

Oven here

[SteveG]

as opposed to 'makin bacon'?

[rgG]

I miss bacon.

My dad made the best. He did it on the stovetop and had a little screen cover to help with grease splatter.
His was the perfect amount of crispy but still bendy. Just perfect.

When I made my own, I had one of those special microwave bacon cooking trays and it worked well.
A couple of paper towels over the strips held down the splatter.