Oven-Fried Bacon

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 1998, America's Test Kitchen TV

For perfectly crisp, evenly cooked bacon with no hassle, use the oven instead of the frying pan.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 30 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our oven-fried bacon recipe is a revelation. Cooking bacon in the oven has many advantages. First, the oven gives you a larger margin of error (a couple of minutes) than the skillet when it comes to timing. Second, the oven cooks the bacon ...

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