How to Cook Bacon in the Oven With Aluminum Foil
Cook bacon in the oven with aluminum foil for perfectly crispy, evenly cooked slices with less mess and easy cleanup. This simple method requires no flipping and works for regular or thick-cut bacon.
Ingredients
- 1 # bacon or however much you need to cook!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a sheet pan with aluminum foil.
- Lay bacon slices onto sheet pan so they are not touching. More than one pan may be needed.
- Place sheet pan on the middle rack of your oven. Bake for 12-20 minutes until bacon is done. If doing multiple pans, rotate them about halfway through cooking.
- Remove from the oven and place bacon slices on paper towels to remove excess grease.
Notes
- Timing will vary depending on thickness of bacon and your oven which is why the cooking time range is so broad. Start checking the bacon at 12 minutes and keep baking until dark golden and crispy.
- Regular-cut bacon: Start checking around 12 minutes.
- Extra-crispy bacon: Let it bake a little longer, checking every couple of minutes so it doesn't burn.
- Thick-cut bacon: Start checking around 16 minutes.
