Easy, No-Mess Oven Bacon

This is the easiest bacon you'll ever make -- no mess, no splatter, and barely any clean up. It's also really easy to save the grease for cooking later, thanks to the parchment paper.

Just a note: Do NOT preheat the oven. Starting with a cold oven is what makes this work.

What you'll need:

• Parchment paper
• Bacon
• A pan
• An oven

1. Tear off a piece of parchment paper slightly bigger than how much bacon you're cooking. Cover the pan with it, and arrange bacon so that the pieces aren't overlapping.



Sugar-free bacon! This is the Gwaltney brand.



2. Place pan of bacon in cold (not preheated) oven. Turn oven on to 400F (204C). If you're using a Celsuis oven, please tell me how your bacon turned out!



3. Set a timer for 17 minutes (pictured is the meat thermometer I use, without the probe). Go take a shower, get dressed, etc.


4. At the end of 17 minutes: not quite done. I usually need to add 2 more minutes, but I always check at 17 minutes because I really don't like burnt bacon.


5. After a total of 19 minutes: perfect, mess-free, chewy bacon. If you prefer a crunchy texture, leave it in a bit longer -- about 2 minutes, depending on your oven. To save the grease, just transfer the bacon to a plate, lift the corners of the parchment paper (so the grease pools in the middle) and tilt the paper over your storage container. The grease will easily slide off the paper and into your container.


That's it! If you use this method, please comment below and tell me what you think. =)