Bacon

I have a friend who was ready to swear off bacon.

I know, the horror!

But a bunch of FB buddies stepped in and suggested

said friend try cooking it in the oven.

And since we had bacon that night for dinner, I thought I'd take some 

photos to demonstrate how I do it.

I preheat the oven to 400 - some people prefer to put the bacon in

the oven cold, but ours takes a long time to heat up, so I preheat it for bacon.

Then I grab some foil and make some 'boats'.

I make sure that each boat has a tall side, to keep as much of the fat in as possible.

 

I have a really large sheet pan, and I can fit a whole package of bacon on like this,

with three boats:

 When I use a smaller pan, I generally make only two boats.

Then I cook it around 12 minutes, until it's a little crispy.

 I don't think you can really see in this picture very well how much fat there

is left in the pan, but it kinda pooled on the right side.

I don't wash it right away - I wait a little while so the fat will harden/set a little.

That way, I can just ball up the foil and toss it in the garbage.

And the pan is pretty clean and doesn't require any scraping, just a quick wash by hand.

Mmmm...now I wish I bought bacon this week.