Large Batch Oven-Cooked Bacon

The easiest way to make a lot of bacon at once is to oven cook! Here are all the tips to make chewy or crispy bacon (to your liking) for a crowd in the oven with no mess and no stress.

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Course: Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: large batch bacon, oven-cooked bacon

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 19

Calories: 160kcal

Author: Erica

Servings: 16 people

Equipment

Ingredients

4 lbs bacon

Instructions

Heat oven to 400℉.
Line bake sheets with parchment paper or foil.
Lay bacon strips on the bake sheet - as many as will fit but not overlapping.
Bake bacon in the oven at 400℉ for 20-30 minutes until bacon is cooked to your liking (chewy or, with more time, crispy).
Remove sheets from the oven. Carefully transfer bacon to a hotel pan or serving tray.
Carefully pour off bacon grease off the sheets into a large, sturdy pot to cool.
If cooking more bacon, proceed with the next batch. It is not necessary to re-line the sheets with more parchment paper every batch but may be necessary after 3 or 4 batches.

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