BAE-con Is Therapy

We all love the delicious taste of crispy and salty bacon. Bacon is everywhere—elevating the humble breakfast eggs and toast, and even the sweet stuff like pancakes or waffles. However, different people swear their best way to prepare this life therapy bites depending on what’s important to you—speed of cooking, the volume of bacon prepared, or just crispy fatty goodness in every bite.  While most people just know the faster way of laying strips on a microwave, those more sophisticated in the kitchen, know what dry oven heat or grilling on a skillet can do for these tasty morsels. Whichever way you prefer make sure you have a love affair with Farmers Choice sexy, luscious bacon.

BEST WAY TO COOK BACON– BAKEN IN OVEN vs COOK IN CAST IRON SKILLET

1.BAKEN IN OVEN

Cooking bacon in the oven surpasses all other methods when you have a lot of it to prepare. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and place your bacon strips right onto a cookie sheet and put it in your oven—for easier clean up you can wrap the cookie sheet tightly with tin foil. Cook for between 12-15 minutes or longer, depending on desired crispiness. Place bacon on paper towel to soak remaining grease. Discard newspaper.

Only advantage I see with the oven method is that you can crumble some brown sugar over it and make candied bacon.

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1. COOK IN CAST IRON SKILLET

Nothing beats cooking bacon in a cast iron skillet. Place your strips down on a large piece of heavy-duty handy cast-iron griddle—put it on your grill, and close the top. Cook for about five to seven minutes, flip and cook a little longer. The bacon fats contribute to the seasoning of the skillet’s surface. A win-win