How to fry bacon
Pan-fry bacon over medium heat for about 8–12 min (start in a cold pan, single layer; turn as needed), until it is as crisp as you like. Treat the time as a starting point: piece thickness, your pan and how hot your burner runs all change it, so go by the color and the cue rather than the clock.
- Heat
- Medium heat
- Method
- Pan fry
- Starting time
- 8–12 minstart in a cold pan, single layer; turn as needed
- Piece size
- strips, not overlapping
- Done when
- it is as crisp as you like
Numbers from Food Network: How to Cook Bacon. Celsius values are rounded.
Getting it right
- Lay the strips in a cold skillet without overlapping. Do not preheat the pan and do not add oil; the bacon renders its own fat.
- Set the burner to medium. Starting cold lets the fat render slowly so the strips cook evenly.
- Turn the strips as needed until they are as crisp as you like, 8 to 12 minutes.
- Drain well on a paper-towel-lined plate.