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How to Batch Cook and Freeze Bacon.

By The Busy Budgeter | 14 Comments | This post may contain affiliate links

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How to Batch Cook and Freeze Bacon. Omg, Completely agree! My cousin taught me this trick and I couldn't believe how easy it was to make a giant batch of bacon. It's easier to do this than just to make a few slices for breakfast! We keep a gallon bag in the freezer now and add it to EVERYTHING. Soups, salads, breakfast... easy oven bacon means happy husband. :)

I’m about to take you from mundane dinner prepper to gourmet chef in no time at all. I can get you a freezer full of delicious bacon, on the cheap, cooked and ready to eat or crumble to add to all of your favorite dishes. In fact, if you bake up a few pounds of bacon in the oven during dinner tonight, you’ll be set with bacon for months!

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When I switched to all freezer cooking (which was life changing!), one of Jon’s favorite parts of it was having bits of crumbled bacon added to almost everything. It took no extra time for me at all to make a basic side dish into something that looked like Martha Stewart whipped up. The only rule is that you can’t tell your family you didn’t fry bacon from scratch to sprinkle in their salads. In fact, I would mention the extra effort involved several times in hopes that they’ll clean up from dinner while you take a bubble bath. All’s fair in love and dishes.

We freeze bacon all the time now. We buy it in sale and batch cook it all in one night. 

Try Bacon in your Mashed Potatoes, Macaroni and Cheese, Salads, Breakfast Sandwiches, Eggs, Potato Salad, Steak, Pasta Salad, English Muffins, Sautéed Veggies, Burgers, and Sandwiches.

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Freezer Friendly Batch Bacon
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
45 mins
 
Bacon freezes beautifully! Cook up a few batches at time and freeze for an easy breakfast or a quick supplement to other dishes.
Author: Rosemarie Groner
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Serves: 1 pound
Ingredients
  • Packages of Bacon (I use 5 at a time, do as many or as few as you want)
  • Freezer Bags (Gallon Sized Preferred)
Instructions
  1. Preheat Oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line Baking Pans with foil to make clean up easier.
  3. Line the bacon in a single layer (I scrunch them together a bit to fit 1 package on each pan) in the
  4. bacon pans. You can usually fit 2 pans of bacon in the oven at a time.
  5. Bake for 20 to 40 minutes (depending on the thickness of your bacon and how crispy you like it).
  6. Let cool on paper towel lines plates.
  7. Line a baking pan with wax paper, a layer of bacon, another sheet of wax paper, and another layer of bacon, repeating these steps until all of the bacon is on wax paper. Cover with wax paper and freeze in freezer for a minimum of 2-3 hours (or overnight).
  8. Transfer the frozen bacon to a gallon sized freezer bag(s). This ensures that you can grab just a slice or two without having all of the slices frozen together. Freeze for up to 4 months.
  9. To Thaw: Either thaw in fridge overnight or microwave for 30 seconds from frozen. Crumble or enjoy whole!
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Once you fall in love with the convenience of frozen bacon, head over here to learn about freezer batch cooking, and say goodbye to the nightly dinner stress forever!

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Comments

  1. Billie says

    February 3 at 4:34 pm

    This is indeed how i make my bacon nowadays ! I LOVE the no grease mess & easy clean up! Have you tried seasoning your bacon before baking? Sometimes we do fresh, ground, black pepper or have done a little brown sugar on before cooking! Yum! Endless options!

    Reply
    • The Busy Budgeter says

      February 8 at 3:21 am

      How have I never thought to season bacon?!? Well, I guess we know what I’m doing in the morning!

      Reply
  2. BRIER says

    September 9 at 1:12 pm

    So, I’ve tried several times to cook bacon in the oven and, although the bacon turns out fantastic, my oven/house gets filled with smoke when the bacon splatters while cooking. Any tips??

    Reply
    • The Busy Budgeter says

      September 24 at 5:44 pm

      Hi Brier! One thing you can do is try to use a deeper pan and possibly a little less bacon per pan. (I know, I know, less bacon is a horrible thing!) There are commercially available splatter screens that you can find, but all I can find are round shapes. You could try a set like these, and layer them over the baking sheet. Splatter Screens

      Reply
  3. Queannah says

    September 14 at 10:57 am

    I’ve been baking bacon for years now. When I bake it I also use cooling racks (I use cheap ones from the Dollar Tree) to bake it on so more grease drips off. Trying to make bacon a little more healthy (If that’s possible). My husband loves to eat bacon and eggs every weekend for breakfast. I never thought to freeze it. Then My house will only smell like bacon once instead of every weekend. Have you ever just had the thawed bacon on it’s own, not crumbled or on a burger? How is it?

    Reply
  4. Deb says

    March 4 at 4:29 pm

    Hi

    Sounds amazing such a time saver!! When you reheat the bacon does it stay as crispy as it was before you freeze it?

    Reply
    • The Busy Budgeter says

      March 4 at 4:59 pm

      It totally does! 🙂

      Reply
      • Deb says

        March 5 at 4:19 pm

        Great!! Thanks

        Reply
  5. Natalie says

    May 18 at 6:17 pm

    Is it easy for the bacon to break in the freezer?

    Reply
  6. Judy says

    January 6 at 1:51 pm

    Do you have to turn the bacon half way through baking?

    Reply
    • Scott says

      May 6 at 7:56 pm

      Nope it will cook evenly.

      Reply
  7. Nick says

    August 4 at 6:16 pm

    Can you cover the baking pan with foil to prevent splatter?

    Reply
  8. Willie says

    October 11 at 10:10 am

    One other thing, don’t waste that bacon grease. After it cools a bit pour it through a fine strainer into a sealable glass jar and keep it in the fridge.

    Voila! Bacon butter.

    You can use bacon butter to add that bacon smoky flavor to dishes. I add it when popping popcorn. Drizzle with some real maple syrup and you got some maple-bacon popcorn.

    Reply
  9. Kat says

    April 9 at 9:25 am

    Not a huge bacon fan—too salty for my taste. But! I LOVE bacon grease to cook with! Grew up watching grandma make homemade gravy with bacon grease. YUM! Put a teaspoon of grease into green beans for a delicious flavor. And nothing beats fried potatoes fried in bacon grease! The other thing I always hated was the mess all over the stove when you had to clean up the splatters. I will have to try this. Sound cleaner, less work, hubby gets his bacon and I can have my grease. Perfect!

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