How to cook frozen bacon in the oven, stovetop or air fryer is here. Easy way to cook meat from frozen to get it crispy and cooked thru. Quick breakfast idea you’ll love.
In a pinch and wondering how to cook frozen bacon? We have an easy kitchen hack of cooking frozen meat to get it cooked thru and crispy crunchy all over. Less grease too baking it in the oven where it drips away as it cooks. Best way to make sheet pan bacon ever. (affiliate links present, originally published 2/22)
Baking and air frying are often deemed the healthiest ways to cook frozen bacon as they aid in reducing excess fat as it drips off during cooking.
How to Cook Bacon From Frozen
This is vital to oven baked bacon as you don’t want them to overlap or else the pieces underneath won’t get browned. Same goes for making air fryer candied bacon, separate is key. Now you need a way to keep them off of the baking sheet. Why??? This way all sides will get crispy AND the grease will drain away from the meat!
You could call this a wire rack, or cooling rack. I use them for both. When I bake cookies I put them on these so they can cool nicely without staying and overcooking on the cookie sheet. That is really the gist of things. I mean how easy can that really be?
How to Defrost Bacon
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Cover baking sheet with aluminum foil and wire rack goes on the top.
- Thawing frozen bacon is easy; Unwrap and place bacon in the microwave for 30 seconds, flip the bacon over, and again cook for 30 seconds. You should be able to separate the bacon pieces easily now with a knife.
- Alternatively to thaw bacon enough you could use defrost setting, defrost bacon in the fridge for a few hours, just enough to pull the pieces apart, or put package for about 20 minutes into cold water until softened.
- Lay separated slices of bacon on rack and bake in the oven for about 30-40 minutes. Timing will depend on how crispy you want it and how thick your slices are.
- If using a frying pan start cooking on low heat until it’s warmed, then turn up to get it crispier.
If using a pan have a paper towel lined plate available since the grease won’t drain away that way. Remove and serve with egg bites or crumble and add into your Crockpot breakfast casserole for the morning!
Click the link above to follow those directions, it turns out great. We love pig so much we buy it online in bulk. This helps with the number of times I have to go to the store, and when you find great deals I can really load up and store for later.
You can certainly cook bacon in the air fryer from defrosted this way. If it is rock hard you could follow the microwave directions same as below. Add a few more minutes if it isn’t defrosted but check often. One minute too long can be the death of your slices of pig and that would be tragic.
You can then pop in some sausage links in air fryer and have a meat lovers paradise to start the day. Those are just a few of our favorite air fryer breakfast recipes we have shared over the years on the blog.
How to Cook Frozen Bacon
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