How to Cook Turkey Bacon in the Oven

An easy way to cook turkey bacon in the oven! Bake it until floppy or crispy to get the perfect bacon, just the way you like it! Top a turkey burger, serve it alongside these pancakes from scratch or eat it just the way it is!

Quick Overview: Bake at 400° F: – See post for tips on how to make this the BEST!

For crispy bacon – 18 to 20 minutes (flipping half way)

For floppy bacon – 10 to 12 minutes (flipping half way)

Now honestly, I’m an air fryer bacon girl at heart. However baking bacon in the oven is just as easy and some even feel it’s the best way to cook bacon!

When it comes to turkey bacon, even though it is different than regular bacon (pork), cooking it in the oven is delicious but you’ll want to watch it differently than you do pork bacon.

I’ll share all the tips in the post to make this healthy option the very best!

More Oven Baked Recipes

If you love oven baked recipes, then you’re really going to love these baked cheeseburgers, pork steaks and chicken legs!

Jump to:

• Why You’ll Love This
• Ingredients
• Step by Step Instructions
• Crispy vs. Floppy Turkey Bacon
• FAQ’s and Tips
• Storage
• Recipes for Turkey Bacon
• How to Cook Turkey Bacon in the Oven – Crispy OR Floppy!

Why You’ll Love This

• Turkey bacon has fewer calories than traditional bacon (pork bacon)
• You can have a sheet pan of bacon in minutes if cooking for a large crowd, especially on busy mornings
• I’ve broken down cooking times for you, so you can make this bacon recipe according to your taste preference!

Ingredients

Brand of Turkey Bacon: If using turkey bacon like Butterball turkey bacon (below), you can see that it’s smoked and cured. Some think it’s ok to eat this like it is… but it’s best to cook this bacon for the times recommended in the recipe card below for best results.

Other brands like, Applegate turkey bacon that is uncured bacon, definitely needs to be cooked before consuming.

You’ll Need

• The amount of oven baked turkey bacon that you want to cook
• A rimmed cookie sheet (or baking sheet) large enough to hold the amount of bacon, without the slices overlapping
• Parchment paper to cover baking sheet
• Paper towel – to place the cooked bacon on after pulling out of the oven

Step by Step Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit
2. Begin by covering your sheet pan with parchment paper. This will help make it an easy cleanup.
3. Next, line the bacon strips on to the pan, in a single layer, making sure there is no overlap.
   (Some use a baking rack to cook bacon in the oven to help the juices drip down while cooking. You can definitely do this but I don’t mind doing it without. It’s just less sheet pans to clean.)

4. Place bacon in preheated oven and set a timer for a cook time of 10 minutes.
   What you see below is my turkey bacon slices, cooked for 10 minutes. You can either remove them at this point for a floppy bacon or keep cooking for a crispy turkey bacon.
   
   If you’re wanting crispier bacon, flip the bacon at the 10-minute mark and bake for an additional few minutes, watching to see it reach the level of crispiness that you prefer.
   
   NOTE: it may be crispier than it looks! Pulling a piece out and trying a taste-test — careful HOT! — is my best tip. Because once it cools, it becomes crispier than it looks.)

5. Once the pieces of bacon have reached the perfect turkey bacon, texture or crispiness, you can pull it out of the oven.
6. Place strips of turkey bacon on a plate that is covered with paper towels and serve!

Crispy vs. Floppy Turkey Bacon

As you can see in the images below, the crispy bacon on the left, was cooked in a 400° oven for 18 minutes.

In the photo on the right, the bacon was pulled out of the oven only after 10 minutes.

FAQ’s and Tips

• Remember, turkey bacon is more of a thin cut than some thicker cut, regular pork bacon slices, so it can cook in less time.
• You can also cook turkey bacon in the microwave oven, in a frying pan or even have air fryer turkey bacon.
• Slices of turkey bacon can be a healthy alternative to pork belly slices.
• Sprinkle black pepper on top of slices of bacon before baking for some extra flavor

Storage

Store leftover turkey bacon in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days.

Recipes for Turkey Bacon

If you’re looking for new ways to use your turkey bacon, you’ll love enjoying it by itself, on a tuna sandwich, on a breakfast sandwich like this brioche bacon and egg sandwich, on these cute mini waffle breakfast sandwiches, or in a healthy broccoli salad!