• Start by preheating your oven to 400 degrees.
• Get a rimmed baking pan and line it with foil. You can also use parchment paper. This will help you clean up easily.
• Place oven racks on lower-middle and upper-middle positions. Place the bacon strips in a row to allow for equal cooking. Space also prevents them from sticking to each other.
• Bake your bacon strips for about fifteen to twenty minutes. Rotate the baking pan halfway through the cooking process. The cooking time will depend on your preferred crispiness and the thickness of the bacon.
• Once the bacon is cooked, place the bacon slices on a plate that’s lined with paper towels to drain their excess oils.
• Get another baking pan, line it with wax paper, and place a bacon layer on it. Cover the layer of bacon with another sheet of baking paper. Place another layer on that new sheet of baking paper. Just keep on layering until all your strips of bacon are on wax paper layers.
• Place another sheet over the top layer of bacon and freeze the bacon strips for at least two to three hours. You can also freeze them overnight.
• Transfer your frozen bacon strips into gallon-sized freezer bags. This will make sure that you can grab the strips as you need them without dealing with strips stuck together. You can freeze the bacon for up to four months.

How to Reheat

• To thaw the bacon, you can either microwave them for 30 seconds in your microwave or thaw them in your fridge overnight. You can also either enjoy them as whole strips or crumble them.
• Get a microwavable plate and place a few sheets of paper towel on it.
• Place the bacon on the prepared microwavable plate and then place the plate in the microwave—heat for 30 to 45 seconds.
• The time depends on the watts and the model of your microwave. You should find the time to experiment to find the exact setting.