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How to cook perfect crispy bacon

Watch this if you're fed up with soggy bacon sandwiches

Jul 11, 2025 | 2 minutes to read | Great British Food Awards

Nothing beats the toothsome, salty, savoury crunch of freshly cooked bacon - especially when it's tucked inside two slices of plump, fluffy white bread (perhaps with a splat of ketchup).

What truly elevates one of Britain's best ingredients is getting the cooking right. After all, who wants a soggy sarnie?

In this video, using Great British Food Award-winner Dukeshill's bacon, you'll learn:

 - Why artisan bacon cooks better than supermarket bacon

 - What dry-cured bacon is and how it's made

 - What the white ‘stuff’ is that comes out when cooking bacon

 - The secret to cooking crispy bacon every time

 - How to cook bacon in the oven

 - How to stop bacon from shrinking when you cook it

Once you've watched it, go and try out our tips, and enjoy the ultimate bacon sandwich. 

Happy cooking!

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