There is an easier way to cook bacon, and it makes it "perfectly crispy" every time. Bacon is a British staple, and no Full English Breakfast is complete without it. It's also a lunchtime favourite to enjoy in a sandwich or with eggs. Many people cook bacon the same way, by adding it to a frying pan and letting the meat sizzle until it darkens and becomes crispy. However, it might be a better idea to use your oven, says none other than famed home cook Martha Stewart.

Martha Stewart's bacon cooking hack promises crispy bacon that is "perfect" and delicious. Not only is it tasty, but it is a "splatter-free" method to cook bacon, which minimises clean-up and reduces the risk of you getting splashed by hot grease, which can be painful. For regular cuts of bacon, it only takes 18 minutes, and for thicker cuts of bacon, the cooking time is around 24 minutes. Here is exactly how to cook bacon without using your frying pan.

According to The Kitchen, you line one or two rimmed baking sheets. Place bacon on top of that and cook it at around 200C in the oven. After it has crisped to your liking, simply place it on a plate lined with a paper towel or leave it on a rack to drain.

What is great about this method is that most of the grease from the bacon will have been removed. This doesn't happen when frying the bacon, so it makes it a bit healthier and tastier.

Plus, it makes clean-up so much easier. Instead of scrubbing a frying pan full of grease, you can simply take the parchment paper off the baking tray and throw it in the bin.

Ann Taylor Pittman from The Kitchen tried this method, and she was left impressed. She wrote: "Because the bacon sits in its own rendered fat as it bakes, it cooks more quickly than if you cooked it on a rack.

"The fatty parts also get wonderfully crispy (if you like that), because they're basically fried. If you prefer your bacon chewier, you can simply cook it a few minutes less to achieve that effect."

"I loved the texture and appearance of this bacon, and that it cooks hands-free with no babysitting," she added. "I also loved that this method works for a few slices or up to 20, and that, if you use the overhang trick, cleanup is just so incredibly easy."