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Air Fryer Bacon Recipe takes just minutes to make and you can enjoy crispy and delicious bacon. Gone are the days of standing over a hot stove frying bacon! Put your air fryer to work making this super easy bacon recipe.
In literally 8 minutes, you can have perfectly crispy bacon. Since everything is in the air fryer, you don’t have to worry about grease popping and the smell is contained. All you smell is that glorious bacon smell.
We love using our air fryer for many recipes. We recently made this Air Fryer Salmon Recipe, Air Fryer Beef Jerky, air fryer cookies and Air Fryer Chicken wings and these recipes turned out amazing!
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Why We Love This Recipe
I love to make a BLT with slice of bacon but cooking bacon on the stove top or the oven takes time and can get messy. You will love cooking in the air fryer because it is less mess and takes less than 10 minutes to cook crispy bacon strips.
It has become my new favorite way to cook bacon because how easy it is. You can make thick-cut bacon, classic cut bacon and any type of bacon that you prefer.
The bacon grease ends up in the drip tray so it is easy to drain to make clean up even easier.
Ingredients
Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe in the recipe card.
How to Cook Bacon in Air Fryer
- Step 1 – Set the temperature for 350 degrees. Preheat for 5 minutes.
- Step 2 – Place the slices bacon (whole) in the air fryer. You want enough to cover the bottom.
- Step 3 – Cook for 8 minutes for soft bacon and 9 minutes for crunchy bacon.
- Step 4 – After the amount of cooking time is finished you can cook in 1 minute increments. Cook until you are satisfied with the crunchiness. Then remove the bacon with tongs and place on a paper towel lined plate to cool.
- Step 5 – Bacon will continue to get crispy as it cools. Continue doing this until all the bacon is cooked.
Recipe Tips
- Prepare Air Fryer – Make sure to preheat air fryer before cooking bacon. If your air fryer does not have the preheat function, then turn it on for about 5 minutes.
- Single Layer – Cook the bacon in a single layer in the air fryer basket. You may need to work in batches.
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What to Serve with Bacon?
Slices of bacon is a great addition to any meal. We have even topped it on this Breakfast Sandwich Recipe and Fried Egg Sandwich. It adds the perfect flavor and cooking in the air fryer makes clean up a breeze.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cooking time will vary based on the thickness of your bacon and how crispy you want it. We cook our bacon for about 9 minutes at 350 degrees. The bacon comes out crispy every time.
Because the air circulates in the air fryer, there is no need to flip the bacon while it is cooking in the air fryer.
Store the leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The bacon stay fresh for up to 4 days.
Yes, you can freeze bacon. Place the bacon in an freezer safe container and it will stay fresh for up to 3 months.
Reheat Bacon in the microwave in 20 second increments.
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Air Fryer Bacon
Ingredients
- 12 pieces bacon
Instructions
- Set the temperature for 350 degrees. Preheat for 5 minutes.
- Place the bacon (whole) in the air fryer. enough to cover the bottom.
- Cook for 8 minutes for soft bacon and 9 minutes for crunchy bacon.
- After the amount of cooking time is finished you can cook in 1 minute increments until you are satisfied with the crunchiness
- Place on a paper towel lined plate to cool.
- Bacon will continue to get crispy as it cools.
- continue doing this until all the bacon is cooked.
They will work great in your oven air fryer too!
New to AirFryer. My question is will the recipes work in the Air Fryer that’s built into my stove or will I need to do things differently?
Thanks for your help.
Teresa O’Neil