Air fryer Bacon

Easy and mess-free way to crisp up bacon in the air fryer. Gets done in under 10 minutes.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword air fryer bacon

recipe Air fryer recipes

Cook Time 8

Total Time 8

Servings

Calories 92kcal

Author Rachna Parmar

Equipment

1 Air fryer

Ingredients

4 strips bacon back bacon or use rashers

Instructions

Start by laying the bacon strips in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Try not to overlap them too much. This helps them cook evenly. You can always cook in batches.
Set your air fryer to 180C or 360F. I have not preheated it this time. Cook the bacon for 5-7 minutes at 180C or 360F. I prefer my bacon to be nice and crispy. These are leaner back bacon strips. You can use rashers as well.
For thicker bacon strips, you need to do 8-10 minutes at 180C or 360F for crispy bacon.
Once done, transfer the bacon to a plate. Your crispy bacon is done. You will have fat rendered from the bacon in the bottom pan of your air fryer basket.

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Notes

1. Depending upon the thickness of your bacon, your time for air frying may lie between 5-7 minutes for leaner bacon to 8-10 minutes for thicker slices.
2. Be careful to avoid too much overlap of bacon strips in the air fryer. Cooked bacon renders fat and reduces in size but needs enough air circulation to crisp up evenly.
3. I cook bacon below 400F or 200C so that it does not smoke. You may also add a bread slice in the bottom pan of your air fryer basket to absorb the fat that falls below. That way again your air fryer will not smoke.
4. Serve crispy bacon with eggs and toast for breakfast. Or add it to salads, burgers etc. as per your choice.

5. I have used leaner back bacon, but you can use rashers too.

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