Prep the bacon air fryers come in various shapes and sizes but most of them have a round basket.
Can you make bacon in an air fryer.
How to cook bacon in the air fryer.
I was able to do a twelve ounce package from trader joe s in two batches.
Air fried zucchini makes for a crispy snack.
You can also cut the bacon into fourths allowing you to fit more bacon in the air fryer.
Spare your stovetop from grease splatter and cook your bacon strips in an air fryer.
And finally your bacon grease will drain into the bottom of the air fryer.
For a savoury air fryer party snack you can also try stuffing smaller peppers with cubes of mozzarella and serving them with a marinara dipping sauce.
Therefore you will need to prep the bacon by cutting the slices in half.
Layer the bacon in the air fryer basket.
There s no need to preheat the device so you ll come out with crispy bacon in seven to 11 minutes.
Check with 2 3 min remaining and turn toss or shake up as needed for most even cooking.
That means your bacon will crisp up nicely and not be soaked in grease.
Cook the bacon arrange the bacon in the air fryer side by side do not layer the bacon on top of each other.
Just arrange them in the basket.
You must cook the bacon in batches like you do in a skillet.
You re also highly likely to spill bacon grease all over your countertop like i did.
My air fryer makes fantastic bacon in 7 8 minutes if preheated to 390.
Set air fryer to 400 and cook until crispy about 10 minutes.
Sure you can stop the air frying process pour out the bacon grease and continue cooking.
You can check halfway through and rearrange slices with tongs.
Set your air fryer to 400f for 10 minutes.
A few folds are okay but try not to overcrowd the pan.
This also allows the bacon to cook more evenly.
You ll probably have to do this more than once and trust me opening and closing the air fryer basket so frequently is incredibly annoying.
Lay bacon inside air fryer basket in a single layer.
But back to cooking bacon in the air fryer.
You can overlap the slices a bit because that bacon is going to shrink and shrink.
This method would burn my bacon to a blackened mess.
I also recommend cutting package in half and placing the 1 2 strips around the basket with minimal overlap.
You should have not have to flip.
But there is one disadvantage of making bacon in the air fryer when compared to the oven method.