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Are you wondering how to make bacon in an Air Fryer? We use a lot of bacon in our low carb recipes and our favorite way to quickly make crispy bacon is in the air fryer.
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How to Make Bacon in an Air Fryer
Cris here.
We love bacon around here. It is a staple for breakfast, lunch and dinner and a key ingredient to many of our dishes. But true confession… making bacon is NOT my favorite thing, so I am always looking for ways to make it easy. Shortly after purchasing my air fryers, I set out to figure out how to make bacon in an air fryer and boy, oh boy once I figured it out, I loved it.
It especially came in handy in our Camper Kitchen. I probably used my air fryer more than my crock pot while we were traveling because it was on full time breakfast duty!
Low Carb Road Trip Foods
UPDATE: We use our air fryer to make bacon all the time, including for meal prep for our favorite road foods we discuss in this video:
Notes on Air Fryer Bacon
- Readers have shared that if you place a little water in the bottom of the air fryer (where the grease catches) it will reduce any smoking you might experience. LOVE this tip!
- The more bacon you use in a batch the longer you may have to cook it. The same is true if you cook less than a full batch– it will take less time.
- Air fryers may cook differently. Always first test in your unit attended.
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Air Fryer Bacon
Air Fryer Bacon
Are you wondering how to make bacon in an Air Fryer? Our Air Fryer Bacon comes out perfectly crisp every time! Great for low carb diets!
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: air fryer
Keyword: air fryer bacon
Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 138kcal
Author: Cris
Ingredients
- 12 oz Bacon or, as much as you want
Instructions
Place a single layer of bacon in the air fryer basket.
Set the air fryer to 350 and cook for 10 minutes.
Check for crispness and cook 1-2 more minutes if needed.
Drain bacon grease between batches.
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Notes
- Readers have shared that if you place a little water in the bottom of the air fryer (where the grease catches) it will reduce any smoking you might experience. LOVE this tip!
- The more bacon you use in a batch the longer you may have to cook it. The same is true if you cook less than a full batch– it will take less time.
- Air fryers may cook differently. Always first test in your unit attended.
- Looking for more recipes? OurRecipe Findercan help you find exactly what you need.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in ourAmazon Influencer Shop.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- Find moreAir Fryer Recipeshere.
- OurLow Carb Recipescan be found here.
Nutrition
Calories: 138kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 218mg | Potassium: 65mg | Vitamin A: 10IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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Kevin LaFon says
Tell Mikey to do some more Air Fryer recipes. Like wings.- Jan says
We don’t have one of those gadgets just yet, but the Boy has been talking about them! I’d love for you to share at Let’s Party! https://themarkandjanshow.com/2018/01/10/lets-party-3/ … we look forward to seeing you there! - Catherine duncan says
Just joined what great recipes
- Holly LEE POWERS-Spurlock says
I just got my air fryer and excited about using it!
- Terri says
Love your videos. I’m so excited if you put more videos on about air frying. I just got mine at Christmas and just learning how to use them. Thank you for this info on Bacon.
- Lydia says
When you say put the bacon in the air fryer pan, do you mean the basket with the holes or just on the bottom of the pan? Sorry for what is probably a dumb question but I am new using my air fryer.
- Cris says
Not a silly question at all! I mean the basket. Not the pan that catches the grease. I have updated the post to say basket to avoid confusion.Enjoy!!
- Carolyn says
This is great! I didn’t think of putting bacon in my air fryer. Are you going to add more air fryer recipes?
- Cris says
Hi Carolyn!We hope to. It may be a little while, but we plan on adding some to the mix!
- Pete (female) says
I also hope for more air fryer recipes. I have one but have not used yet
- DadCooks says
So which air fryer are you using?
- Cris says
We have two, but I use my 5.3 Quart (referral link) http://amzn.to/2Cq2hfL the most to make bacon because I can make more at one time. Enjoy!
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