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A white plate filled with four rashers of back bacon that have been cooked in an air fryer.
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Perfect Air Fryer Bacon

Making bacon in your air fryer is super quick, convenient, energy efficient and the results are DELICIOUS. Follow these simple tips and tricks to getting perfect crispy Air Fryer Bacon, every time.
Prep Time3 minutes
Cook Time7 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine: Family Food
Servings: 6 Rashers
Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

  • 200 g Bacon of your choice

Instructions

  • Preheat your air fryer for 3 minutes at 200c (or 390f).
  • Place your bacon rashers directly into the basket in a single layer (touching is fine but try not the overlap them too much).
  • Cook for 5 minutes. Drain any fat off, flip over and if you want to avoid back bacon curling up, use scissors to slip a small cut through the fat layer.
  • Cook for a further 2 - 3 minutes to crisp it up.

For lightly cooked/pale coloured bacon:

  • Serve at the end of step 3 above.

For crumbly/well done bacon:

  • Drain again at the 7 minute mark and add another 2 minutes of cooking.

Notes

Type of bacon: The common types of back or streaky bacon found in the UK, US and Australia are fine to cook like this. Smoky or unsmoked is also OK.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 52kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 301mg | Potassium: 115mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.2mg