Air Fryer Bacon – You’ll never want to bake bacon in your oven again!
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been trying many different methods for cooking bacon. There’s baking bacon in the oven, cooking bacon on a stove top, and even in your microwave to name a few different methods…. Since moving into my new house I have to be careful whenever I cook bacon because the smoke detector always goes off. One time, I had my oven set to over 400 degrees and right as I opened the oven door I heard beep beep beep. The smoke detector is even on a high vaulted ceiling as well. This even happens when I’m cooking bacon in my air fryer. The smoke or steam comes out of the air fryer and reaches the smoke detector. To prevent this from happening, I need to move my air fryer to a different room other than the kitchen in order to cook bacon in the air fryer because it lets off so much steam! Don’t let this scare you from trying out bacon in your air fryer! I have a safe way below.
Also, since moving into my new home, I’ve had to buy a new fryer and I recently just purchased a Power XL 5.3 QT air fryer. I love it because the basket itself is so much bigger than my old one. P.S I had to get rid of my old air fryer because the steam vent in the back of the air fryer was starting to melt. In the past couple of years, I’ve had about 3 different ones, and I’m ok with that because an air fryer is a kitchen tool that I use daily now. I don’t care if it has to be replaced and I almost get excited whenever I can by one. So far this Power XL air fryer has done really well and no problems with it yet.
How to cook bacon safely in the air fryer?
If you’re worried about the steam setting off your smoke alarm as it did to me you can protect your bacon with some aluminum foil. Aluminum foil is safe to use in an air fryer. I’d wrap the bacon up in the foil to protect from any splattering. If you use foil this will also protect the bottom of your air fryer from getting any grease spillage from the bacon on the bottom. Cleaning out bacon grease in an air fryer really isn’t any fun.
How to make bacon in an air fryer?
Lay strips of bacon out onto the bottom of your basket. Set your air fryer to 350 degrees and the time to 7 minutes. If the bacon isn’t crispy enough for you set the timer for 2 minutes longer. You can use a wire rack below to keep your bacon from flying around in the air fryer. If you don’t have one, no problem.
What is an Air Fryer?
An air fryer is a kitchen appliance that cooks by circulating hot air around the food using the convection mechanism. It is a downsized version of the convection oven.
Is air fried food healthy?
When you compare air fried food to deep fried food it is much healthier because there is hardly any oil used at all. The only oil I use is from my Pam cooking spray. I spray only the food once or twice because most air fryer baskets are nonstick. If you are concerned about using aerosol sprays for the environment or your health buy a Misto Brushed Aluminum Oil Sprayer can from Amazon and fill that with your favorite oil.
What are the Best Large Size Air Fryers?
If you are researching air fryers and looking to buy the best ones out there on the market I have tried and tested 2 different ones before. If you want to be able to cook more food for your family at once then get an air fryer with a large basket such as 5.3 quarts. Look for ones that say nonstick on them and has multiple program settings.
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Air fryer temperature settings vary according to brand and model. If your air fryer does not have the exact temperature setting called for in the recipe, consult your manual for suggested temperature settings.
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This youtube video shows you how to make Candied bacon but it basically is the same process. Just cook it for 8 minutes instead of 12 if not using any brown sugar. Check out my youtube channel.
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Air Fryer Bacon
- Prep Time: 1 min
- Cook Time: 7 to 9 minutes
- Total Time: 51 minute
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
Air Fryer Bacon – You’ll never want to bake bacon in your oven again!
Ingredients
- 6 strips of bacon
Instructions
- Place the bacon in the bottom of your air fryer basket. I have a 3.5 quart air fryer and was able to get 6 strips of bacon on the bottom. Place the wire rack over your bacon that came with air fryer. This is optional. If you don’t have a wire rack that came with your air fryer, then you don’t need one.
- Cook at 350 for 7 to 9 minutes. Open up the air fryer and flip the bacon. Put the air fryer basket back in and cook for another 3 minutes or until however crispy you like your bacon.
Notes
myWW points
Blue Points: 5; Green Points: 5; Purple Points:5
- Category: Side
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 37
- Sugar: .1
- Saturated Fat: 2.8
- Carbohydrates: .1
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 2.7
John says
For all of you, it’s not steam coming out of you air fryer when you cook bacon. It’s smoke. Steam is from water vapor, and I’m assuming you don’t put water in your air fryers. The bacon grease starts to smoke because the temp has surpassed 374 F. This is called the smoke point, the grease starts to oxidize (breakdown). Smoke and steam are not the same thing. But you are right in one thing, cooking at 350 or just well below the smoke point should eliminate this problem. Lastly I don’t get how anyone could be going through air fryers that fast? They are meant to last years when used correctly.
Tanya says
I tried this tonight. It was my first time cooking bacon in an air fryer! The bacon turned out great. I did have to cook it a little longer but that was probably the kind of bacon I had. This recipe is awesome because you don’t have to fuss with the bacon or have it spitting in your face. I have a insta pot vortex air fryer so all the fat drained through the rack. Thanks for the recipe.
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Jenna says
Unfortunately, I have that issue as well. Sometimes the steam from the air fryer even sets my smoke alarm off. 🙂
Jim says
How do you keep the grease from fouling the burners?
Steve says
Bacon can’t stick if it does NOT touch and Even in the oven I cut in half … I buy my bacon from a butcher and very lean … I make a lot of can die bacon … honey and bourbon …
david adams says
It is EXCELLENT! i agree very quick
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MMakeda Queen says
1st time user. It is EXCELLENT!
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mitch says
This is the best way to make bacon
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kathleen says
using the air fryer for bacon was a waste of time. took forever, the bacon all stuck together. for me the best way to do bacon is on a foil lined baking sheet in the oven.
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