Egg cups made in the air fryer are a quick and easy breakfast option. To make them, crack an egg into a greased muffin tin and add your preferred toppings, such as cheese, ham, sausage, or vegetables.
Ever heard of the famous Sous Vide Egg Bites that Star Bucks has? I’ve been seeing those all over Pinterest. Sous-vide, also known as low temperature long time cooking, is a method of cooking in which food is placed in a plastic pouch or a glass jar and cooked in a water bath for longer than usual cooking times at an accurately regulated temperature.
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Why You Will Like This Recipe
These are easy to make in air fryer too! If you wish to have air fryer sous vide style egg bites use a silicone egg bite mold. Mix the ingredients for the egg mixture and pour it into the egg bite mold. Place the mold into your air fryer basket. So simple I’ve tried using both silicone egg muffin cups and the silicone egg bite mold. Tada!
Did you know you can also make omelettes in an air fryer? - Air Fryer Omelette with Parchment Paper
I have made sausage and cheese egg muffins in my muffin tin before (baked in the oven and they are kind of a hassle getting them out. These silicone muffin cups are a breeze to clean up and the eggs come out super easy!
Love breakfast recipes? Try my Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs or Sausage and Egg Muffins.
How to Make Air Fryer Egg Cups?
Heat a nonstick skillet to medium-low.
Step 1 Add ground breakfast sausage and cook for 12-16 minutes or until cooked through and browned. Crumble the sausage with a wooden spoon or cooking utensil of choice.
Remove the breakfast sausage from the skillet. Let the sausage cool.
Step 2 Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and garlic to the skillet. Cook until the garlic is fragrant and add the spinach (can also use Kale) to the skillet and cover; allow to cook 5 minutes. Take the spinach out of the pan let it cool like you did with the sausage.
Step 3 In a medium bowl add the eggs and milk and whisk until combined. Fold in the cheddar, breakfast sausage, and spinach. At this point, feel free to add whatever you want to the eggs like tomatoes or green onions.
Step 4 Place the silicone muffin cups into the air fryer basket and set the temperature to 300 degrees. Fill the cups with the egg mixture (do not overfill). I used a measuring cup to fill the muffin cups.
Set the air fryer time to 12 minutes.
Recipe Tip: I had egg mixture left over after only cooking six egg cups at a time. My air fryer basket only fit 6 muffin cups in there without overflowing. Will have to cook in batches if there is any leftover.
Serving Size: 1 egg cup
Variations for Air Fryer Egg Cups
- Spinach, Tomato, and Ricotta
- Spinach and Mushroom
- Ham and Cheese
- Southwestern - black beans, corn, tomatoes, and cheese
- 4 Ingredient Egg and Sausage Muffins
- Mini Kale Frittatas with Pepperoni
- Weight Watcher Egg Cups The great thing about eggs
are that they are zero points on Weight Watchers. You can fill these egg cups up with all sorts of zero-point veggies such as mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, etc. For protein options, you can use turkey sausage or turkey bacon with low-fat cheddar cheese.
Recipe FAQs
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.
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.
If you wish to cook your egg cups in a ramekin set your temperature to 300 degrees and set the timer for 12 minutes. Can fit about 2 ramekins in a 5 quart air fryer.
Since these silicone cups are kind of smaller the cooking time will be less. I had a lot of success setting my air fryer temperature to 300 degrees and cooking them for 10 to 12 minutes. One time I tried the temperature at 400 degrees and the tops of the egg cups were almost burnt. It wasn’t pretty. I cut the top off and just ate the bottom. 🙂 My 5 quart air fryer fits up to 6 silicone muffin cups.
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Air Fryer Egg Cups
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 min
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: American
Description
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you air fryer egg cups that are Keto and Low Carb. They are great on the go breakfast option.
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- ½ cup of heavy cream
- (use lowfatmilk for WW)
- ½ cup of cheddar
- ½ pound of breakfast sausage
- 1 tsp of olive oil
- 1 tsp of garlic
- 2 cups of spinach
Instructions
- Heat a nonstick skillet to medium-low.
- Add ground breakfast sausage and cook for 12-16 minutes or until cooked through and browned. Crumble the sausage with a wooden spoon or cooking utensil of choice.
- Remove the breakfast sausage from the skillet. Let the sausage cool.
- Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and garlic to the skillet. Cook until the garlic is fragant and Add the spinach to the skillet and cover; allow to cook 5 minutes. Take the spinach out of the pan let it cool like you did with the sausage.
- In a medium bowl add the eggs and milk and whisk until combined. Fold in the cheddar, breakfast sausage, and spinach.
- Place the silicone muffin cups into the air fryer basket and set the temperature to 300 degrees. Fill the cups with the egg mixture (do not overfill). I used a measuring cup to fill the muffin cups.
- Set the air fryer time to 12 minutes.
- I had egg mixture left over after only cooking six egg cups at a time. My air fryer basket only fit 6 muffin cups in there without overflowing. Will have to cook in batches if there is any leftover.
- Serving Size: 1 egg cup
Notes
myWW points: Blue 2; Green 4; Purple 2
My WW Personal Points: 3 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in)
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 egg muffin or cup
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 1g
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Carbohydrates: 4g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 10g
Jenna says
You're welcome! 🙂
Julie says
Yum! This recipe is awesome and easy! I used mushrooms, onions, spinach, and smoked gouda chunks. They turned out delicious! The air fryer cooking temperature and time were perfect. Thank you for the recipe.
Jenna says
Thanks for the review Kcee!
Kcee says
Tried this today and love them!! We aren’t big on sausage so I did kale and shredded hash browns as my filling they turned out so good. I did have to cook 2 extra minutes but I filled my cups mostly to the top so they were very thick.