So to see what would happen when air frying one of the most beloved breakfast foods of all time i used a philips digital airfryer 200 and a package of bacon to find out.
Can you make bacon in an air fryer.
This method would burn my bacon to a blackened mess.
Cook the bacon arrange the bacon in the air fryer side by side do not layer the bacon on top of each other.
Spare your stovetop from grease splatter and cook your bacon strips in an air fryer.
Prep the bacon air fryers come in various shapes and sizes but most of them have a round basket.
You re also highly likely to spill bacon grease all over your countertop like i did.
How to cook bacon in the air fryer.
Air fried zucchini makes for a crispy snack.
Lay bacon inside air fryer basket in a single layer.
Layer the bacon in the air fryer basket.
A few folds are okay but try not to overcrowd the pan.
My air fryer makes fantastic bacon in 7 8 minutes if preheated to 390.
Check with 2 3 min remaining and turn toss or shake up as needed for most even cooking.
Set your air fryer to 400f for 10 minutes.
You can check halfway through and rearrange slices with tongs.
And finally your bacon grease will drain into the bottom of the air fryer.
It is a twelve ounce package and it had eleven slices fyi.
This also allows the bacon to cook more evenly.
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.
Having no clue how to.
There s no need to preheat the device so you ll come out with crispy bacon in seven to 11 minutes.
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.
Therefore you will need to prep the bacon by cutting the slices in half.
That means your bacon will crisp up nicely and not be soaked in grease.
You can also cut the bacon into fourths allowing you to fit more bacon in the air fryer.
I was able to do a twelve ounce package from trader joe s in two batches.
You can overlap the slices a bit because that bacon is going to shrink and shrink.
Just arrange them in the basket.
But there is one disadvantage of making bacon in the air fryer when compared to the oven method.
You should have not have to flip.
You must cook the bacon in batches like you do in a skillet.