How to Make Bacon in an Air Fryer

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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.
• Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
• Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon 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.

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

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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? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
• Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon 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 more Air Fryer Recipes here.
• Our Low Carb Recipes can 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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• Crock Pot Bacon Parmesan Chicken Dinner
• Crock Pot Bacon Baked Beans
• (Oven) Bacon Cheeseburger Pasta
• Slow Cooker Bacon Egg Cheese Casserole

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