Frozen Bacon in Air Fryer

Cooking frozen bacon in air fryer is super easy and will get breakfast on the table in no time! Air fryer bacon is super delicious, crispy and avoids the oily mess from cooking bacon in a frying pan.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 7 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 17 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 355kcal

Cost $5

Equipment

Air Fryer or Ninja Foodi

Ingredients

12 oz frozen bacon regular cut, center cut or thick cut

Instructions

Defrost Frozen Bacon in Air Fryer

Place frozen bacon in air fryer (place entire frozen bacon block inside).
Cook on 350°F (no-preheat) for 4 minutes.
Using kitchen tongs to avoid burns, flip bacon and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
This should defrost your bacon enough so you can comfortably separate the bacon without it tearing.

Separate Thawed Bacon

Remove bacon from air fryer and set aside on plate.
Using kitchen tongs to avoid burns, carefully separate each strip of bacon and place the bacon strips on a separate plate.
You will divide strips of bacon into batches based on the amount that will comfortably fit in your air fryer with no overlap in bacon slices.

Cook Bacon in Air Fryer

Place strips of bacon in air fryer basket. There should be no overlap in bacon strips.
Cook on 400°F (no-preheat) for 8-10 minutes, flipping half-way.
Repeat cooking process for remaining batches of bacon.
Depending on your air fryer, the size of your fryer basket and amount of bacon in the basket, you flip the bacon and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes until you reach your desired level of crispiness as needed.

Notes

Pre-Heating Air Fryer: You do not need to preheat your air fryer for this recipe.

This recipe works well with any brand of air fryer including Ninja Foodi, Gourmia, Vortex, Nuwave, Cuisinart, Cosori, Power XL and Power Air.

This recipe works for most any brand of frozen bacon including Oscar Meyer, Hormel Black Label, Smithfield, Farmland, Wright, Great Value, Applegate, Signature Farms, Kroger, Boar’s Head, Pederson’s, Jimmy Dean, Sunnyvalley and Bar S.

This recipe works for both regular cut and center cut bacon. Center cut bacon will fit a little better in your air fryer.

Thick Cut Frozen Bacon in Air Fryer: Cook for an additional 3 minutes above recipe time and add additional 1-2 minutes cook time as necessary.

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