How to Air Fry Bacon Medallions

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It's easy to learn How to Air Fry Bacon Medallions. These lean pieces of bacon taken from the loin are seriously quick and easy to cook. Whether you're making a simple sandwich, cooking bacon to add to another dish or putting together a full "fried" breakfast, air frying is a great way to cook it.

5 from 4 votes

Prep Time: 1

Cook Time: 13

Total Time: 14

Servings medallions

Author Chloe

Equipment

Air Fryer

Silicone Tongs

Ingredients

8 Bacon Medallions - around 28g/1oz each

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Arrange 4 Bacon Medallions on the air fryer crisper rack. It doesn't matter if the bacon overlaps slightly.
Air fry for 5 minutes at 200c/390f.
You will see that the medallions noticeably shrink during cooking.
Remove the medallions from the air fryer and lay the remaining 4 Bacon Medallions in the basket.
Repeat the cooking process by air frying for 5 minutes at 200c/390f.
Turn the medallions over and shuffle them towards the side of the basket. Add the first batch of bacon that you'd set aside, also placing them bottom side up. So now you should have the whole batch of 8 Bacon Medallions in the air fryer.
Cook for a further 3 minutes at 200c/390f.
These cooking times give you fully cooked and slightly crispy bacon.
- For softer bacon, cook for 4 minutes, flip then cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes. Remember that it will continue to crisp up a little further once cooking stops.
- For crisper bacon, cook on the second side for 1 to 2 minutes longer as you desire. But bear in mind that medallions have almost no fat so I find that they go dry rather than crispy. Spray generously with vegetable oil before cooking for more traditionally crispy bacon.

Notes

This recipe is tested in a Cosori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can just fit 4 bacon medallions in the basket at a time. This gives just enough room to allow air to circulate even though they overlap ever so slightly. To cook 8 medallions, I cook in shifts but finish all batches off at once so everything is hot and ready to serve at the same time.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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