Whether you prefer it super crispy or lovely and soft, these simple instructions for How to Air Fry Streaky Bacon will give you all the info you need to make perfect and delicious air fried bacon in a jiffy.
If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Arrange 6 rashers Streaky Bacon on the air fryer crisper rack. It doesn't matter if the bacon overlaps slightly.
Cook for 6 minutes at 200c/390f. You will see that it has noticeably shrunk.
Use tongs to turn the bacon over.
Position is so it is now spread out as much as possible. This will ensure the fat crisps up nicely.
Cook for a further 2 minutes at 200c/390f.
These cooking times give you very crispy bacon with crispy fat. For softer bacon, cook for a 5 minutes minutes, flip then cook for a further 1 minutes. Remember that it will continue to crisp up a little further once cooking stops.
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 6 streaky bacon rashers in the basket at a time. This gives just enough room to allow air to circulate. You can add more and overlap the bacon a little more. If you do this, you may need to increase the cooking time slightly. It it also worth checking after a few minutes and separating the rashers as they cook and shrink.
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.