Air fryer breakfast sausage

Air Fryer Benefits

• Hands free cooking – I can load the sausages in the air fryer basket and walk away without worrying the sausages will burn or get overcooked. There is no need to stand in front of the skillet or to check on them after a few minutes in order to turn them. Along with that, it’s hard to get the timing right when you fry sausages in a skillet. Often times, you can easily burn one side if you aren’t paying attention.
• Easy clean up – The mess from breakfast is contained to the air fryer basket, which is dishwasher safe in the majority of models. You don’t have to hand wash skillets or wipe up grease splatter.
• Hot air circulation – This ensures your food gets cooked from every angle to create a nicely brown, crisp outside and juicy interior.

What kinds of sausage can I cook in the air fryer?

The air fryer makes cooking all sorts of sausage and meat franks in the air fryer easy! Really, any sausage link is fine; including brats, kielbasa, Italian sausage and even sausage patties and the type of sausage does not matter. Meaning, whether it is pork, beef, chicken sausage etc. You can even cook raw sausage or frozen sausage in the air fryer.

There is a distinction however,  for cooking vs reheating sausage in the air fryer.

This recipe includes directions for cooking, however reheating in the air fryer requires lower heat and less time. Experiment with 300 degrees and 5 minutes.

Create perfectly cooked air fryer sausage patties

As mentioned above, you can form sausage patties by hand and cook them in the air fryer as well.

• Add your favorite spices, like sage, garlic, thyme, red pepper flakes and paprika.
• Then mold into patties or cook frozen sausage patties.
• Cook in the air fryer for 10 minutes at 370 degrees.
• There is no need to flip the patty since the hot air circulation cooks the sausage patty from every angle.

Air frying frozen sausage

Sausage can be air fried from fresh or frozen.

If you trying to make air fryer Italian sausage from frozen, it will take longer since it is a thicker cut of sausage. Start at 395-400 degrees for 12 minutes and increase if needed until the internal temperature is 160 degrees.

Smaller links, like breastfast sausage links or when making air fryer sausage patties, shouldn’t take as long to cook. Start at 10 minutes, flip if needed and increase time in the air fryer if needed.