Making turkey bacon in the air fryer is the absolute best way to make it! Turkey bacon is completely different than regular bacon and we find that it doesn’t pan fry as nicely. It tends to burn in spots and then be undercooked in other spots. The air fryer sure helps cook it up to crispy perfection!

Try our Air Fryer Baked Potatoes or Air Fryer Hamburgers too!

Healthier Turkey Bacon

Turkey bacon not only cooks differently than regular bacon it also cooks faster. You can come really close to that real crisp “snap” that you do with regular bacon using the air fryer!

As long as you know you don’t get exactly the same results as regular bacon you can enjoy turkey bacon for the tasty, healthier version that it is!

raw turkey bacon in layers in air fryer basket

Best Air Fryers

COSORI XL Airfryer / Oven Combo

Instant Vortex Plus 10 Quart

How to Cook Turkey Bacon in Your Air Fryer

Place 6-8 strips into the basket of the air fryer. They can overlap somewhat!
Cook for 5 minutes at 365°F.
Flip and cook for another 5 minutes.
Cook in 2 minute increments until it reaches desired crispness!
Remove and serve.

Tips and Tricks

Turkey bacon dries out when you cook it too long, BUT that’s how it’s crispy! You can get it puffed up and dried out if you follow the 2 minute increments!
You can layer the strips, as you can see in my photos they puff up and then air circulates between them to cook them perfectly! I put in 8 strips overlapping and they were perfect.

slice of cooked turkey bacon with bite taken out

This has actually turned us into turkey bacon converts, not even kidding! There is NO comparison when you do it on the stovetop, we cooked this to crispy perfection and it’s now going to be a regular breakfast staple!

Happy cooking!

Karlynn

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