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Browned breakfast sausage links and patties on a ceramic plate with softly scrambled eggs and toast, realistic crisp casing and natural morning light.; title text reads Air Fryer Breakfast Sausage Recipe
Good Fork Daily Editorial Kitchen

Air Fryer Breakfast Sausage Recipe

Air fryer breakfast sausage with separate timing for links, patties, raw, precooked and frozen options.
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Resting 3 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Calories: 260
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 12 ounces breakfast sausage links or patties raw or fully cooked; check label
  • 1 teaspoon neutral oil only if the basket tends to stick

Equipment

  • Air fryer
  • Instant-read thermometer
  • Tongs

Method
 

  1. Read the package to determine whether the sausage is raw or fully cooked and whether it is pork or poultry.
  2. Preheat the air fryer to 375°F for 3 minutes.
  3. Place links or patties in one layer with a small gap. Do not pierce links.
  4. Cook raw links 9 to 12 minutes or patties 8 to 11 minutes, turning halfway.
  5. Cook fully cooked links or patties 6 to 8 minutes, turning once.
  6. Raw pork sausage should reach 160°F; raw poultry sausage should reach 165°F. Rest 3 minutes.

Notes

  • Read relevant ingredient labels and the manual for any appliance used.
  • Begin checking at the early end of the time range.
  • The chart lists ground meats at 160°F and all poultry at 165°F; the package identifies the meat and whether the sausage is raw.
  • This recipe was developed through culinary research and editorial review.