Air Fryer Sausages
Air fryer sausages cook up beautifully crisp on the outside while staying incredibly juicy and flavorful inside. With a quick 15-minute cooking time, this hassle-free method delivers perfectly cooked Italian sausages every time!
When I was growing up, we used to have sausages a few different ways: in tomato sauce, with pasta, with peppers and onions, on sandwiches, and baked in the oven.
Ever since I made Italian sausages in an air fryer, I wouldn’t make them in the oven or sautéed in a frying pan ever again. The air fryer makes the sausages moist and delicious, but the best part is they don’t need any added oil, nor do they sit in the excess grease that comes out of the sausage.
They are perfect. I can’t wait for you to try them and see if you don’t air-fry your sausages from that day forward.
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Helpful tips
- I’m using an air fryer with trays as opposed to the basket type. With the tray type, you don’t have to flip the sausages midway through cooking. You will also remove the trays when you preheat the oven.
- If you are using the air fryer basket type, you will have to flip the cooking sausages midway through. With this type, you will leave the basket in the fryer when preheating.
- My tray type of air fryer allows me to do this recipe in one batch, but if you have the basket type, you’ll most likely have to do them in batches.
- We prefer sweet mild Italian sausage instead of hot Italian sausage but use which you prefer. All types of sausages made in the air fryer are delicious.
- This air fryer sausage recipe also works well with kielbasa, bratwurst, turkey sausages, or chicken sausages.
- When you add the meat to the air fryer, make sure the side with the slits are facing up. This helps to keep the juices in the sausages which keeps them moist.
- Ideas for how to serve your sausages – with pasta, on hamburger buns, or sub rolls, or as the meat portion of your meal.
- For storage: Store these sausages in an airtight container for up to a week in the refrigerator.
- You can reheat any leftover sausages in the air fryer as well. Preheat the fryer to 370 F, place the pre-cooked sausages in a single layer, and cook for 6 minutes.
How to make air fryer sausages
Pre-step
Get out your air fryer.
Step one
Get the ingredients – raw sausages.
Step two
Take a sharp knife and make two shallow cuts into each sausage.
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Step three
Take the trays out of the air fryer if you have that type and place the pork sausages on them in a single layer and with the slits facing up. You do this to keep the juices in the sausages which helps keep them moist and succulent.
Step five
Preheat the air fryer to 370 degrees Fahrenheit and set the timer for 13 – 15 minutes. Once the air fryer beeps, add the trays to the cooker. If you have the basket type, add the food once the fryer heats up.
The cooking time for my sausages was the full 15 minutes.
The internal temperature of the sausages should be at least 160 degrees Fahrenheit. I check mine with an instant meat thermometer.
Now, to cut into one of the air fryer Italian sausages.
Nom, nom.
Doesn’t that look delicious?
I hope you enjoyed this air fryer sausages recipe. They are so tasty.
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Air Fryer Sausages
Ingredients
- 10 Italian sausages
Instructions
- Take a sharp paring knife and put 2 shallow cuts into each sausage.10 Italian sausages
- Preheat the air fryer at 370 F. If you have the tray type, remove before preheating but if you have the basket type, leave it in when you preheat the fryer. Set the timer to 15 minutes.
- Place each sausage with the cuts facing up on the trays in a single layer.
- Once the air fryer beeps that it has heated up, add the trays with the sausages on them. If you have the basket type, add the sausages in a single layer with the slit facing up. Try not to have the sausages touch each other. You may have to do them in batches.
- After 7 minutes, if you have the tray type of air fryer, take the bottom tray and place it in the top slot, and visa versa. If you have the basket type, take a pair of tongs and flip each sausage.
- When the air fryer has finished cooking, open the air fry and check the internal temperature. It should be at least 160 degrees F.
- Eat, smile, and enjoy.
Equipment
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Helpful tips
- I’m using an air fryer with trays as opposed to the basket type. With the tray type, you don’t have to flip the sausages midway through cooking. You will also remove the trays when you preheat the oven.
- If you are using the air fryer basket type, you will have to flip the cooking sausages midway through. With this type, you will leave the basket in the fryer when preheating.
- My tray type of air fryer allows me to do this recipe in one batch, but if you have the basket type, you’ll most likely have to do them in batches.
- We prefer sweet mild Italian sausage instead of hot Italian sausage but use which you prefer. All types of sausages made in the air fryer are delicious.
- This air fryer sausage recipe also works well with kielbasa, bratwurst, turkey sausages, or chicken sausages.
- When you add the meat to the air fryer, make sure the side with the slits are facing up. This helps to keep the juices in the sausages which keeps them moist.
- Ideas for how to serve your sausages – with pasta, on hamburger buns, or sub rolls, or as the meat portion of your meal.
- For storage: Store these sausages in an airtight container for up to a week in the refrigerator.
- You can reheat any leftover sausages in the air fryer as well. Preheat the fryer to 370 F, place the pre-cooked sausages in a single layer, and cook for 6 minutes.
Nutrition
Originally published in January of 2023.
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Air fryers are such a great invention. These sausages are cooked to perfection.
Thanks so much, Gloria! I’m glad you enjoyed them.
Made these sausages last night in the air fryer and they came out perfect. Tender and juicy on the inside and slightly crispy on the outside!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Thanks, LaKita for letting me know.
The air fryer makes cooking sausages so easy! They are perfectly crisp on the outside and juicy on the outside- delicious!
Yay, Kathryn! Thanks for your comment. I appreciate it.
Cooking the sausages in the Air Fryer is brilliant. They came out perfectly cooked and less greasy than pan frying.
Thanks, Katie! Yes, that’s my thoughts too. Very little grease is a win in my book.
I made this recipe while visiting my daughter. She loves to use an air fryer and this was my first time giving it a try. It’s so easy! And we loved the sausage cooked so quickly while making the rest of our dinner.
I’m so glad to hear that, Amy! Thanks for letting me know that you all enjoyed it.
The air fryer makes it so easy to cook sausages perfectly! No need to clean up greasy spatter all around, too. Thanks so much for these great tips, I won’t make sausages any other way!
Me either, Marie! Thank you for letting me know as I appreciate it.
We finally got an air fryer, and this was one of the first recipes I’ve made in it. Sausages came out perfect, so crispy on the outside but not at all dry inside! From now on, it’s the only way I’m making the sausages!
I’m so glad to hear that, Anna. I appreciate you letting me know what you thought.
Those sausages are cooked perfectly are super delicious!
Thanks so much, Ramona!