Bacon, bacon and more bacon. Everyone loves bacon. It’s one of America’s favorite foods, according to research America consumes over 600 million pounds of bacon, every year.  My own kids absolutely love to eat it, they can eat an entire plate of bacon, without eating anything else, in fact, one time, my son Jason, ate an entire plate of bacon at a hotel, and that’s all, no eggs, no toast, just a plain plate of bacon.  (He did finish it off with a huge glass of milk, so I guess it balances out, LOL)

There are a lot of common sayings about bacon, I didn’t make them, but they describe bacon perfectly—

“I’m not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it’s incredibly delicious”

by: Gwyneth Paltrow

“Bacon is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”

by: Benjamin Franklin

And of course, my favorite,

There are a ton of ways that you can jazz up this common food, I recently started to candy them, and they are fabulous. Bacon is also low carb, so if you are on a low carb diet, you can use it in lots of recipes.

Facts About Bacon-

• Bacon is the meat from the pig’s belly or back, most of the bacon at the grocery stores is salt-cured.
• The United States mostly sells side pork, which is cut from the side of the pig.
• The salt-cured means that it was soaked in a mixture of salt, nitrates, and sugar, and smoked before you purchase it.
• I often purchase Nitrate free bacon, at health food stores and Trader Joe’s, the package is usually marked with Nitrate Free. Nitrates have been debated for years, they are simply a chemical that is used for food preservation.  They help to prevent bacteria, they also give the meat a red color.

Tips For Air Frying Bacon-

• Always, preheat the air fryer, bacon tends to cook better on a hot surface.
• Spread out the bacon, so it’s flat in the air fryer.
• Set the temperature to 400 degrees F.
• If you add a couple of tablespoons of water to the bottom of the air fryer basket, you will prevent smoke that occurs, when you are air frying bacon. (Only for basket models)
• At the halfway point, always flip the bacon.

Types Of Bacon-

There are actually several different varieties and names for bacon, they range from Turkey Bacon, (made from lean turkey meat), Italian bacon is called Pcancheeal, and is really teh pork belly. Canadian bacon is called bacon, but it resembles and tastes more like ham.

Hasselback Potato Slicing Rack, make perfect potatoes.

Check out this recipe

Digital Meat Thermometer

Great for making sure all of the food you prepare is safe.

Cooking Spray Sprayer Bottle

This is my favorite thing, I have purchased since, I have had my air fryer. It has saved me tons of money.

Don’t Forget To Pin–

Air Fryer, Brown Sugar Candied Bacon

This is such an easy recipe, but it totally transforms the bacon.  This is really easy to make in my air fryer, as it has a flat tray. My kids also love it with maple brown sugar.

• Author: ForkToSpoon.com
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 7 minutes
• Total Time: 12 minutes
• Yield: 4 servings 1x
• Category: Breakfast
• Cuisine: Bacon

Scale 1x2x3x

Ingredients

• 1 pound bacon
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 cup brown sugar (dark)

Instructions

1. I poured the brown sugar into a bowl, and then dropped the bacon into the bowl, used my hands to cover the bacon.
   
2. Lay the bacon out in the air fryer.
   
3. Place the tray into the air fryer and cook for 7 minutes at 400 degrees F. I flipped my bacon at the half waypoint.
   
4. Then plate, serve and enjoy!