The BEST Air Fryer Italian Sausage

Making air fryer Italian sausage is a quick and easy way to make perfect juicy sausagees every single time.  Whether you serve them with peppers and onions, or alongside pasta sauce and pasta, air-fried sausages are the best method out there!

Quick and Easy Sausage in an Air Fryer!

Making juicy and golden brown Italian sausage in the air fryer has definitely become one of our favorite recipes to make every week. Literally the easiest cooking method and they turn out even better compared to baking them or pay frying.

You seriously can't get an easier dinner than this plus it's super simple to add healthy veggies like peppers and onions to the air fryer basket at the same time.

If you're a sausage lover like we are, using an air fryer will become your favorite way of also cooking breakfast sausage links, bratwurst, or precooked chicken sausages.

Ingredients you'll need

• 1 pkg uncooked Pork Italian Sausages (mild, sweet, or spicy)- ours came 5 to a pack. Raw Italian chicken sausage would be great too.
• Optional- feel free to add sliced peppers or onions alongside the uncooked sausages. They cook in the same amount of time.

Our favorite brands

• We used the Trader Joe's brand uncooked Italian sausage (called Sweet Italian sausage), your favorite brand will work great too as long as they're the standard size uncooked sausages. (the deli counter sausages are larger and take longer to cook).
• Johnsonville sausage in an air fryer - This is another brand we love if we aren't shopping at TJ's. If you have Johnsonville brand sausage, just follow the same recipe instructions since they're sold as a standard size.

Kitchen tools

An air fryer - either a basket style or toaster oven style will work, we have both! The recipe cooks in the same amount of time.

How to Air Fry Sausage

This is just a brief overview, for full instructions please read the recipe card at the bottom!

Temperature

Preheat your air fryer to 360 F for 3-5 minutes. Lay the sausage on the air fryer rack or basket in a single layer.

Cook time

Cook the Italian sausage for a total of 10-12 minutes at 360 F, flipping over halfway through cooking, and air fry until the internal temperature is at least 160 F.

Let the sausages rest for 5 minutes before serving to let the juices distribute throughout the meat. Enjoy!

Making air fryer sausage peppers and onions

We had leftover sauteed peppers and onions in the fridge and served them on the side. To add sliced peppers or onions to the sausages:

1. Slice 2 bell peppers and one onion. Toss them in a bowl with 2-3 teaspoons of olive oil, ½ teaspoon fine sea salt, and ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper.
2. Spritz the air fryer basket with cooking spray if you're using an aluminum air fryer basket. If it's nonstick you'll skip this step.
3. Lay the veggies on the rack and put the Italian sausage on top of the peppers before cooking. 

Helpful tips

• Sausages are considered cooked at an internal temp of 160 F. However, they often aren't browned yet at this temperature. It's totally fine to keep cooking the Italian sausages until they're browned to your liking. Since sausage is a higher fat content protein, they stay juicy and moist getting cooked up to 190 F.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 4 days. They can also be frozen for up to 2-3 months in an airtight container or a freezer Ziplock bag.
• If you have precooked sausages, you can fry them at 400 F for 8-10 minutes.
• Serve these with bell peppers and onions, or on a bun covered with marinara sauce and cheese. You could even stuff them with string cheese.

Reheating

Reheat sausages in an air fryer: When you're ready to eat them again, preheat your air fryer to 360 F and then cook them for 3-5 minutes, or until heated through.

Questions

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