Sausages are a family favourite – whether you enjoy them in a fry-up, in a butty, or with mashed potatoes on the side, they are always bang on. Juicy and packed full of flavour they’re the ultimate comfort food, but cooking them can be a bit messy.
Traditionally heated through in a frying pan or under the grill, they can be a splattery nightmare with sizzling fat popping everywhere and leaving a mess behind. Thankfully, the air fryer is a total game-changer when it comes to cooking sausages, making them perfectly crisp and evenly cooked every time. To make it easier for us all to enjoy beautiful bangers, the experts at Pinch of Nom have shared their top tips for cooking them perfectly in the air fryer.
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In their Air Fryer Basics series they show over 57,000 followers how to air fry sausages. The experts explain: “You can air fry any kind of sausages and it’s easier than you might think to get them perfect every time.”
Helping home cooks get to grips with airfrying, they said: “Sausages usually cook 20% quicker than they would in an oven or on the grill. Make sure to check the cooking instructions on the back of the packet to help you figure out the timings.”
The method is straightforward. “Give them a little spritz of low calorie cooking spray and keep an eye on them as they cook.You want to put the sausages halfway through cooking to make sure that they always turn out juicy and golden.”
To make it even easier to ensure well cooked snags, and anything else you want to cook, the experts at Pinch of Nom have also shared a handy conversion chart to help work outcooking times and temperatures.
Fans of the TikTok account shared some of their own tips for succulent sausages. One said: “16 minutes on 160 does them fine for me.”
A second follower added a little extra advice, saying: “Make sure to prick the Sausages with a fork first.”
