How To Cook Italian Sausage: Air Fryer Italian Sausage (+More Easy Methods!)
Here's how to cook Italian sausage so they turn out perfectly cooked, juicy, and flavorful every time! Italian sausage is a quick 30-minute dinner you can throw together on busy weeknights. Plus, there are so many easy ways to prepare it!
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Instructions
Preheat your air fryer to 360°F (182°C) for 5 minutes or until fully preheated.
Once the air fryer if preheated, arrange the Italian sausage links in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Seal and air fry for 6 minutes at 360°F (182°C), then open and turn the sausage carefully using tongs.
Close the air fryer and finish cooking the sausages for an additional 6 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 160F (71C).
If desired, before serving you can place the sausages into the buns to heat the buns too. Place each sausage into a bun and heat at the same temperature for an additional 2-3 minutes.
Notes
*Nutritional information is calculated based on the Italian sausage only. Buns will vary greatly, as will condiments.
Italian sausage brands will all cook at roughly the same amount of time as long as they are links, under about 4 ounces in weight.
We enjoy Johnsonville sweet, mild, and hot Italian sausages as well as Premio, Swaggerty, Hillshire Farms, Isernio's, as well as chicken and turkey-based Italian sausages and the meat alternative sausage brands Beyond Meat and Tofurkey.
Sausages should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160°F (71°C) as read by a digital meat thermometer.
Temp the same sausage while cooking so the others are not pierced.