Air Fryer Eggs

Breakfast just got a lot easier with these air fryer eggs baked in individual ramekins. Serve with buttered toast on the side.

Our easy air fryer eggs recipe is perfect for a quick breakfast. It’s a delicious, healthy, option that you can have ready in just minutes.

I know you're probably wondering... Can you cook eggs in the air fryer? And the answer is yes, you can and it's super easy!

Making our Air Fryer Eggs recipe is a breakfast win! Here’s why! 

• The air fryer costs less than a traditional oven to use, as it's only heating a small space, so it’s saving money on fuel!

• Air fryer eggs are super easy to make, a great source of protein, and are healthy too as only use a little oil!

• You can add or sprinkle in any extras you like - try grated cheese, chopped chillies or fresh herbs.

• They’re quick to cook and will be ready by the time you've brewed the coffee and made the toast.

What Are Baked Eggs?

Baked eggs (sometimes known as shirred eggs) are simply eggs baked in little ramekins in an oven. Now for our recipe we use the air fryer in place of the oven, because it's quicker, easier and saves money.

A baked egg kinda tastes a bit like a hard boiled egg, but with a runnier yolk. They're great for people who like to eat a good healthy breakfast, but can't really be bothered to do much cooking in the morning!

Equipment Needed

• Ramekins - you'll need one per egg and be sure they're oven safe. It's best to use oven safe glass or ceramic ramekins rather than silicone as they're rigid and you're less likely to spill the eggs out.

• Air fryer – we use a Tefal air fryer (Little Update! - We've swapped to a Ninja Foodi Max Dual Zone Air Fryer - the 9.5 litre two drawer cooking space is BRILLIANT, and so much better when you're cooking for a family and need to make larger portions. And it makes cooking meat, chicken or fish and potatoes at the same time super easy!)

• Tongs - to remove the ramekins after cooking so you don't burn your fingers touching the hot ramekins. I'd highly recommend getting yourself a set of silicone tongs for air frying, they're super handy and don't damage the air fryer non-stick coating)

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Air Fryer Eggs Ingredients

You'll literally just need three ingredients, your bread for toasting and a little seasoning to make our delicious baked eggs in air fryer!

For the air fryer baked eggs

• 2 teaspoon olive oil

• 2 eggs

• 2 teaspoon milk

To serve - optional

• Buttered toast

• Sprinkle of chopped herbs

How To Cook Eggs In Air Fryer

You will really LOVE how simple this breakfast egg recipe is to prepare and cook!

Step One - prepare the eggs for air frying

• Add a teaspoon of olive oil to each ramekin and rub all around the inside. You can do this with a piece of kitchen roll or a pastry brush.

• Crack an egg into each ramekin.

• Add a teaspoon of milk to the egg white and swirl a little without breaking the egg yolk.

Step Two - how to cook eggs in air fryer

• Put the little ramekins into the air fryer, depending on how big your air fryer basket is you can either cook these in batches of two, three or four at a time.

• Air fry the eggs on 150C for around 7-10 minutes.

Cooks Note! After 7 minutes just keep checking the eggs to see if they're done. You want the whites to be set but the egg yolk to still be on the soft side.

• When the air fryer eggs are cooked to your liking remove them from the air fryer basket using tongs.

What To Serve With Air Fryer Eggs

Once your eggs are cooked, you can either flip them from the ramekins and serve as part of a good old English fry up (use a spatular or knife to run around the edges to loosen them).

You could use them to make a breakfast muffin, with a toasted muffin and slice of cheese. Or you could sprinkle them with chopped herbs, salt and pepper and then eat them with a spoon, just served with buttered toast, or Air Fryer Fried Bread, is our favourite!

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