10 Minute Ninja Foodi Grill Bacon

For perfectly crispy bacon, cook it in your Ninja Foodi Grill! This 10-minute recipe reliably produces perfectly crispy bacon, regardless of the type of bacon you use: pork, beef, or turkey bacon. My top tip? Preheat the grill before adding the bacon to the crisper basket. It makes a big difference.

I cook it on Air Crisp at 390°F in the crisper basket of my indoor Ninja Foodi Grill. There's no oven to preheat and no grease popping on the stovetop.

Half a pound fits in one batch. That's enough for a weekend breakfast side, or for crumbling into recipes like my Loaded Potato Casserole.

You might have seen some of my other Ninja Foodi Grill recipes. If you haven't, don't miss my Ninja Foodi Grill steak and Ninja Foodi Grill chicken breast. They will make you a dinner-time hero.

Tips & Tricks

• Start with a clean Ninja Foodi Grill and save the bacon drippings in a sealed container in the refrigerator and use it to saute other meats and vegetables in.
• Some overlap at the start is fine, because bacon shrinks as it cooks. After 4 minutes, spread it into a single layer with tongs so every slice crisps.
• To avoid your house getting smoky, set your Ninja Foodi on the counter next to your range and turn the fan on.

To up your bacon game, try these flavor variations!

• Brush the bacon with Barbecue sauce or Sriracha before cooking.
• Brush with maple syrup and sprinkle with black pepper.
• Sprinkle with Old Bay Seasoning

Serving Suggestions

Use this recipe to make the bacon for this Gluten-Free Breakfast Sandwich or serve it alongside Blueberry Quinoa Muffins, Zucchini Frittata, or Gluten-Free Crepes.

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• Ninja Foodi Grill
• Tongs

Storage

Cooked bacon can be stored for up to five days in the refrigerator or for up to one month in the freezer.

Timing Depends on Your Bacon

First, the important thing to remember when cooking bacon is that the cooking time can vary wildly from brand to brand.

The preheat matters for bacon in the Ninja Foodi Grill. When bacon hits a hot basket, the fat starts rendering right away, so it fries and crisps instead of steaming.

A thick-cut pork bacon is going to take much longer than a thin cut.

Likewise, turkey bacon can burn easily if it is thin but otherwise can take longer to crisp up.

So use this as a guide, but get to know the times for your favorite bacon.

If you are using turkey bacon, I recommend brushing it with avocado oil before cooking. This is optional but is helpful to help it crisp up.

Preheat your Ninja Foodi Grill to 390° F using the Ninja Foodi air crisp function.

Set your timer to 10 minutes.

When the grill is preheated, arrange the bacon in the basket. Cook for 4 minutes, and then arrange the bacon in a single layer.

Cook for another 6 minutes, or to the desired crispness.