Learn the secret to crispy, evenly cooked air fryer frozen sausages every time — no thawing required! Juicy and golden brown frozen sausage air fried in less than 20 minutes!
Whether you’re trying to cook Italian sausages, brats, chicken sausage, or other types of raw frozen sausage links like breakfast sausages, we’ll show you our foolproof method on how to air fry frozen sausage in no time.
What you’ll need to Air Fry Frozen Sausage Links
While we used raw frozen Italian sausage, any variety of sausages you’re trying to cook here will work. Whether you’re cooking raw Italian sausage, raw bratwurst, or raw chicken sausage, the cooking times will all be the same.
If you’re trying to air fry frozen breakfast sausage links or perhaps precooked frozen chicken sausage, just take 2-3 minutes off of the cooking time!
- frozen raw sausages, Italian sausage, or brats – any flavor or variety including Johnsonville, Costco, Jimmy Dean, and Trader Joe’s. Sausages typically come 4-5 to a pack unless you buy them from Costco or buy the breakfast variety.
- You can add in frozen peppers and onions if you want to make these a meal.
How to cook Frozen Sausage Links in Air Fryer
Cooking Temperature
You are going to cook your air fryer frozen sausage links in a preheated 400F air fryer basket or air fryer oven. Preheat your air fryer for 5 minutes before you start cooking.
Cooking Time
Step 1: Place the frozen uncooked sausage into the air fryer basket. It’s ok if they’re in a solid block, a couple of ours broke apart when we removed them from the package.
Step 2: Air fry the sausages for about 12-14 minutes at 400F. We suggest checking on them after the first 2 minutes of cooking to separate any sausages that are stuck together.
Step 3: After a total of 6 minutes of cooking time, flip them over and continue cooking the Italian sausage (or brats) for 6-7 more minutes until they are browned and cooked through.
The internal temperature of the sausage should be at least 165 F (up to 190 F) when tested with a digital meat thermometer. Enjoy!
Frozen Breakfast Sausage Air Fryer
PrintFrozen Sausage in Air Fryer
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 5 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 lb package of frozen raw sausages Italian sausage or brats
Instructions
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Preheat the air fryer on 400 F for 5 minutes.
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Place the frozen uncooked sausage into the air fryer basket. It’s ok if they’re in a solid block, a couple of ours broke apart when we removed them from the package.
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The sausages will take about 12-14 minutes to cook. We suggest checking on them after the first 2 minutes of cooking to separate any sausages that are stuck together.
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After a total of 6 minutes of cooking time, flip them over and continue cooking the Italian sausage (or brats) 6-7 more minutes until they are browned and cooked through. The internal temperature of the sausage should be at least 160 F when tested with a digital meat thermometer.
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Enjoy!
Notes
This recipe will work for any type of raw frozen sausage whether you’re making raw Italian sausage or brats or raw Italian chicken sausage. It will also work for precooked sausage like chicken but they’ll take approximately 2 minutes less to cook.
Using a digital meat thermometer is highly recommended to make sure the internal temperature reaches the correct degree which is 160 F.
A Cosori 5.8 QT air fryer was used for recipe testing, which is 1600 watts. If your air fryer has either lower watts or higher watts, the recipe could take longer or less time time to cook.
