Quick & Easy Air Fryer Breakfast Sausage

0 Prep the air fryer. If your air fryer model requires it, pre-heat to 375 degrees F.  After pre-heating, grease the air fryer basket with pan spray or line with foil or parchment air fryer liners.
1 Add sausage to the air fryer. Arrange the sausage links or patties in a single layer in your air fryer basket, ensuring you're leaving enough room in between each link or patty for the hot air to circulate. If you have a large batch you are cooking, it is best to cook the sausages in batches for best results. 
2 Cook the sausage. Once the breakfast sausage is arranged in your air fryer basket, place the basket back into the air fryer and cook on 375F. 
3 If you are cooking frozen breakfast sausages, you'll want to cook them for 10-12 minutes. 
4 If you are cooking fresh breakfast sausages, they will need a little less time and should cook for 8-10 minutes. I have found 8 minutes to be enough for pork sausages, but you can always test them with a meat thermometer to be extra sure they're done. Pre-cooked chicken breakfast sausages usually need less time, so start by cooking for 6 minutes and check for doneness from there.
5 The internal temperature should be around 160F for pork sausage and 165F for chicken or turkey sausage.