Yep, we’ve all heard it before: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But occasionally (always), you snooze your alarm one too many times and find you don’t have enough time in your morning routine to whip up an Insta-worthy meal in the morning. Well, friends, that’s where your trusty air fryer comes to the rescue. This magical kitchen appliance can cook up some seriously impressive eats in a fraction of the time a stovetop or oven preparation would take. Don’t take our word for it though—just check out these 31 air fryer breakfast recipes and see (or taste) for yourself.
31 Quick and Easy Air Fryer Breakfast Recipes That Really Deliver
1. Air Fryer Elote Avocado Toast
- Time Commitment: 18 minutes
- Why We Love It: <30 minutes, crowd-pleaser
Mexican street corn + creamy avocado toast = a fiesta in your mouth.
- Time Commitment: 23 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, crowd-pleaser
These cheesy breakfast pizzas boast a winning combination of pork sausage, fluffy scrambled eggs and juicy cherry tomatoes, all piled atop a waffle that has been air fried to perfection.
3. Air Fryer Egg Rolls
- Time Commitment: 18 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, low sugar
This egg roll recipe yields a convenient grab-and-go morning meal that can be adapted to include any combination of your favorite breakfast ingredients.
- Time Commitment: 15 minutes
- Why We Love It: <30 minutes, kid-friendly
Here, an exceedingly easy and quick breakfast pizza recipe that features a soft-cooked egg—you know, because a runny yolk makes everything more delicious.
- Time Commitment: 45 minutes
- Why We Love It: High protein, grab-and-go
Whether you’re hungover or simply really hungry, a breakfast burrito stuffed with tater tots, cheesy scrambled eggs and avocado is the solution.
11. Air Fryer Twice Baked Potato
- Time Commitment: 15 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes
A regular baked spud can’t hold a candle to the twice-baked variety, which is why we’re pleased to report that your air-fryer can pull off these puppies in a mere ten minutes (excluding the time it takes you to fry an egg, that is).
14. French Toast Sticks
- Time Commitment: 15 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, whole grain
Woo the picky kid in your life with satisfyingly crisp French toast sticks that are easy to make and even easier to eat.
- Time Commitment: 10 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, crowd-pleaser
Why settle for buttered toast when you can eat a slice of bread that’s filled with creamy custard? Top this decadent toast with chocolate, fresh fruit or anything else you fancy, and prepare to swoon.
- Time Commitment: 26 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, low sugar
This air fryer potato pancake recipe turns yesterday’s mashed potatoes into a breakfast side that’s decidedly more appetizing than gluey microwaved leftovers.
20. Turkey Bacon Breakfast Quesadilla
- Time Commitment: 15 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes
Stuffed with scrambled eggs, cheese, turkey bacon and veggies—these quesadillas will satisfy a breakfast burrito craving without weighing you down.
21. Air Fryer Omelet
- Time Commitment: 8 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, kid-friendly
This air fryer egg recipe is really more of a frittata than an omelet, but we suspect you won’t care about semantics when there’s a plate of cheesy, veggie-filled goodness in front of you that came together in under ten minutes.
22. Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish
- Time Commitment: 25 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, low sugar, gluten-free
Impress your gluten-free brunch guests and satisfy your sweet tooth with a fruit-filled almond flour Danish that’s stuffed and drizzled with sugar-free, sweetened cream cheese.
- Time Commitment: 20 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, grab-and-go
Hectic mornings are so much more pleasant when you have a travel mug of coffee in one hand and a palm-sized apple pie in the other.
24. Air Fryer Pizza Rolls
- Time Commitment: 8 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, grab-and-go
These cheesy, saucy pizza rolls make for a satisfying, grab-and-go meal at any time of day. That said, if you have time for a sit-down breakfast, we strongly suggest you top your roll with a runny egg and dig in with a fork and knife.
29. Cheesy Chicken Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Jalapeños
- Time Commitment: 30 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, crowd pleaser, special occasion-worthy
Spicy jalapeño peppers are stuffed with shredded chicken and gooey cheese and wrapped in crispy bacon to make a brunch appetizer that looks as good as it tastes.
- Time Commitment: 22 minutes
- Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, keto-friendly
Pair them with eggs or eat them on their own—either way, you can file these protein-rich and keto-friendly breakfast meatballs under ‘morning comfort food.’