Air Fryer Ground Beef

One day when I tried putting a packet of ground beef in the air fryer. It worked! And it was better than ground beef cooked on the stove.

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INGREDIENTS

By cooking ground beef in the air fryer, you get hands-free cooking with leaner meat and an easier clean up.

Put the ground beef, up to 1 and 1/2 pounds, into the basket of the air fryer. Season it with salt and pepper.

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Use a wooden spoon to break it up and stir the seasonings in.

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Then your ground beef will be cooked and crumbled. You can crumble it more or less.

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Finally, lift the basket out and you’ll see that all the fat and liquid has been drained off.

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