Air Fryer Ground Beef - YES, you can cook ground beef in your air fryer! Easy ground beef recipe!

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories, while processed cheese is usually cheaper.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt offers similar creaminess with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while canola oil is often more affordable.

Add a pound of ground beef to the basket of the air fryer.

Season beef with half of salt and pepper amounts listed in ingredients.

Use spatula to break up ground beef into pieces, then sprinkle with remaining salt and pepper.

Pop air fryer basket into appliance and set to cook at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Halfway through cooking time, pull basket out and use spatula to break up and mix ground beef even more.

Finish cooking and then use spatula to move ground beef onto plate or bowl.

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