Rick's bacon and egg toastie starts with twisted rashers forming a nest, a edible cup that holds a cracked egg while everything toasts together. Ten minutes in the air fryer at 180°C and you've got breakfast on one plate: crispy bacon, buttered toast, and an egg that's still soft in the middle.
Source video by Backyard Chef on YouTube. This recipe was adapted with strict source-fidelity rules and is marked for human review.
This is a one-step air fryer breakfast that brings bacon, egg and toast together on a single slice. You butter a slice of bread, coil a rasher of bacon into a nest on top, crack an egg into the centre, and air fry the whole thing. At 180°C for 10 minutes you get a firm egg; for a runny yolk, start the bread and bacon first and add the egg later. Serve as-is or with a splash of sauce.
Ingredients
Main
2 slicesbread
butter, softened, for spreading
2 rashersbacon
2 largeeggs
To season
salt and pepper (add late)
Method
Butter each slice of bread on the top side.
~1 min
Take a rasher of bacon, twist it slightly to hold its shape, and coil it into a nest on top of each buttered slice.
~2 min
Transfer the bread into the air fryer basket. Press the bacon down gently to form a seal around the centre so the egg stays put.
~1 min
Crack an egg into a small bowl, then tip it carefully into the centre of each bacon nest.
~1 min
Air fry at 180°C for 10 minutes for a firm egg. For a runny yolk, cook the bread and bacon alone for 5 minutes first, then add the egg and finish.
~10 min
Lift out carefully, season with salt and pepper if you like, and serve straight away with sauce of your choice.
~1 min
Frequently asked
Do I need to preheat my air fryer?
Not for this one. The chef sets it straight to 180°C for 10 minutes. If your model preheats automatically, that is fine too.
How do I get a runny yolk?
Cook the buttered bread and bacon nest on their own at 180°C for about 5 minutes first, then crack the egg into the nest and cook for the remaining 5 minutes. The full 10 minutes with the egg in from the start gives a firm yolk.
Will the egg leak out of the bacon nest?
Press the bacon down onto the bread to form a snug seal before adding the egg. A little leakage is normal and nothing to worry about; the bread catches it.
What bread works best?
A sturdy slice such as a thick white or sourdough holds the egg and bacon best. Thin sliced bread can go soggy or buckle under the weight.
Can I cook more than two at once?
Yes, as long as the slices sit flat in a single layer in the basket. Avoid stacking, as the egg needs to stay level until it sets.
Extraction notes (transparency): Quantities of butter, salt and pepper not specified in the transcript. Bread type not specified. Serving count inferred from the chef making two toasties on camera. | Second-pass critique flagged 1 fabricated and 7 quantified issues. See critique.issues for detail. | 2026-07-31 correction: bacon cut de-specified (was invented as "streaky"), transcript just says bacon/rash of bacon.
