Learn to make an Air Fryer Beyond Burger! These vegetarian burger patties are so delicious and ready in just minutes using your favorite countertop appliance.
“Delicious! There just aren't words good enough to describe this recipe. I love my air fryer, and I love my beyond burgers! Who'd have thought the beyond meat would cook as well in the air fryer? Thank you!”
Recipe Overview
We eat a lot of plant based burgers, and Beyond Burgers are our favorite! I use Beyond Beef to make an amazing vegan meatloaf too.
Thank goodness that it’s so easy to make vegan Beyond Burgers in the Air Fryer! This easy recipe is simple enough for anyone to make, even older kids and teens.
Your meat-free burger will be ready in about 8 minutes. Add it to a soft hamburger bun, loaded with lettuce, tomato, and onion, and serve with Air Fryer French Fries for a simple and satisfying meal.
If you ended up here because you’re looking to make beef or turkey burgers, don’t worry. Learn how to make an air fryer burger here, or get the easy recipe for air fryer turkey burgers.
Ingredients
All you need to make Beyond Burgers in the air fryer are your Beyond Burger patties.
To make a killer deluxe burger, you should also have hamburger buns, lettuce, red onion and tomato slices, and your favorite burger condiments.
A slice of cheese or vegan cheese can be added at the end to make beyond cheeseburgers!
Steps to Make
- Place the Beyond Burgers in the air fryer basket.
- Air Fry at 350°F/180°C for 8 minutes. No need to preheat the air fryer when cooking burgers in the air fryer.
- Halfway through the cooking time, flip the patties over so that they cook evenly.
- Serve air fryer Beyond Burgers on a bun with your favorite toppings!
How to Serve
Burgers are a complete meal, so long as you add some veggies to them! I suggest topping your air fryer Beyond Burgers with lettuce, tomato, thinly sliced red onion, and your choice of sauce on a soft hamburger bun.
Air Fryer Potato Wedges or Air Fryer Steak Fries make for a classic burger pairing.
Air Fryer Onion Rings will also be super tasty with your Beyond Burgers.
For a tasty backyard BBQ-style meal, pair burgers with Macaroni Salad or Potato Salad, Air Fryer Corn on the Cob, and some ice-cold beverages.
Beyond Burgers are also delicious chopped up and added to a salad, or wrapped in a tortilla.
Want to make your own vegan burgers from scratch? Try this recipe for black bean and roasted red pepper veggie burgers.
More Vegetarian Recipes
The air fryer makes tons of delicious vegetarian meals and sides!
Use your air fryer to cook fresh broccoli or make air fryer frozen broccoli. Both are amazing and the perfect simple side dish.
Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes with a delicious fresh black bean salsa topping make a filling and simple vegetarian meal.
Make a tasty vegetarian appetizer using our recipe for Air Fryer Stuffed Mushrooms, or try making Air Fryer Zucchini Fries.
FAQs
Add a slice of Vegan Cheese on top of the burgers right after they’ve cooked through. Close the air fryer, but don’t turn it on.
Let the remaining heat in the air fryer gently melt the cheese on top of the patties. Then carefully remove them with a spatula.
Vegan cheese slice brands to look for at the grocery store include Violife, Daiya, and Field Roast Chao.
Beyond burgers and other beyond meat products are sold to stores frozen. Depending on where you shop, you may find them in the freezer section, or you may find them thawed in a refrigerated space.
If you buy Beyond burgers frozen, you can store them in the freezer until you’re ready to thaw and cook them.
If you buy vegan burgers thawed, they should be stored in the refrigerator and cooked before the best by date on the package.
Beyond Burgers cook best if you thaw them before cooking them.
While it is possible to cook frozen beyond burgers, it’s more difficult, and often results in overcooked, tough burgers.
The best way to defrost beyond burgers that are frozen is to leave them in the refrigerator overnight. This thaws them slowly, keeping them at a safe temperature.
You can also use your microwave to defrost frozen beyond burgers quickly. Microwave at 30% power, or on the defrost setting at 30-second intervals until they are thawed. Avoid letting the microwave cook the burgers though!
Since the burgers will be frozen solid, you’ll need to cook them at a higher heat and for a longer time. I suggest air frying frozen beyond burgers at 400°F/200°C, for 15-18 minutes, flipping halfway.
Beyond meat needs to be cooked before eating to an internal temperature of 165°F/74°C.
When cooked to this temperature, the outside of a Beyond Burger patty should be firm and browned, and the interior will appear pink. This is normal!
An ingredient in beyond meat causes the plant-based meat to look very much like actual hamburger meat, and that pink color won’t go away, even when it’s overcooked.
I don’t find a need to add oil to Beyond Burgers. There is enough oil already in them, so they shouldn’t stick to the basket.
I do like using parchment paper air fryer liners for messy foods like burgers though! They aren’t necessary but can help make clean-up easier.
Examples of plant-based burger brands that are similar to Beyond Beef Burgers include Impossible Burgers, Farmland burger patties, and Morningstar Farms Incogmeato patties.
Of course, different brands and products are all a bit different, so be sure to keep a close eye on your burgers as they cook. Brands other than Beyond may need more or less time in the air fryer to cook fully.
Air Fryer Beyond Burger
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 Beyond Burger patties thawed
- Hamburger Buns and desired toppings optional
Instructions
- Place the Beyond Burgers in the air fryer basket.
- Air Fry at 350°F/180°C for 8 minutes.
- Flip the burgers over halfway through the cooking time so that the burgers cook evenly.
- Serve on a bun with your favorite toppings, like tomato, onion, and lettuce!
Notes
- You could really make this recipe with anywhere from 1 to 4 Beyond Burgers. If you’re just feeding yourself, place one burger in the air fryer basket. You may want to check it a few minutes earlier than the time stated if you use fewer burgers because there is more air to circulate around your burger and it could cook quicker.
- I don’t find any need to spray the burgers with cooking oil in this recipe. There is enough fat in the burger that it doesn’t stick to the air fryer basket.
- Flipping the burger at the halfway point is important to ensure the burger cooks and browns evenly on both sides.
- Pro Tip: This recipe can be made in the air fryer unit with a basket or the air fryer oven. If you are using the air fryer oven, use the middle rack and select the “Air Fry” function.
- Pro Tip: Check your food as it cooks. Each air fryer runs a bit differently. Sometimes air frying is a trial and error process. Check your food as it cooks to learn your air fryer better! When cooking a new recipe or food items be sure to check your food often to help avoid over/under cooking.
Nutrition
Delicious! There just aren’t words good enough to describe this recipe. I love my air fryer, and I love my beyond burgers! Who’d have thought the beyond meat would cook as well in the air fryer?
Thank you!