This Air Fryer French Bread Pizza is perfectly cooked with an insta-worthy cheese pull, crispy pepperoni, and a garlic butter bread base!
I love making this air fryer french bread pizza for my boys for lunches or even when we need a quick weeknight dinner. The best part is this recipe is so easy the boys can make it themselves!!!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
This recipe is:
- Quick and easy to make!
- It requires just a few basic ingredients!
- This recipe is homemade and so much better than frozen french bread pizza!
Ingredient Notes
- French Bread Loaf or French rolls - you can just cut the french loaf but I find the rolls handy if you just want to make one pizza.
- Garlic Butter- you can use storebought or I just mix some butter with garlic powder or fresh garlic to taste.
- Pizza Sauce- you can use store-bought or tomato paste mixed with a little olive oil, garlic, and Italian seasonings to taste.
- Mozzarella Cheese- I use pizza mozzarella, freshly shredded but fresh mozzarella is also delicious here.
- Pepperoni- optional. If you do use it choose a good quality that is hormone and antibiotic-free!
How to Make Air Fryer French Bread Pizza
- 1. Butter French bread with garlic butter.
- 2. Toast in air fryer.
- 3. Add pizza sauce.
- 4. Top with cheese and any other desired toppings like pepperoni.
- 5. Place in air fryer.
- 6. Cook until desired crispness.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you make French bread pizza in air fryer?
Absolutely! You can make this homemade recipe or you can make frozen french bread pizza like Red Baron or Stouffers as well!
Air Fryer time for French bread pizza?
For fresh pizza, I suggest cooking it at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes (8 minutes if you are doing the garlic butter method I suggest in the recipe). For frozen pizza see below.
How long do you cook frozen French bread pizza?
Frozen pizza can be cooked in the air fryer at 400 degrees for about 5 minutes.
Expert Tips
- If you are strapped for time you can skip the garlic butter step but I highly recommend it. It's like having a combination of garlic bread and pizza!
- Easily make your own garlic butter by mixing butter with garlic powder or fresh garlic to taste.
- You can also make your own pizza sauce by mixing tomato paste with olive oil, Italian seasonings and salt and pepper to taste.
- You can keep the first batch of pizza warm in a 200 degree oven or toaster oven while you cook the second batch.
- Leftovers can be reheated in a toaster oven or air fryer but it's best served fresh!
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Recipe
Air Fryer French Bread Pizza
This Air Fryer French Bread Pizza is perfectly cooked with an insta-worthy cheese pull, crispy pepperoni, & a garlic butter french bread base!
Equipment
- Air Fryer I use the Cosori 5.8 qt Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 2 french rolls You can also use a French loaf cut in 4 pieces.
- 2 tablespoons garlic butter
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup pizza mozzarella Freshly shredded.
- ½ cup pepperoni Sliced.
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 350 degrees.
- Spread garlic butter on split French bread rolls.
- Add 2 buttered roll halves to the pre heated air fryer tray. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Next add the pizza sauce to the toasted buns.
- Top with cheese followed by pepperoni or any of your favorite toppings.
- Cook for an additional 5 minutes or until desired crispiness is reached.
- Cook remaining rolls and enjoy hot! Garnish with fresh chopped parsley if desired.
Notes
- If you are strapped for time you can skip the garlic butter step but I highly recommend it. It's like having a combination of garlic bread and pizza!
- Easily make your own garlic butter by mixing butter with garlic powder or fresh garlic to taste.
- You can also make your own pizza sauce by mixing tomato paste with olive oil, Italian seasonings and salt and pepper to taste.
- You can keep the first batch of pizza warm in a 200 degree oven while you cook the second batch.
- Leftovers can be reheated in a toaster or air fryer but it's best served fresh.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 10gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 587mgPotassium: 155mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 442IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 228mgIron: 1mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Amelia says
This was so easy to make. My kids enjoyed it a lot. My favourite part was that the garlic butter gave it such a nice flavour! Thanks for this great recipe!
Charlotte Singh-Dhanraj says
So happy to hear! Yes! My boys love the garlic butter too!