Yes, you definitely can! Air frying is one of the best ways to reheat leftover pizza. In just a few minutes, you'll get perfectly hot pizza with a crispy crust and ooey, gooey melted cheese.
Cover with foil.
Place in the center of your air fryer basket or rack(s). Use a square of aluminum foil (fold it in half as needed to fit into your air fryer) over the pizza to prevent it from burning.
Air frying is the best way to revive leftover pizza! No more soggy crust or dry, burnt pizza. Learn my foolproof method to reheat pizza in the air fryer and get a perfectly crispy crust, and ooey, gooey melted cheese in a matter of minutes. You'll never reheat pizza in the microwave or oven again!
If your air fryer doesn't have a bottom heating element, your pizza's bottom crust will need help browning. Thin-crust pizzas can be flipped before adding their toppings (see above), transferring their browned top crust to the bottom: problem solved!
Results are always soggy, half cooked pizza dough. The concept of the air fryer is to cook food hot and fast, but if you don't pre-cook the dough first then you get soggy crusts. So we've figured out the issue and learn that air frying the raw dough first then adding the toppings is WAY better.
Can You Use Aluminum Foil in an Air Fryer? The short answer is yes, but there are some caveats and safety issues that you should consider before and while you're cooking with foil in your air fryer. What is this? First of all, the air fryer was not designed to require foil or parchment paper.
An air fryer is simply a small oven that runs on convection heat. The heat is circulated around a tight space by a powerful fan that lies just below or behind the heating element. Just as in a standard oven, it is perfectly safe to use aluminum foil in the air fryer.
An air fryer basket within the 6- to 10-quart size range will provide enough room to roast a whole chicken, a whole pizza and pounds of finger foods.
Place your pizza slices flat in the middle of your air fryer. Set the temperature to 375 and the timer to two minutes, and start the air fryer on bake. Check the pizza after one minute to ensure it's not burning.
STEP ONE: Preheat your air fryer to 350 degrees. STEP TWO: Place cold pizza slices in the air fryer basket or oven-style air fryer and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until the pizza crust is crispy and the cheese is melted and hot.
Place cold pizza slices of pizza in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Air fry the pizza at 380 degrees F for 3-4 minutes cooking time, until you have hot pizza with a crispy crust and melted gooey cheese.
Preheat an air fryer to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Place eggs in the air fryer basket. Cook eggs in the preheated air fryer for 15 minutes. Transfer eggs to a cold water bath until fully cooled, 8 to 10 minutes.
Place frozen McCain Lil' Pizza into the Air Fryer basket. Air Fry for 7 minutes, until golden and crisp. You are ready to serve. NOTE: Pizza is not to be heated in a toaster oven.
Potential drawbacks of using foil in an air fryer
Foil can block airflow: when using foil in your air fryer, make sure you are not blocking airflow. It's designed to cook with hot air flowing up and around your food. If the foil blocks the air from circulating, your food will not cook as intended.
So, the question many people are asking is, can you put paper towels in air fryer? The answer is no; you can not! If you want to use them, they will pose a fire hazard and cause a fire in your home and your air fryer to combust. So, never, ever use a paper towel in the air fryer!
Use a pizza stone or a pan with holes to get a crispy pizza crust. A pizza stone will keep your pizza hot and its porousness will absorb some condensation. A perforated pan has holes that will let the condensation escape, just remember to place it on a rack as it cools so the holes can do their work.
Toasting bread in the air fryer is about as easy as it gets. Add the bread to the air fryer and cook at 390ºF until toasted to your liking. For me, this is around 4-5 minutes. Don't forget to flip halfway through for even toasting!
The size of the air fryer basket will determine how many rashers you can cook at one time. Set the air fryer to 200C and cook streaky bacon rashers for 6-10 mins – just-cooked bacon will take 6 mins, but crispier bacon will take 9-10 mins.
Air Fryer Frozen Chips
Add the frozen chips to the air fryer basket and set off at 200C (400F) and cook for 8 to 20 minutes (depending on the size of the chips), shaking halfway through to prevent them from sticking to the basket. What is this? Pretty simple!
– For the best pizza base we recommend using fan assist (fan with top and bottom elements) at 220°C. The fan ensures the hot air is circulated, whilst the bottom element assists with crisping the base and the top element browning the cheese and cooking toppings.