Air Fryer Pizza is such a delightful treat. This is easy, quick, and makes a delicious pizza in less than 10 minutes. These are kid's friendly. Let's see how to make the air fryer pizza with a store-bought pizza crust or from scratch with your own homemade pizza dough.
This is an easy snack for kids. When making the pizza in the basket-type air fryer, the size has to be smaller depending on the basket size. But since this makes it quick, you can double the amount of pizza at the same time as one oven-baked pizza.
You can use a pre-made pizza base readily available in any grocery store. That saves a little time and time waiting for the dough to ferment, but I prefer homemade dough. The dough that I'm using here is vegan, too. I can add cheese for my kid and vegan pizza for me.
You can easily bake the pizza in an air fryer, as it works just like a convection oven. The air fryer has a high-speed fan that keeps rotating the hot air inside, cooking food quickly. Read my other air fryer recipes.
How to make the air fryer pizza - 2 ways?
These are delicious-tasting quick pizza recipes. Here, I'm sharing both ways to make your air-fried pizza, i.e., with homemade pizza dough and store-bought pizza base. If you are making homemade pizza dough from scratch, you will need 1 hour to ferment the dough in an instant pot. If you are looking for a quick fix to eliminate this 1 hour waiting time, you can get the store-bought pizza crust.
Pizza with a pre-made crust
The store-bought or premade crust is partially baked. Getting that crisp in the base takes less time than fresh dough pizza.
Apply the pizza sauce or marinara sauce over the pizza. Add pizza cheese and the toppings. Meanwhile, preheat the air fryer to 375 F (190 C). Now, place the pizza in the basket. Bake for 6 minutes at the same temperature.
If you have an air fryer with a basket, place the crust and add toppings from the top. But if you have an oven-type air fryer, finish the toppings, place the crust inside it, and start the air fryer.
Homemade Pizza Crust
(The exact quantity of ingredients is mentioned in the recipe card below.)
Take yeast and sugar in a small bowl. Add warm water to activate the yeast. Let it rest for 10 - 15 minutes until there is a foamy layer on top. This shows that the yeast has been activated nicely. Now add flour and salt. Mix the flour and yeast water with a spatula until it is mixed. Then knead it gently for 3 - 4 minutes. Now grease the bowl with oil and rub a little oil on the dough.
Cover the dough with a damp cloth or cling wrap and let it rest for 1 hour in a warm place. You can also ferment the dough in the Instant Pot.
Check after 1 hour to see if the dough is fermented. Dust the surface with flour. Take out the pizza dough and knead it for a minute or two. Then divide it into four equal parts, depending on the pizza size you want to make.
Roll the crust with a rolling pin. Don't keep the crust too thick, as it will not make a crispier base in the said time. Poke the crust with a fork. Now, grease the basket with oil and place the crust inside the basket. With the help of a spoon, apply the sauce on top. Add the toppings and cheese from the top.
Start the air fryer at 375 F (190 F) for 7 minutes. Once the pizza is done, remove it, cut it into slices, and serve hot.
Note: The base will not be very crisp this way since the cheese may burn with overheating. We can't increase the temperature or time to make the base crispier, so here is what I do.
If you need a crispier base, bake the crust for 3 - 4 minutes at 400 F (200 C). Then flip the base. Now apply the sauce and add toppings and grated cheese on the other soft side of the crust. Then cook at 375 F (190 C) for 5 - 6 minutes.
Since the heater coil is on top, the top side of the crust turns crispier when we cook only the crust first. When you flip it, it becomes the base of the pizza. Then, apply sauce and toppings on the softer side, which will get baked along with the toppings.
Recipe card for Air Fryer Pizza
Air Fryer Pizza
Equipment
- Measuring Spoons
Ingredients
For Pizza Dough
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp yeast
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup + 2Tbsp water (as required to make dough)
- 1/2 tsp salt (or as per taste)
For Sauce
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp basil
- 1/2 tsp parsley
- salt to taste
- 1/2 - 1 tsp chilli flakes Optional
Toppings
- 1/2 cup sliced peppers optional
- 4 buttom mushrooms sliced thin
- 1/2 diced onion pieces
- mozarella cheese as required
- 1 tbsp chili flakes
Instructions
Make sauce for pizza
- In a small mixing bowl, add marinara sauce or tomato sauce and the spices mentioned above in ingredients list under sauce.
- Stir them to mix all ingredients nicely.
Homemade Pizza Dough
- Take yeast and sugar in a small bowl.
- Add warm water to activate the yeast.
- Let it rest for 10 - 15 minutes till there is a foamy layer on top.
- This shows yeast has been activated nicely.
- Now add flour and salt. Mix the flour and yeast water with a spatula till it is mixed.
- If required add a little water slowly gradually till it makes a perfect dough.
- Then knead it gently for 3 - 4 minutes.
- Now grease the bowl with oil and also rub little oil on the dough.
- Cover with a damp cloth or cling wrap and place in a warm place for 1 hour.
- Take out once the dough is doubled in size.
- Sprinkle flour on the surface and knead the dough for 1 - 2 minutes.
- Divide it into equal 4 pieces.
- Take 1 portion and cover the rest.
Making pizza crust
- Take one portion of the pizza dough and roll into a ball.
- With help of a rolling pin make circle of the desired size depending on circumference of the basket.
- Poke the bread with help of a fork or knife.
- Preheat the air fryer at 400 F (200 C)
- Place the rolled pizza crust in the basket and bake at 400 F for 4 minutes.
- Turn off the air fryer and flip the crust.
- The top crispy baked layer as now the base.
- Apply pizza sauce with help of a spoon.
- Add sauce generously.
- Then add extra toppings of choice and pizza cheese covering the top (except the extreme sides)
- Now place the basket with pizza inside the air fryer.
- Start the air fryer at 375 F (190C) for 5 - 6 minutes till the cheese melts and the crust looks little golden on edges.
- Remove from the air fryer.
- Slice with a pizza cutter or a sharp knife and serve.
Air fryer pizza with pre-made pizza crust
- Apply the pizza sauce or marinara sauce over the pizza.
- Add pizza cheese and the toppings on the pizza.
- In the meanwhile preheat the air fryer at 375 F (190 C).
- Now place the pizza in the basket.
- Bake for 6 minutes at the same temperature.
- Once done remove, cut into slices and serve.
Video
Notes
- Make the crust thin for a crispy base and pizza.
- Bake the bread/ crust partially for 3 - 4 minutes before adding the toppings and cheese.
- Once it's baked and the top layer is crispy, flip it and apply sauce on the softer part. So the base is crispy and the top layer will get cooked along with the toppings and cheese.
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