Garlic bread in the air fryer is a quick and delicious garlic buttery goodness that goes fabulous with just about any dinner. A 5 minute side dish that will fly off in no time.
This bread makes a great meal with the quick instant pot tomato soup.
There have been times when I cook dinner and wish I had one more thing to make the meal complete. This is that side dish. Crusty french bread (or whatever bread you choose) with butter, garlic and herbs. Top it with a bit of shredded cheese or grated Parmesan and no one will forget this meal. My kids ask for it all the time with dinner as they know just how good it is.
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❓Why This Recipe Works
- Takes literally 5 minutes, start to finish.
- Convenient, no need to heat up your oven.
- Goes very well with all dinner ideas.
Spaghetti and meatballs, steak, chicken pasta dishes. A hunk of garlic bread with that soup or stew? Yes, please! Garlic bread in the air fryer comes out crusty on the edges, soft in the middle and piping hot.
It bakes up toasty warm and buttery in just a matter of minutes. One of benefits of having an air fryer is the cooking time is about half as long as a standard oven! And we can all use a little less time in the kitchen right? Especially on hot days.
Making homemade air fryer is super easy and convenient. No need to heat up your whole house with your standard oven turned on. Or who else keeps baking and cast iron pans in their oven when not in use? Yup, me too. Whenever I want to bake, I have to pull everything out. Not so with the air fryer. It sits right on my counter top ready for me to use.
📝 Recipe Ingredients
📋 Ingredient Notes
- French bread or any other crusty loaf bread works best for this recipe.
🥣 Equipment
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- Obviously you will need an air fryer for this recipe, this Cuisinart air fryer is what I use. Any other air fryer will work you just need to check your manual for settings.
🥄 Recipe Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- On a plate mix butter, garlic and oregano with a fork.
- Cut your loaf in half horizontally.
- Then cut each into two halves so you will end up with 4 pieces.
- Divide the butter mixture into 4 equal parts and spread each part over one of the bread pieces. Place in your air fryer basket and air fry on 350 for 4 minutes.
💡 Recipe Expert Tips
- You can use unsalted butter and add a pinch of salt.
- In place of fresh garlic, try using garlic powder.
- Add extra time if you want your bread to be more crispy.
- I did not preheat my air fryer for this recipe, if your oven requires prehating do so for 4-5 minutes.
- If you are air frying multiple batches, you may need to reduce time by a minute minutes
Frozen Garlic Bread in Air Fryer
This recipe is freezer friendly but if you want to use store bought like frozen Texas toast, it is still doable. Air fry the frozen toast for 3 minutes on 340, flip them over and air fry for another 2 minutes. Add more time if you want it more crisp. If your bread has cheese do not flip them over just toast cheese side up for 4-5 minutes.
🧺 Storage
Garlic bread is better to be consumed fresh, any leftovers should be wrapped in foil. Store in the freezer as the fridge is not recommended. Place the air fryer for a minute or less until the are reheated, take care not to overcook them. Do not microwave.
⌛ Make Ahead
After spreading the garlic mixture over the bread, freeze in a single layer until hardened. Wrap in plastic then double wrap in foil and keep frozen until ready to use. Do not thaw just unwrap and give them an extra minute in the air fryer.
👩🍳 Variations
You can use any herbs you like fresh or dry like basil, rosemary, thyme or parsley. You may also want to add some freshly grated parmesan cheese or top the loaf with shredded mozzarella cheese.
🍽️ Serve With
Garlic bread goes with almost anything, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken, soups, steak, and seafood dishes.
💬 Recipe FAQs
We love to sprinkle it on top at the 3 minute mark and then air fry for one more minute to melt the cheese. Be sure the cheese side is facing up. Try grated parmesan or shredded mozzarella.
French or crusty bread is ideal to replicate restaurant-style Italian garlic bread, however, I have also used hamburger rolls, hot dog buns (cut lengthwise) and even regular sandwich bread.
Absolutely! Be sure to pull the garlic bread out of any packaging it came in, including the foil lined bag before putting it in your air fryer. Within minutes, it's done and ready to eat!
📣 Related Recipes
I did not expect to fall in love with the air fryer, but once I tried it I was hooked. Here are some of my favorite air fryer recipes that takes only minutes to make.
- Air fryer frozen burgers, yes to my surprise you can safely cook frozen food in the air fryer among them are burgers!!
- Another family favorite recipe from frozen is this air fryer chicken wings. Try the shawarma rub in this recipe so good.
- Cook frozen onion rings in the airfryer, they come out much quicker and crispy than the oven method. Perfect side dish for anything from burgers, to wings.
- For your next date night try out this air fryer lamb chops, quick and easy.
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Air Fryer Garlic Bread
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 1 French bread loaf
- 1/2 cup salted softened butter room temperature
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon dry oregano optional
Instructions
- On a plate mix butter, garlic and oregano with a fork.
- Cut your loaf in half horizontally.
- Then cut each into two halves so you will end up with 4 pieces.
- Divide the butter mixture into 4 equal parts and spread each part over one of the butter pieces.
- Place in your air fryer basket and air fry on 350 for 4 minutes.
Notes
- You can use unsalted butter and add a pinch of salt.
- Add extra time if you want your bread to be more crispy.
- French baguette can be used as well, any crusty rustic bread would work too.
- If you are using an air fryer with racks, it is better to rotate the racks halfway through cooking as the top rack is the closest to the heat so it will cook much quicker.
- I did not preheat my air fryer for this recipe, if your oven requires prehating do so for 4-5 minutes.
- If you are air frying multiple batches, you may need to reduce time by a minute minutes.
- Variations:
- You can use any herbs you like fresh or dry like basil, rosemary, thyme or parsley. You may also want to add some grated parmesan cheese or top the loaf with shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Storage:
- Garlic bread is better to be consumed fresh, any leftovers should be wrapped in foil. Store in the freezer as the fridge is not recommended. Place the air fryer for a minute or less until the are reheated, take care not to overcook them. Do not microwave.
- Serve with:
- Garlic bread goes with almost anything, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken, soups, steak, and seafood dishes.
- Make Ahead:
- After spreading the garlic mixture over the bread, freeze in a single layer until hardened. Wrap in plastic then double wrap in foil and keep frozen until ready to use. Do not thaw just unwrap and give them an extra minute in the air fryer.
I have a Ninja Foodie and a Tower air fryer and I love both
Wow I love that, wish I had the space for them in my kitchen.