Air Fryer Margherita Pizza

Air Fryer Margherita Pizza is the best way to have pizza without all the hassle!

This air-fried pizza is going to be a family favorite, that you are likely to add to your meal plan often! You can serve it with any of the side dishes in this What to Eat with Pizza post.

Easy pizza recipes are a staple in our household. Not only are pizzas delicious, but they are also kid-friendly, and you can personalize them quickly to your family’s preferred taste.

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• Health Benefits of This Air Fryer Pizza
• Why I Love This Recipe
• Ingredients
• Substitutions
• Equipment Needed / Helpful Tools
• How to Make Air Fryer Margherita Pizza
• Variations / Options / Add-Ins
• Toppings
• Tips
• FAQs
• More Air Fryer Recipes
• 📋 Recipe

Health Benefits of This Air Fryer Pizza

Besides being delicious, this air fryer pizza is also full of ingredients that benefit your health, like pizza sauce (which is made from tomatoes).

Tomatoes are packed full of lycopene, and lycopene is what gives tomatoes that beautiful red color that we love. Just as lycopene helps protects tomatoes from the sun, it can do the same for our skin.

Why I Love This Recipe

Air Fryer Margherita pizza takes minutes in the air fryer, helping you get dinner on the table quickly.

• Ready in under 30 minutes
• Easy to make
• Fun to make

If your kids love pizza as much as mine does, they will love this Banana Breakfast Pizza recipe and this Air Fryer Naan Bread Pizza.

Want to take your pizza-making skills outdoors? Check out these Blackstone pizza oven recipes.

Ingredients

You only need a few simple ingredients to make these air-fried pizzas. One trip to the grocery store to purchase these items and you are ready to make your meal!

• Pizza dough, store bought or homemade (make sure that each pizza dough will fit in your sized air fryer)
• Pizza sauce, store bought or homemade
• fresh mozzarella
• fresh basil leaves
• crushed red peppers

Substitutions

Crushed Red Pepper: Red pepper gives your pizza a delicious spice kick, if you like a mild pizza leave it off.

Italian Seasoning: A sprinkle of Italian seasoning on top of pizza gives it a fresh taste.

Equipment Needed / Helpful Tools

You only need two simple to help you get this pizza together for your family.

• Air Fryer
• Rolling pin

How to Make Air Fryer Margherita Pizza

This easy air fryer pizza recipe comes together in just 6 simple steps and takes less than 20 minutes to make.

Step 1: Prepare your pizza crust

Roll your pizza dough (about 2 oz) on a lightly floured surface until you reach your desired thinness. Make sure that the circumference of your dough will fit in your air fryer.

Step 2: Air Fry your pizza crust

Add parchment paper to your air fryer as some air fryers are not evenly flat, and your dough won’t cook flat, nor evenly. Add your rolled-out pizza dough to your air fryer. Cook the dough for 3 minutes at 370 degrees.

Step 3: Top your pizza

Once the time is complete, keep in the air fryer to add your toppings as it is easier than transferring in and out. Add 3 tablespoon pizza sauce and spread evenly on your dough. Then distribute your sliced mozzarella evenly on the sauce.

Step 4: Air Fry your pizza

Cook your pizza again to melt your topping for five minutes at 370 degrees. You will know that your pizza is done when your cheese is completely melted and your crust is browned on the edges.

Step 5: Garnish your pizza

Once your pizza is completely cooked, add your basil and optional red pepper flakes, and then enjoy.

Variations / Options / Add-Ins

Looking for a way to change up this pizza? Here are some suggestions.

Olive Oil: When you are cooking your pizza crust, brush your crust lightly with olive oil for additional flavor.

Basil: Don’t like fresh basil? Use dried basil or Italian seasoning in its place.

Garlic: Make the pizza crust taste different by brushing garlic butter on the edges of your crust before baking.

Toppings

Looking for some additional toppings for your pizza? Here are some of my favorite suggestions.

• pepperoni
• Italian sausage
• feta
• parmesan cheese
• bell peppers
• mushrooms
• olives
• sliced onions

Tips

Here is a helpful tip to make sure you get the best results from your air-fried pizza.

When air frying your pizza, be sure to leave plenty of room to cook around each crust. Do not overcrowd your air fryer.

FAQs

Here are the answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about this pizza.

More Air Fryer Recipes

If you like using your air fryer, give these recipes a try:

• Air Fryer Breadsticks
• Air Fryer chicken tenders
• Air Fryer Blooming Onion
• Air Fryer Naan
• Air Fryer Mozzarella Sticks
• Air Fryer Indian Fry Bread Tacos

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