This Air Fryer French Bread Pizza is made using a loaf of French bread. It is brushed with butter and garlic mixture and topped with sauce, pepperoni, and cheese.
Homemade Air Fryer French Bread Pizza
French bread pizza is super easy to make and a family favorite in this house! It's made by using a loaf of French bread, slicing it lengthwise, and then cutting the pieces into half.
After that, the butter and garlic mixture is brushed onto the bread and placed in the air fryer for a few minutes before adding the sauce and toppings.
By brushing the butter mixture onto the bread and air frying it before placing the sauce onto the pizza prevents the pizza sauce from soaking down into the bread and making it soggy.
French bread pizza has a crunch to it and taking this step makes the bread flavorful and not soggy!
Endless Topping Ideas
For this recipe, I used pepperonis and mozzarella cheese. Here are some ideas for pizza toppings that may be enjoyable to you when making these French bread pizzas:
- Sausage
- Extra cheese
- Green Peppers
- Red Onions
- Mushrooms
- Black Olives
- Diced Ham
- Bacon
- Spinach
- Fresh Basil
- Many, many more options!
Instant Pot Vortex Air Fryer Settings
To make air fryer French bread pizza you will need to these accessories and settings:
- Vortex racks
- Air Fry Setting
- Temperature set to 400°
- Time Setting set to 7 minutes.
Halfway through (at about 4 minutes), it will instruct you to turn your food. Simply pull out the racks and rotate the top rack to the bottom and the bottom rack to the top. Close the door and allow it to finish cooking through.
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Air Fryer French Bread Pizza
If you don’t have the Vortex Plus, the directions will be just a little different. The temperature and settings stay the same but the placement depending on if you have an oven-style or basket-style will change how many you can air fry at a time.
Don’t overcrowd your air fryer – just air fry the pizzas in batches instead!
📖 Recipe
Air Fryer French Bread Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French Bread
- 1 jar pizza sauce - of choice
- ¼ cup pepperonis - quartered
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese - less or more depending on preference
- 1 clove garlic - minced
- ¼ cup butter
- basil - optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl, melt the ¼ cup butter.
- Mix in the minced garlic clove.
- Slice the loaf of French bread lengthwise and then slice in half. You will have 4 pieces.
- Brush the butter melted butter mixture onto the French bread.
- Set the air fryer to AIR FRY, 400°, and set it to 7 minutes.
- Place the sliced French bread on the trays (if using oven-type air fryer) and add once air fryer prompts.
- Once the air fryer tells you to turn the food (around the 4-minute mark) carefully remove the tray(s) and place the desired amount of sauce and toppings onto the pizza.
- Rotate the bottom tray to the top and the top to the bottom (again, for the oven-type air fryer) and place back into air fryer.
- Remove and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate based on third-party calculations. Actual values may vary due to ingredients, measurements, and serving sizes.
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April Worley says
How do I make one if it is store brought?
Dana says
Hi April,
Air fry setting at 320° for 7 minutes should work just fine!
April Worley says
I did that yesterday on the 1st one but then on the 2nd one later last night it was still a little cool in the middle but I was scared to put it back in the iv and it burn so I stuck it in the microwave and then it wasn’t crispy anymore unfortunately
Tammy says
What about frozen French bread pizza?
Sunny says
Made these IP Vortex pizzas. Very PICKY BF liked them alot!!!
Brittany Moore says
Rotate the bottom tray to the top and the top to the bottom (again, for the oven-type air fryer) and place back into air fryer.
Remove and enjoy!
My Air Fryer only has the bottom tray. Still follow the same thing?
Dana says
IF your AF only has a bottom tray then ignore that instruction. Keep an eye to make sure it's not getting too crispy on the bottom and it'll be fine. 🙂
mc says
Great recipe! I had made something similar in my oven last month and they turned out ok. But I just got a Corosi air fryer about a week ago and tried this last night. They turned out much better than the over version! I like how you bake them for a few minutes before putting the toppings on. The cheese was perfectly melted and just the right amount of bubbly brown after 3 minutes. Thank you!
mc says
Great recipe! I had made something similar in my oven last month and they turned out ok. But I just got a Corosi air fryer about a week ago and tried this last night. They turned out much better than the over version! I like how you bake them for a few minutes before putting the toppings on. The cheese was perfectly melted and just the right amount of bubbly brown after 3 minutes. Thank you!
mc says
Great recipe! I had made something similar in my oven last month and they turned out ok. But I just got a Corosi air fryer about a week ago and tried this last night. They turned out much better than the over version! I like how you bake them for a few minutes before putting the toppings on. The cheese was perfectly melted and just the right amount of bubbly brown after 3 minutes. Thank you!
Mojoblogs says
I love this! Looks really good. Will definitely try this. Thank you for sharing this! 🙂
Raenel says
After you put on the toppings of the pizza at what temp and how long do you air fry it for.
Dana says
You continue air frying the pizza for the remaining 3 minutes.