If you’re looking for a fun and delicious twist on classic comfort food, you’ve come to the right place! These air fryer pizza dogs are the perfect solution if you can’t decide between hot dogs and pizza. Hot dogs are paired with classic toppings along with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and olives to make this easy fusion recipe. These pizza-flavored hot dogs are a fantastic way to combine two favorites into one mouthwatering treat that the kids will go crazy for. Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or snack, they’re easy to whip up in your air fryer in just 20 minutes.
Air Fryer Pizza Hot Dog Ingredients
Hot dog buns: Use any brand or type you want, including gluten-free (these GF buns are good!) or keto-friendly options.
Hot dogs: There are lots of different hot dog brands to choose from, so use what you like best.
Tomato sauce: Whatever you like on your pizza will work on pizza hot dogs too.
Onions: A tasty topping, either raw or cooked. White, yellow, red, sweet – take your pick.
Mustard: A good drizzle of mustard makes your hot dogs extra tasty.
Sliced olives: A pizza favorite that also works in this hot dog based dish.
How to Make Pizza Hot Dogs in an Air Fryer
Toast the buns: Split the buns along their length and toast lightly.
Fill and cook them: Add tomato sauce and mozzarella and air fry for a couple of minutes, then place hot dogs in the buns and add some more cheese and olives (and any other pizza toppings you want). Air fry again until the cheese has melted.
The finishing touches: Drizzle with ketchup and mustard, add any other toppings you like, and serve right away.
Air Fryer Pizza Dogs
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3 1x
- Category: Main Course
Ingredients
- 1 Cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- ½ Cup tomato sauce
- ¼ Cup olives, sliced
- 3 hot dogs
- 3 hot dog buns
- ketchup, for drizzling
- yellow mustard, for drizzling
Optional Toppings:
- onions, diced
- tomatoes, diced
- sauerkraut
- relish
- pickles
- jalapeno, sliced
Instructions
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Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F.
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Cut open the hot dog buns lengthwise, but don’t cut them all the way through.
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Air fry the buns in the air fryer basket for about 2 minutes or until lightly toasted. Take the buns out of the air fryer and set aside.
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Spread 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce inside each toasted bun.
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Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese on top of the tomato sauce in the buns.
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Cook the buns for another 3 minutes or until mozzarella is golden.
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Put the hot dogs inside the buns, add more shredded mozzarella on top of the hot dogs and then add the sliced olives.
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Cook for 3 minutes more or until the cheese is slightly golden and bubbly.
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Take the hot dogs out of the air fryer.
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Drizzle the hot dogs with ketchup and mustard. Add any other toppings you want, like diced onions, tomatoes or pickles.
