Air fryer appetizers are a great way to start a party or potluck. They’re quick and easy to make, and they’re always a hit with guests. Plus, they’re healthier than traditional fried appetizers, so you can feel good about serving them.
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Air fryers have become incredibly popular in recent years, and for good reason. They’re a great way to cook delicious food without using a lot of oil. And, air fryer appetizers are the perfect way to start any party or gathering.
Here are a few reasons why air fryer appetizers are so popular:
- They’re easy to make. Simply toss your ingredients in a little bit of oil, put them in the air fryer, and cook. No need to preheat the oven or stand over the stove.
- They’re delicious. Air fryers circulate hot air around your food, which results in crispy perfection.
- They’re healthier than traditional fried appetizers. Air fryers use up to 90% less oil than traditional frying methods.
- They’re versatile. You can make everything from chicken wings and mozzarella sticks to spring rolls and onion rings in your air fryer.
If you’re looking for some delicious and easy air fryer appetizer recipes, be sure to keep reading!
The BEST Air Fryer Appetizers
This tasty Air Fryer Shrimp takes less than 10 minutes to make with a handful of flexible ingredients. Cooking perfectly plump and juicy shrimp has never been easier!
Air Fryer Shrimp
Air Fryer Ravioli. Coated in a cheesy, breadcrumb mixture and then air fried until crispy and delicious! Serve this yummy appetizer with marinara sauce or alfredo sauce and enjoy!
Air Fryer Ravioli
If you need a fun and flavorful finger food for the party, make it these Air Fryer Shishitos! They’re easy to make in 10 minutes, have a mild heat and sweet flavor, and are completely addictive. Bet you can’t eat just one!
Air Fryer Shishito Peppers
These Air Fryer Salmon Bites strike the perfect balance between crispy, juicy, and downright delicious! Seasoned with a smoky-spicy dry rub and cooked quickly in the air fryer, they’re always a popular snack to serve at parties or a protein to top on grain bowls, salads, and tacos.
Air Fryer Salmon Bites
Air Fryer Zucchini Fries with Lemon Tarragon Aioli are perfect for snacking. Strips of zucchini, coated in panko cook up perfectly crispy in the air fryer. Dip them in an easy-to-prepare creamy aioli flavored with tarragon and lemon.
Air Fryer Zucchini Fries
Air Fryer Pork Belly is absolutely irresistible! Seasoned with an easy dry rub, these pork belly bites are air fried until they’re crispy, tender + juicy.
Air Fryer Pork Belly
This Air Fryer Potstickers recipe teaches you how to easily cook store-bought frozen dumplings in the air fryer without any excess oil.
Air Fryer Potstickers
Air Fryer Roasted Garlic! The soft caramelized garlic cloves are a wonderful addition to soups, pasta dishes, and sauces.
Air Fryer Roasted Garlic
Crispy and juicy chicken wings, topped with a sweet yet spicy combination of soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and Sambal oelek chili paste.
Air Fryer Chinese Chicken Wings
These easy air fryer Hasselback potatoes are drenched in garlic herb butter, giving you an almost addictive crispy-on-the-outside, pillowy-on-inside snack or side dish in no time.
Air Fryer Hasselback Potatoes
In less than 10 minutes, you’ll be enjoying a delicious cheesy air fryer quesadilla with this simple recipe!
Air Fryer Quesadillas
These Air Fryer Chicken Wings cook up amazingly crispy and juicy without deep frying. Then they’re tossed with a spicy buffalo wing sauce that can be made mild to hot, depending on your taste preference.
Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
Pasta Chips are the latest TikTok food trend. Made with cooked pasta that's coated with parmesan, garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Then air fried (or baked in the oven) until crispy, crunchy & delicious!
Air Fryer Pasta Chips
These air fryer crab cake egg rolls are simple to prepare. Making these seafood egg rolls in the air fryer ensures a short cooking time.Recipe: XOXO Bella
Air Fryer Crab Cake Egg Rolls
Serve up this impressive air fryer blueberry brie pastry and dip appetizer and wait for the oohs and aahs! Brie and puff pastry baked in an air fryer comes out crispy and wonderfulRecipe: XOXO Bella
Air Fryer Blueberry Brie Pastry and Dip
The BEST air fryer pita chips are crispy, chewy, perfectly golden brown and totally delicious. You’ll make batch after batch after one bite!Recipe: My Everyday Table
Air Fryer Pita Chips
Air fryer feta stuffed mini peppers are a delicious appetizer or side dish. These bite-sized treats are not only visually appealing but also bursting with flavor. Feta cheese adds a tangy and salty taste that perfectly complements the sweetness of the peppers.Recipe: Food Banjo
Air Fryer Feta Stuffed Mini Peppers
Air fryer frozen edamame is an easy and delicious appetizer. The edamame gets perfectly roasted in the air fryer. Make this a spicy edamame with the addition of red pepper flakes.Recipe: Food Banjo
Air Fryer Frozen Edamame
Our air fryer coconut shrimp recipe is juicy, sweet, and crispy without all the extra calories from the deep fryer!Recipe: Couple In The Kitchen
Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp
Perfectly crispy and golden brown these air fryer halloumi fries are great as an appetizer or as a tasty snack. Ready in 20 minutes.Recipe: The Last Food Blog
Air Fryer Halloumi Fries
Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Dates stuffed with creamy goat cheese are a 3 ingredient appetizer recipe with sweet and savory flavors in one easy finger food!Recipe: The Creative Bite
Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Dates
Crab Rangoon is a Chinese take-out favorite, and now you can make your own at home! Air Fryer Crab Rangoon is easy to make, and even better than take-out!Recipe: Urban Bliss Life
Air Fryer Crab Rangoon
Air fryer stuffed mushrooms are delicious pop in your mouth baby portabella mushrooms stuffed with a creamy filling of sausage, two different kinds of cheese, loaded with seasoning, and topped with Panko breadcrumbs. Recipe: Savory Sweet Spoon
Air Fryer Stuffed Mushrooms
These air fryer smashed potatoes have delicious crispy edges with soft, buttery and fluffy potato inside. Perfect quick snack or side dish!Recipe: From My Pantry
Air Fryer Smashed Potatoes
Fried Olives are perfect appetizers for holiday parties and wine-and-cheese get togethers! Make this quick easy recipe in the air fryer. Recipe: Confetti and Bliss
Air Fryer Fried Olives
Air Fryer Spanakopita Rolls! An irresistible combo of flaky golden phyllo pastry with a classic Greek spinach, herb and feta cheese filling.Recipe: Super Golden Bakes
Air Fryer Spanakopita Rolls
Air Fryer Potato Skins are loaded with gooey melted cheese and crispy bacon crumbles, and topped with tangy sour cream and fresh chives.Recipe: An Edible Mosaic
Air Fryer Potato Skins
Flaky, tender, flavor-packed Air Fryer Salmon Bites with Creamy Cajun Sauce whip up in just 20 minutes for a healthy appetizer or easy dinner.Recipe: An Edible Mosaic
Air Fryer Salmon Bites
This Air fryer Buffalo Cauliflower wings recipe is quick, easy, and made with whole foods plant based ingredients. Recipe: The All Natural Vegan
Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
Air fryer corn on the cob in the form of corn ribs boast big flavours and are ridiculously easy to make. Perfect as an appetizer or snack.Recipe: Plant Based Folk
Air Fryer Corn Ribs
These Air Fryer Southwest Egg Rolls are the vegetarian version of Chili’s famous appetizer. Crispy on the outside and filled with a mixture of spices and veggies, they’re perfect with my zesty ranch dipping sauce.Recipe: The Dizzy Cook
Air Fryer Southwestern Egg Rolls
These Air Fryer Pretzel Bites are so easy to make and taste amazing! Chewy, soft, and perfectly salty, you’ll love this pretzel bites recipe.Recipe: Sustainable Cooks
Air Fryer Pretzel Bites
This Air Fryer Garlic Bread is a 15-minute, 6-ingredient recipe! Baguette slices are slathered in a homemade garlic butter, then air fried until soft in the middle and crispy on the outside.Recipe: Spice Cravings
Air Fryer Garlic Bread
Buttery thin pastry dough stuffed to the brim with spiced golden potatoes and green peas, then cooked in the air fryer until it's golden brown and crisp!Recipe: Spice Cravings
Air Fryer Samosas
Glazed with swirls of honey and seasoned with aromatic rosemary and garlic, this simple Air Fryer Baked Camembert comes together in about ten minutes.Recipe: Chef Jar
Air Fryer Baked Camembert
Making crab cakes in your air fryer means less mess and less clean up. This air fryer crab cake recipe is easy to make and absolutely delicious. You wouldn’t know they are grain-free and healthy!Recipe: All Day I Dream About Food
Air Fryer Crab Cakes
These Air Fryer Arancini Rice Balls are scrumptious balls of melted shredded cheese and fluffy rice, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried to a crispy perfection.Recipe: Family Fresh Meals
Air Fryer Arancini Rice Balls
All you need are five simple ingredients, and you can make these Air Fryer Goat Cheese Balls in no time. They’re the perfect party appetizer!Recipe: Cooking with Coit
Air Fryer Goat Cheese Balls
These simple and easy bagel bites come together in just a few minutes, with only TWO simple and easy ingredients!Recipe: Kale Junkie
Air Fryer Bagel Bites
Made completely in the air fryer in minutes, these green chile chicken taquitos are the perfect appetizer for any occasion!Recipe: Whole and Heavenly Oven
Air Fryer Green Chile Chicken Taquitos
Bubbly, hot cheese dip made with three kinds of cheese and savoury herbs is ready in minutes using the air fryer. Just serve with some crusty bread, crackers or veggies and watch it disappear.Recipe: The Busted Oven
Air Fryer Hot Cheese Dip
This easy Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Dip only takes about 30 minutes to make and is a great way to use up leftover chicken. It is cheesy, spicy, and creamy. Perfect for game day!Recipe: Bites with Bri
Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Dip
These Air Fryer English Muffin Pizzas are easy, budget-friendly, and quick to make! With less than ten ingredients, you’ll have tasty, picky-eater-approved mini pizzas in no time. Recipe: Bites with Bri
Air Fryer English Muffins Pizza
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40+ Air Fryer Appetizers
Air fryer appetizers are a great way to start a party or potluck. They're quick and easy to make, and they're always a hit with guests. Plus, they're healthier than traditional fried appetizers, so you can feel good about serving them. Try these Air Fryer Ravioli. Coated in a cheesy, breadcrumb mixture and then air fried until crispy and delicious!
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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 10 ounce package ravioli (fresh or frozen (thawed))
- 2/3 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup marinara sauce (warmed (for serving))
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine bread crumbs with Parmesan cheese, dried basil and salt.
- Add eggs to another shallow dish and whisk with a fork.
- Dip ravioli in the egg, then coat with bread crumb mixture.
Air Fryer:
- Place ravioli in air fryer basket in a single layer (you may need to work in batches).
- Spray with cooking spray to encourage browning.
- Air fry at 350 degrees for 6 minutes.
- Serve warm with marinara sauce.
Oven:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place ravioli in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Spray with cooking spray to encourage browning.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes, flipping halfway through.
- Serve warm with marinara sauce.
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Nutrition
Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 1137mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 477IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 136mg | Iron: 4mg
