Air Fryer Pizza Dogs layer pizza sauce, pepperoni, mozzarella, and chopped bacon around four hot dogs in soft buns. A two-stage air-fryer method heats and lightly crisps the bare hot dogs first, then returns the assembled pizza dogs just long enough to melt the cheese.
The recipe makes exactly 4 pizza dogs in 14 minutes: 5 minutes of preparation and 9 minutes of cooking. Preheat at 380°F for about 3 minutes, cook the hot dogs for 5 minutes, then cook the fully topped buns for 4 more minutes.
Air Fryer Pizza Dog Ingredients
The hot-dog base needs exactly 4 hot dogs or wieners, 4 hot dog buns, and ½ cup pizza sauce. For the toppings, use 3 ounces pepperoni slices, 1 cup shredded mozzarella, and exactly 2 cooked bacon strips, chopped.
Reserve roughly one-third of the pepperoni for the top. The other two-thirds line the sauced buns beneath the hot dogs.
If you enjoy this recipe, you may also like Air Fryer Ham Cheese Pockets.
How to Make Air Fryer Pizza Dogs
- Preheat the air fryer to 380°F for about 3 minutes.
- Cook the four bare hot dogs at 380°F for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, open four buns and spread pizza sauce over their inner surfaces.
- Line each bun with part of about two-thirds of the pepperoni.
- Add one cooked hot dog to each bun and divide the mozzarella over them.
- Top with chopped bacon from two strips and the reserved pepperoni.
- Return all four assembled pizza dogs to the basket and cook at 380°F for 4 minutes.
- Cool for 1 minute and serve.
Preheat at 380°F
Cook Four Hot Dogs for Five Minutes
Spread Half a Cup of Pizza Sauce
Use Two-Thirds of the Pepperoni Below
Add One Hot Dog to Each Bun
Top with Mozzarella and Bacon
Finish with Reserved Pepperoni
Air-Fry for Four More Minutes
Cool for One Minute
Storage and Reheating
Keep Toppings Secure in the Basket
Conclusion
Preheat the air fryer to 380°F for about 3 minutes. Cook exactly four hot dogs at 380°F for 5 minutes. Spread ½ cup pizza sauce inside four buns and line them with two-thirds of the 3 ounces pepperoni. Add one hot dog each, then divide 1 cup mozzarella, two chopped cooked bacon strips, and the reserved pepperoni over them. Air-fry the assembled pizza dogs at 380°F for 4 minutes and cool 1 minute.
Frequently Asked Questions
- → How many pizza dogs does this recipe make?
It makes exactly four pizza dogs.
- → What temperature should I use?
Preheat and cook both stages at 380°F.
- → Why cook the hot dogs before assembly?
The initial 5-minute stage heats them through; the final 4 minutes are mainly for melting the toppings.
- → How should the pepperoni be divided?
Place about two-thirds inside the sauced buns and reserve one-third for the tops.