Air Fryer hot dogs or chili dogs are the perfect quick dinner idea our whole family loves! Load your buns up with toppings & they come out nice & crispy.
Looking to make a batch of easy air fryer hot dogs or chili dogs for dinner tonight??!! Well we perfected how to make a crispy hot dog and bun lathered with chili, cheese and onions if you want. It is a great throw together meal that the kids ask for all the time now! We’ve got a lot of other easy air fryer recipes here too. (originally published 2/19, participant in the Amazon program, affiliate links present)
Hot Dogs in Air Fryer
If not you’ve come to the right place. We are all about easy family meals for those busy nights when you only have about 20 minutes to prepare and cook something.
We started with making Instant Pot hot dogs which are great but not crispy at all. When it comes to dogs we love them crispy on the outside, that’s the benefit of air fryers. Now that we have a Ninja Foodi we can pressure cook them if we want, and then use the air fryer to crisp them. For this recipe we are just using the air fryer function though.
If you love air fryer recipes too, here are some resources to start with:
- My Favorite Air Fryer is a Cosori or for a dual machine, the Foodi.
- You can find more easy air fryer recipes here, we have Ninja Foodi recipes as well; bookmark them both!
- This is the best air fryer cookbook. It’s important to know and remember how to preheat air fryer for best results.
- Here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.
- It has temp. and times for making the best frozen foods for air fryer too.
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Hot Dogs in Air Fryer No Bun
There is no need for the bread if you don’t want it. If you do you can toast them after the dogs are done, add chili on top with cheese and melt that too. So as simple as you want it to as loaded as others might this turns out incredibly well.
A bit forgetful and forgot to defrost them the night before? No problem really because we recently shared how to cook air fryer frozen hot dogs too! That is right, it just takes a few extra minutes but dinner can still be saved using this fail proof method.
Here’s some information before you get going on this:
Best tasting hot dogs
That is very subjective depending on the person When it comes to processed meats I prefer Boars Head hot dogs hands down I don’t always have them on hand though, thus the photo above which was what I found that day and what was on sale
Best hot dog buns
- Once again this is subjective
- For us we like Hawaiian hot dog buns which bring a bit of sweetness, salty-sweet is the best
- Fresh and soft is great because they will get crispy on the edges when making air fryer hot dogs
Best hot dog chili recipe
We use our 5 ingredient dump chili that can be made in the pressure cooker, crockpot or just thrown together and warmed on the stovetop.
How to cook hot dogs in the air fryer
- You will need an air fryer basket, some like the Ninja Foodi have a removable basket and some are attached.
- read this if you need to know how to cook frozen hot dogs
- Place hot dogs by themselves inside the basket, no need to pierce them.
- Close air fryer lid
- Turn machine on
- Press air crisp, or button on your machine to turn air fryer function on
- Set to 375 degrees
- You’ll be air frying for 6-8 minutes
- timing depends on how crisp you like them on the outside
- if you’re continuing on to make chili cheese dogs then set air fryer and cook for 6 minutes
Frozen Hot Dogs in Air Fryer
- Preheat your machine to 350 degrees F for 5 minutes.
- Lay separated dogs in your air fryer basket.
- Cook for about 7 minutes or until they are as browned as you’d like.
If you want chili dogs, follow same directions above. Then after minute 6 pick up dogs and place into a bun. Put back into the basket. Spoon chili and cheese on top and continue cooking for another 2 minutes or so until it’s browned and warmed.
Best hot dog toppings
- Ketchup
- Relish
- Mustard
- Diced onions
- Chives
- Shredded cheese
- Chili
Best canned hot dog chili when making air fryer hot dogs into chili cheese dogs
- We could probably get into a debate on this one but for us we choose this canned chili over the others
Air Fryer chili cheese dogs
- Ours come out looking like this!
Seriously the slightly crispy hot dog underneath, with the edges of the buns toasted and smothered with chili and cheese. OH MY!!
Here are a few other air fryer recipes you’ll love:
- Our air fryer corn dogs are made by my girls often
- 2 ingredient air fryer bagels and bagel bites
- Air fryer french fries
- These air fryer kale chips are the bomb!
Want to make air fryer pigs in a blanket?? We’ve done that too!!
Want a fun side dish? Make air fryer tater tots to go with this, and air fryer donuts for dessert!
You can print recipe below and keep it on hand for all your holiday get togethers, or for an after school snack. Nutritional information such as saturated fat and calories will vary with brands.
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Air Fryer Hot Dogs
Ingredients
Instructions
- Put 2-4 hot dogs inside your air fryer (add as many as you like as long as they don’t overlap – keep in mind that typically only 2-3 prepared chili cheese dogs will fit at one time)
- Turn machine on, press air crisp, set to 375 degrees and cook for 6 minutes (8 if you want them quite crispy on outside).
- Serve if you just want air fryer hot dogs.If you want air fryer chili dogs put these cooked hot dogs inside buns.
- Spoon about 2 oz. of chili on top of hot dog in bun, add diced onions if you want on top of this, and then sprinkle a generous amount of shredded cheese on the very top.
- Close lid and set again to 375 degrees for 4 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden brown enough for you. (4 min. is perfect for us)
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gia
Monday 4th of July 2022
Made these tonight and they came out basically perfect! After doing the weenies, I put a little sliver of mustard on the bottom of the bun, then chili on either side of the dog, and cheese on top. Awesome!!
Sheri
Tuesday 1st of February 2022
Trying these tonight. With all the toppings. I know we will love them. You can't go wrong with recipes from typical mom.
The Typical Mom
Tuesday 1st of February 2022
OOhhhh that makes my day
Katie
Tuesday 4th of February 2020
This makes hotdogs so simple! Love it.
Sophie Heath
Tuesday 4th of February 2020
I recently bought an air fryer and it's been the most amazing air fryer for Christmas and I've been on the hunt for the best air fryer recipes. This one was BOMB!! I loved it and it was so easy to make. The best recipe I've tried in a while. :)
Carol
Wednesday 9th of October 2019
With different messy recipes have you used the perforated parchment papers for easier cleanup/you don't lose breading on chicken as it doesn't stick?
The Typical Mom
Thursday 10th of October 2019
I haven't tried those yet