Air Fryer Spaghetti Squash

Air Fryer Spaghetti Squash recipe, a healthy way to make vegetable spaghetti squash pasta to toss with sauce for dinner or just serve as a delicious side dish. Tender and flavorful every time with a crisp on the edges you will love.

If you haven’t tried vegetable pasta yet you’re missing out! It is one of the best air fryer recipes we have on our site. Healthy, cheap and delicious with every bite. The insides come out fork tender with crisp on the edges. What are you waiting for? (affiliate links present)

Air Fryer Spaghetti Squash Halves

We showed you a while back how to roast spaghetti squash whole but in this machine that wouldn’t fit. Split in half you can cook the insides tender to scrape out into “noodles” if you like. Add parmesan for extra yum.

in Ninja Foodi

We first made Ninja Foodi spaghetti squash pizza and that was amazing. I will share a picture of that below. If you haven’t tried this Ninja Foodi recipe though I wanted to share how to make it in another brand.

This is a how to cook spaghetti squash fast AND with a bit of yummy crisp on the edges too. The best of both worlds I tell you and only takes like 5 minutes to prep this baby. That is my kinda’ dish (but you knew that already).

Typically you can fit one cut in half lengthwise at once. That is typically enough for 2 people depending on whether it is an easy side dish or a main meal.

When it comes to what you add to the top or toss with them after you scrape with your fork is up to you. If serving this on the side shredded parmesan is a great choice with a bit of salt and pepper. You can have it melt right on the top during the last minute or so if you’d like.

There are several ways but this is best if you ask us. We’ve done it in a Instant Pot and oven but making it in our Cosori air fryer topped the list.

How to cook spaghetti squash in air fryer

1. Cut the squash in half lengthwise. Remove insides, save and roast spaghetti squash seeds later.
2. Preheat air fryer to 350 – 360 degrees F for 5 minutes, then put both halves inside with air fryer basket with open cut sides facing up.
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper or with any other seasonings.
4. Spray with olive oil spray on edges and inside the center so it’s nice and moist.
5. Air fry just long enough until the insides of your air fryer squash are fork tender.
6. Rotate and sprinkle with garlic salt and/or parmesan cheese to allow to melt.

What can you make with spaghetti squash noodles?

I mean you can stuff these babies with all sorts of things. You can make a low carb version of Ninja Foodi spaghetti this way. Instead of noodles you use a fork to scrape the stringy pieces out and it tastes amazingly similar.

You don’t want to eat the skin. I mean that side is like a pumpkin and you wouldn’t eat that part either. Cooked correctly you can scrape quite a bit out of the inside and it’s quite tasty, a bit like air fryer zoodles.

What do I serve with spaghetti squash?

The other night I put out a bunch of our favorite pizza toppings on the island. Cooked this, scraped the noodles so they were right on the top and everyone added what they wanted. Put it back in just for 2 minutes to melt the cheese and enjoyed!!

1. We added things like homemade Instant Pot spaghetti sauce, pepperoni, air fryer mushrooms and mozzarella cheese (melt) to make it into spaghetti squash pizza.

You could keep this vegetarian without any meat at all really, or create a meat lovers “bowl” for yourself. You can just toss your squash pasta with sauce and some cooked ground beef too to add some protein. Melt cheeses of all kinds on top with some butter underneath.

Want something out of the box delish? Scrape the squash in air fryer “noodles” out and toss it with some pad thai peanut sauce for a totally new dish.

Summer squash could be cooked similarly except it would probably take less time. With those the skins are more tender. I would set for 20 minutes instead and check. Still season with salt and pepper after spraying with oil. Our air fryer butternut squash are amazing too.

If you haven’t tried air fryer acorn squash it is another great variety too. All of them are great gluten free dishes you’ll love. If you want to just slice zucchini and yellow squash, try our air fryer vegetables recipe here.