This is how to make homemade flour tortillas in air fryer. They require just flour, salt and vegetable oil, no yeast necessary to make the dough. Great for soft tacos, quesadillas or to slice and then make air fryer tortilla chips out of them.
We made air fryer tortillas the other night and wow were they good! Served with dinner they were a great no yeast bread alternative. Try them and let us know what you think of our newest easy air fryer recipe.
Ninja Foodi Tortillas
You can use any brand of hot air machine you might have at home. I have a Cosori, Foodi and AirWave and they all basically work the same. A larger basket is nice but typically you will only cook one at a time since you want them to be flat. In a Foodi you will use the lid that is attached with the air crisp button.
We recently made this homemade flour tortillas and they were great! You need NO yeast but it gives you that bread flavor you might be craving right now. They’re great for tacos or just a side dish with a main protein.
Tips: My Favorite models are the Cosori or making Ninja Foodi recipes with the lid that is attached.
It is best practice to put food into a hot basket. This is how to preheat air fryer first before adding your food so it becomes as crispy as possible. For best results, here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.
Flour Tortillas
This is the electric air fryer I used for this go around, it worked great. You just make the tortilla dough in a bowl quickly with the 3 ingredients listed below and then press them flat with your palms or if you want them the traditional thinner style it is better to use a rolling pins.
In order to get them not to stick all over you can place a ball into a piece of parchment paper and roll it out that way. Peel the top and bottom off and spray the basket so the dough doesn’t stick.
Corn Tortillas
If you wanted to cook corn tortillas in air fryer for tacos you might use this recipe instead of our flour version here. That isn’t our favorite version, yes healthier but grittier and my kids are just a no as far as that goes. With the following 3 ingredients though you can make the white version to make all the things.
It really is the simplest 3 ingredient bread of sorts that even kids can make. Whether you cook them on the stovetop or in your fancy hot air kitchen appliance, they taste amazing. I personally like lots of flavor so instead of making plain flour tortillas I jazzed them up with some seasonings.
Yes you can go all out and bake bread at home, but sometimes you don’t have a few hours on hand to do that. THIS will only take about 20 minutes total from start to finish. Making bread in a bag is fun too but still takes time, no yeast bread is quicker.
Air Fryer Tortillas Recipe
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
- 1 Bowl
- 1 cutting board and rolling pin if you want thin
Ingredients
Instructions
- Mix together your flour and salt, then add your water and olive oil and stir until well incorporated.
- Transfer it to a cutting board that is lightly floured.
- Knead about 15 times using the palms of your hands, folding it in half every time. Add a bit of flour to board if it is too sticky.
- Allow dough to rest for 10-15 minutes.
- Then cut into 4-6 equal pieces and shape each one into a ball.
- Use palms to flatten as much as possible. If you want traditionally thinner tortillas put flattened piece in between 2 pieces of wax or parchment paper and use a rolling pin to flatten into a thin circle (without it being so thin it gets holes in it).
- Preheat air fryer to 380 degrees for 5 minutes.
- If you want seasonings add them to both sides of tortilla now, pat gently with hand so they stick.
- Spray inside of air fryer basket with non stick spray and put in 1-2 at a time without them overlapping.
- Cook 2 minutes, flip, then another 2 minutes or until they're as browned as you'd like them.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can You Make Tortilla Chips out of Tortillas?
If you have more than you need you can make chips out of them when done. It is a 5 minute snack your kids will love. You just slice your whole pieces into triangles. Preheat machine to 400 F for 5 minutes and then place them in in one layer. Spray tops with olive oil and sprinkle on salt. Cook for 2 minutes, toss, spray, salt, cook another 2-3.
What can you make with flour tortillas?
If you wanted to make these crispy for taco Tuesdays you can then follow our directions to make taco shells in air fryer with them! Now you can easily make a few air fryer quesadillas for lunch or dinner too filled with cheese and even some slices of rotisserie chicken! Slice into strips to make our chicken tortilla casserole dish for a quick meal.
- Serve these or our air fryer naan.
- If you’re making chips, warm up some nacho cheese and you’ll have a great snack idea.
I live in a camper and don’t use my oven or stove.
My girls gave me an air fryer, I use probably more than the average person. I’m sure that the tortillas will turn out great. Thank you so much for this recipe. I shared it on FB because I thought others would find it as great as I do. I’m diabetic and really don’t like the wheat tortillas in the store. Again, thank you so much.
so glad it was helpful
Can’t wait to try to make