Air Fryer Frozen Hot Dogs

How to cook frozen hot dogs in air fryer or Ninja Foodi turn out perfect! From rock hard frozen solid to tender yet crispy on the outside in minutes. Yes air fryer hot dogs are great but if you forgot to defrost them, you can still save dinner.

Frozen Hot Dogs in Air Fryer Recipe

So this is how to cook frozen hot dogs on the stovetop and in the oven, but in the summertime there is no way I am turning that on. Especially when we lived in the desert and it was over 100 degrees day after day I did everything to not bake or heat the house up in any way.

I try to keep the house nice and cool during the hotter months so almost all of our meals are Ninja Foodi or Cosori air fryer recipes for sure. Ok and I love my pressure cooker too. Weiners are one of those meals I make when I am just burned out and don’t want to really cook, but don’t want the kids to eat cereal for dinner either.

They are a cheap comfort food that everyone loves, the kids can eat them outside if they are having water play fun and only take 15 minutes to prepare.

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You can use any brand of hot air machine to make these you might have at home. I have three different ones and often times I will make a few things all at the same time. On busy days though I often times forget to take frozen food out in the morning to defrost by dinnertime, you may be the same way = Ninja foodi recipes to the rescue!

It’s likely that you’re whole package is rock hard. That would occur if you just threw the whole thing right into your deep freezer, we can help with that.

How long do you cook hot dogs from frozen?

You can use our free air fryer cooking time chart for reference. It is a little bit less than 10 minutes, that is all. You do want to slice down the middle or poke with a fork to allow some of the steam to escape. I would stay close as it doesn’t take long to plump up and get juicy and tender. Overcooking is possible too and that will dry out the meat so don’t go far.

Ingredients

1. You just need a package of hot dogs
   1. my favorite brand is beef Hebrew National or Boar’s Head uncured personally

Optional

1. Hot dog buns is typically desired but optional
2. I make this as my favorite hot dog mustard – we use it on soft pretzels and bratwurst in the oven too
3. And any other toppings you and your kids love of course.

Unlike our Instant Pot hot dogs you will get a nice crisp on the outside with this method. You can even remove, keep warm, open buns and put those in to get a bit of crisp and browning on those! About 1 minute will do it with bread.

So you probably cooked these in the microwave as a kid. I bet you made the mistake once or twice of not poking them with a fork and BOOM….right? Well that’s kinda’ the case with these too, you want to score each one in order for them to able to expand without exploding.

How to Cook Frozen Hot Dogs in the Air Fryer

• You always want to preheat your air fryer
• Use a sharp knife to cut down the center to allow steam to escape.
• Lay in basket in one single layer, air fry for 8-10 minutes cook time.

Put them cooked hot dogs and buns together, dress them up as you would normally at any picnic or cookout and enjoy together. This will likely be added to your meal plan too because they’re so quick and easy. Just as simple as cooking fresh hot dogs and way faster than grilled hot dogs.

Tips

There are two ways to separate them which is necessary for the success of this recipe. You can run room warm water over them and gently pull them apart. Or if you throw the whole thing in the basket while it’s preheating it will typically melt most of the ice and after the 5 minutes is up you can take them apart.

How to Toast Hot Dog Buns in Air Fryer

Ok so if you like toasted buns, the bread kind, it is way easier to do than on the grill or oven. I did this for the first time the other day and it was a real hit. Like it took an extra 2-3 minutes and it was like I invented something new….who knew. I suggest you take the extra step and see if your family loves it as much too.

• After your dogs are done, transfer them to a plate and keep in the microwave on warm.
• Lay a piece of foil in the basket so the grease won’t touch your buns and get them moist.
• Open each bun and lay inside with the inside facing up, try not to overlap them.
• Close drawer, set to 400 F and cook for 2-3 minutes or until they are as browned as you’d like.

You can print recipe for all of it below. Fresh or frozen these will surely be a hit with your fam bam too. 😉 Now we have discussed other ways of how long to boil hot dogs using other methods too you can read up on and see which are your favorites.

So let’s do a quick rundown right? 8 minutes is typically what you’ll need for this. A quick meal that kids love and you can toast the buns for a few more after if you like crispy buns. 😉