Frozen Pot Pie in Air Fryer

How to cook a frozen pot pie in air fryer is here. NO need to turn on your oven anymore to heat up this easy chicken and vegetable dinner.

Frozen Chicken Pot Pie in Air Fryer

There are other styles out there. I have seen beef before but honestly have never bought or eaten that one. Quick and easy chicken recipes re just our jam….

Should I thaw frozen pot pie before baking?

No, don’t do that. It is meant to cook from rock hard frozen to tender and warm. If you defrost it first the crust will have a different texture, and not a good one. It will get kinda’ mushy, especially on the underside.

This is all you will need to make this:

1. Frozen pot pie around 10 oz. in size.
   1. Cook time is for this size, no larger.
   2. You can fit 2 at a time in a 6 quart basket.

There are many different brands, fillings, and sizes out there but I feel like this one is the best. Not only does the meat inside taste great (and not so processed) but the size is great to feed most people. Ok so my husband isn’t full with this but the rest of us feel like we wouldn’t need anything larger.

In order to get it just right it is best to start out at a lower temperature and then increase it for a few minutes at the end.

Another step you shouldn’t leave out is to not open the basket once the timer goes off. Leave it inside, closed, for 5 minutes. This will allow the middle to continue warming up completely.

Since there are vegetables and chicken breast inside it really is a complete meal. You could serve it with a salad though for some freshness.

Second option – You can use the microwave timing on the back of the box (if your bottom pan isn’t aluminum) and start with that while your machine is preheating. That way the insides will definitely get warmed all the way thru. Then you would carefully move it into your air fryer basket and crisp for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

Be careful when you are lifting these babies out. Remember that the pie tins are aluminum so they get hot in that high heat. Put on to a small plate when serving and remind your kids to not touch the underside. If yours have a thick paper “pie pan” you would have the option of doing the second method in the microwave first.

Obviously if yours is made of aluminum that would be a no no and you would need to just follow directions on what is listed below in the recipe card. I like to have both methods available for those who want the middle to become really really hot.

You can use your Cosori air fryer or any other brand to make them this way. It doesn’t matter what brand you have really.

• The biggest difference is the size of the basket. Even the smallest 3 qt. will fit one of these.

Can you cook pies in an air fryer?

Yes! I actually bought one of these with apple pie filling inside too! Timing was basically the same and tasted pretty amazing. SO you could put one of these and your dinner pot pie in at the same time and have a complete meal.

Once you thoroughly enjoy this one there are several other air fryer frozen foods you can try too. Our air fryer frozen meatballs are a great snack or appetizer tossed with sauce. Frozen chicken wings are the bomb too.

Another snack idea my girls love is making air fryer pierogies or frozen salmon in air fryer too. Since they are older they can now experiment with all the things themselves which is so nice. They have become quite the chef lately and use it almost daily.

Now for a Banquet frozen pot pie they are a bit smaller so I would decrease the initial time to 15 minutes. Not only are these smaller in circumference but not as thick either.