Air Fryer Grilled Cheese with Mayo

Grilled cheese made in the air fryer is a delicious and easy way to make this classic sandwich. The air fryer produces a crispy and golden brown exterior while the cheese inside becomes warm and gooey.

I used to make my grilled cheese on a skillet but now I make them in the air fryer because it is so simple and the air fryer makes the bread nice and toasty! I updated this post with a regular version of grilled cheese for those who don't follow the WW program and my WW version of grilled cheese. ( See recipe below) If you don't want to read through all the mumbo jumbo, click the jump to recipe link at the top of the page. 🙂

If you love air fryer recipes check out these other recipes for Air Fryer Turkey Breast, Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs , and Turkey Cranberry Paninis.

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• Ingredients Needed
• How to Make Air Fryer Grilled Cheese
• Recipe Tips
• What to serve with grilled cheese?
• Grilled Cheese Variations
• Best Air Fryer Tips
• Recipe FAQS
• Air Fryer Grilled Cheese with Mayo

Ingredients Needed

• Bread - Some popular options for grilled cheese include sourdough, whole wheat, or a thick-cut white bread.
• Cheese - The best type of cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich includes cheddar, American, Swiss, and provolone. It is recommended to choose a cheese that melts well, has a good balance of flavor, and complements the bread used for the sandwich. You can also experiment mixing different types of cheeses together.
• Room temperature butter or mayonnaise - This is also subjective, people like either one. Just use whatever is in your pantry.
• See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

How to Make Air Fryer Grilled Cheese

Step 1: Place the cheese in the middle of the two slices of bread.

Step 2: Butter or spray 1 side of the bread with cooking spray (or butter). Mayonnaise works as well. Place the butter side down first on the basket and then butter the other side.

Step 3: Set the timer of your air fryer to 5 minutes at 350 degrees. Then butter the other side.

Step 4: When the 5 minutes or done, flip the sandwich over so that the other side of the grilled cheese becomes toasty and golden brown. Air Fry for another 3 minutes. Please note that all air fryers do not cook the same. Might have to adjust cooking time accordingly.

Recipe Tips

The grilled cheese sandwich gets flipped over to the other side so that it gives the other side of the bread to get brown and toasted. Sometimes it won't be brown but the bread is still crispy.

🌟 Air Fryer Tip: When the bread is cooking in the air fryer it will sometimes move around because of the circulating air at the top. Most air fryers come with a trivet that you can place over the bread or find something heavy that is oven safe to set in your air fryer.

What to serve with grilled cheese?

My recipe for 5 Ingredient Tomato Blender Soup would be great to serve on the side with this grilled cheese sandwich.

Grilled Cheese Variations

For variations on grilled cheese try adding cooked bacon, deli ham, or sliced tomatoes.

Lower Point Grilled Cheese for WW Use a light bread (I like Village Hearth Light Italian Bread) and reduced-fat or 2%  American cheese slice. I will also use I Can't Believe Its Not Butter Spray to spritz on the bread. Under 20 sprays is 0 points. Butter spray comes in a bottle and it is next to the other butter and spreads in the grocery store. The whole sandwich would be 4 smart points and that is for all 3 plans.

Light butter or reduced-fat mayonnaise can also be used instead of regular butter.

Best Air Fryer Tips

The air fryer is so great for cooking simple basic food like air fryer steak, air fryer hard-boiled eggs, and air fryer bacon. Cook up some air fryer chicken breasts for the week and use it chicken quesadillas.

Overcrowding: Do not overcrowd the basket. Place items in a single layer in the air fryer basket or some food will not cook properly or all the way through. 

Use a spray oil such as Pam to get food extra crispy and to save on calories.  

Use parchment paper on the bottom of your air fryer for easy clean up. 

Recipe FAQS

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