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Air Fryer Frozen & Reheating Recipes
From-freezer favourites and leftovers, reheated to taste freshly cooked — no thawing, no sogginess. Every recipe here puts the time and temperature first, explains how to tell doneness without guesswork, and answers the questions home cooks actually ask about it.
Quick times for this category
| Food | Temperature | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Frozen mozzarella sticks | 390°F / 200°C | 7 min |
| Reheated pizza slice | 375°F / 190°C | 4 min |
| Salmon from frozen | 390°F / 200°C | 13 min |
| Frozen dumplings | 375°F / 190°C | 10 min |
| Frozen fish sticks | 400°F / 200°C | 11 min |
| Frozen hash brown patties | 400°F / 200°C | 11 min |
| Frozen onion rings | 400°F / 200°C | 10 min |
| Chicken breast (frozen) | 360°F / 180°C | 24 min |
| Reheated fried chicken | 375°F / 190°C | 4–10 min by piece |
| Frozen meatballs | 380°F / 193°C | 11 min |
| Frozen mozzarella sticks | 390°F / 200°C | 7 min |
| Frozen French fries | 400°F / 200°C | 14 min |
| Frozen pizza (personal) | 380°F / 193°C | 9 min |
| Frozen chicken nuggets | 400°F / 200°C | 10–12 min |
| Frozen tater tots | 400°F / 200°C | 12–15 min |
| Frozen egg rolls | 380°F / 193°C | 10–12 min |
| Fried pickles | 400°F / 200°C | 8–10 min |
| Jalapeño poppers (bacon-wrapped) | 380°F / 190°C | 10–12 min |
| Taquitos (frozen) | 400°F / 200°C | 7–10 min |
| Frozen burritos (5–6 oz) | 360°F / 180°C | 12–15 min |
| Frozen corn dogs (regular) | 370°F / 188°C | 8–10 min |
| Frozen pizza rolls | 380°F / 190°C | 6–8 min |
All frozen & reheating recipes
Air Fryer Mozzarella Sticks (Frozen, No Explosions)
Frozen mozzarella sticks take 6–8 minutes at 390°F (200°C) in the air fryer — and those two numbers are a window, not a suggestion. A minute too few a…
How to Reheat Pizza in the Air Fryer
Leftover pizza takes 3–5 minutes at 375°F (190°C) in the air fryer, and it is not close: the base crisps back up, the cheese bubbles again, and the sl…
Air Fryer Salmon From Frozen (No Thawing)
Salmon fillets cook from frozen in 12–15 minutes at 390°F (200°C) in the air fryer — no thawing, no planning, no compromise worth naming. The method h…
Air Fryer Frozen Dumplings (Crispy Potstickers)
Frozen dumplings (potstickers, gyoza) take 9–12 minutes at 375°F (190°C) in the air fryer — sprayed with oil, shaken once, and served with crisp botto…
Air Fryer Frozen Fish Sticks (Crisp, Never Soggy)
Frozen fish sticks take 10–12 minutes at 400°F (200°C) in the air fryer, flipped once at about 6 minutes. Standard sticks land at the short end, jumbo…
Air Fryer Frozen Hash Brown Patties (Crispy Edges)
Frozen hash brown patties take 10–12 minutes at 400°F (200°C) in a basket air fryer, flipped once halfway. Two pieces of knowledge the short rival rec…
Air Fryer Frozen Onion Rings (Pub-Crisp)
Frozen onion rings take 8–12 minutes at 400°F (200°C) in the air fryer, shaken or flipped once at the 5-minute mark. Thin rings finish at 8, standard …
Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Breast (No Thaw, Juicy)
Chicken breasts cook from frozen in the air fryer at 360°F (180°C): about 18–20 minutes for small breasts, 22–25 for medium, 28–32 for large — no thaw…
How to Reheat Fried Chicken in the Air Fryer (Crispy Again)
Leftover fried chicken reheats at 375°F (190°C): wings and tenders in 4–6 minutes, drumsticks and thighs in 6–8, breast pieces in 7–10 — flipped once,…
Air Fryer Frozen Meatballs (Browned, Juicy)
Frozen meatballs take 10–12 minutes at 380°F (193°C) in the air fryer, shaken twice, until browned and 165°F (74°C) at the centre. The moderate temper…
Air Fryer Frozen Mozzarella Sticks (No Cheese Blowout)
Frozen mozzarella sticks take 6–8 minutes at 390°F (200°C), flipped once at 4 minutes — and they are done the moment you see the first wisp of cheese …
Air Fryer Frozen French Fries (Crispy Every Time)
Frozen French fries take 12–16 minutes at 400°F (200°C) for regular cut, shaken hard every 4–5 minutes. Shoestring fries finish in 10–12, crinkle-cut …
Air Fryer Frozen Pizza (Crisp Base, No Soggy Centre)
A personal frozen pizza (6–8 inches) takes 7–10 minutes at 380°F (193°C) in the air fryer — faster than the oven preheats, with a properly crisp base.…
Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Nuggets
Nuggets are factory-engineered for the air fryer: par-fried breading that just needs hot moving air to re-crisp. The page earns its place with the siz…
Air Fryer Tater Tots (Frozen)
Tots are shredded potato packed with water, which is why they demand the air fryer's most aggressive heat: 400°F drives the moisture off fast enough f…
Air Fryer Frozen Egg Rolls
An egg roll lives or dies by its wrapper: it must blister, not just brown. The field's signature knowledge is all here — a light oil mist is what crea…
Air Fryer Fried Pickles (Crispy Panko)
Fried pickles fail one way: the breading slides off a wet pickle into a sad pile in the basket. This recipe is built on the field's two defences — dra…
Air Fryer Jalapeño Poppers
A popper is a tiny engineering problem: a filling that expands, a pepper that softens, and bacon that must crisp before the cheese escapes. The tested…
Air Fryer Taquitos (Frozen & Homemade)
Frozen taquitos are the air fryer's easiest win — ten minutes from freezer to crisp — and homemade ones are nearly as fast once you know the two rules…
Air Fryer Frozen Burritos
A frozen burrito is a race between a shell that wants to burn and a centre that is still ice. The microwave loses the race one way (soggy shell), a ho…
Frozen Corn Dogs in the Air Fryer
A frozen corn dog is a reheating job, not a cooking one — the frank inside is already cooked, so you are chasing a deep golden shell and a steaming ce…
Frozen Pizza Rolls in the Air Fryer
Pizza rolls have exactly one failure mode — burst seams — and it is a timing problem, not bad luck. The filling turns to steam, the steam needs out, a…