Ingredients
- 6 english muffins split in half
- 1 6oz can pizza sauce (¾ cup)
- 3 cups shredded cheese
- 36 slices pepperoni optional
- Optional toppings: chopped peppers mushrooms, sausage crumbles, bacon bits, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat your air fryer to 350 for at least 3 minutes, or according to your manufacturers instructions.
- Split the english muffins using a fork or a butter knife, and place them, cut sides up, on a baking sheet or plate. Only prepare as many english muffin pizzas as you can fit in the air fryer at once. This will help the pizza stay crispy, preventing them from sitting too long with the moist ingredients.
- Spoon 1-2 tablespoons of pizza sauce onto each english muffin half. Use the back of the spoon to spread it evenly over the bread.
- Top each half with a small portion of shredded cheese, about ¼ cup.
- Place the prepared english muffin pizzas into the air fryer and cook at 350F for 4-6 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly and the bread is toasted.
- Top with 2-3 slices of pepperoni and return to the air fryer for 1-2 minutes. Remove the air fryer basket and quickly adjust any pepperoni slices that have flown off of the pizzas. If you would like to add any other toppings, do so at the same time you add the pepperoni.
- Remove the pizzas from the air fryer and let cool for 5 minutes before serving.
- Repeat the process with the remaining english muffins, working in batches until all of the muffins have been used up.
Notes
Oven Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the prepared english muffin pizzas on the baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. If you want your pizzas to be crispy, toast the english muffins for 1-2 minutes before topping with sauce and cheese. Then, return to the oven and bake for an additional 8-10 minutes.
Pepperoni:
The pepperoni will fly around quite a bit in the air fryer. I tested several methods for including the pepperoni, and adding them during the last 1-2 minutes of cooking is what works the best AND has the best taste.
If you want to keep your pepperoni slices in place, you can add the slices in between the pizza sauce and the cheese. I find the result is not as good when you use this method, and there is very little crunch, but they do stay in place.
Alternately, you can omit the pepperoni or top with cold pepperoni slices.
Toppings:
If you want to add your favorite toppings, do so during the last 1-2 minutes of cooking (at the same time you would add the pepperoni). Keep in mind that the fan of the air fryer can cause your toppings to fly around quite a bit. If you like meat toppings, ensure you use fully cooked meat since 1-2 minutes is not long enough to cook any raw meats. Crumbled beef or sausage, bacon bits, and cured meats are all great options.
Excess Grease:
If you find your English muffin pizzas to have a significant amount of grease on top, simply dab them with a paper towel to absorb the excess grease.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Pizza | Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 430mg | Fiber: 1g