Air Fryer Garlic Bread

This Air Fryer Garlic Bread is smothered in softened butter, fresh garlic, and sprinkled with a dash of parsley. It all gets toasted to perfection right in the air fryer and is the perfect side dish for any meal. Includes instructions to make fresh garlic bread and frozen store-bought garlic bread.

We are huge garlic fans and love to include it in our everyday cooking. For more easy garlic recipes, check out these favorites. These Air Fryer Honey Garlic Marinated Chicken Thighs, makes a perfect dinner idea! Or try Air Fryer Roasted Garlic and use it in this Garlic Potato Soup, is a Czech soup that is delicious and also said to be a hang over cure.

Homemade garlic bread is herby, packed with flavor-filled, pungent garlic, and baked in the air fryer until it is perfectly crispy.

The secret to great garlic bread is to use real cloves of garlic. It will give you that punch of flavor that will give you the best garlic bread.

It is also so easy to customize this recipe. I love to add cheese to garlic bread, like this stuffed cheesy garlic bread, YUM! You can make yours cheesy, too, by sprinkling on 1/2 cup of freshly grated mozzarella cheese or parmesan cheese in the last minute of cooking.

For a milder garlic flavor, use a head of roasted garlic on your bread instead of fresh. This air fryer roasted garlic recipe, is such an easy way to cook the garlic especially since you will already have your air fryer out.

What is Air Fryer Garlic Bread?

Also, sometimes called garlic toast, this crusty bread is made with the simplest ingredients. A soft loaf of bakery bread goes in to the air fryer slathered in a well-seasoned garlic butter and comes out with the crispiest crust and the softest middle.

Be sure to grab one of the long, soft loaves of bread from the grocery store to use in this recipe or you can make your own French bread.

I’ve found that softening the butter makes it much easier to make the garlic butter and mixing in some parsley, salt and pepper will give it a little extra flavor.

What to serve with Garlic Bread

Garlic bread makes an amazing side dish to so many main dishes. I like to pair it with a variety of meats like air fryer stuffed pork chops and some zucchini and squash.

Of course, the best way to eat it is alongside a big plate of pasta, garlic bread is the perfect way to sop up all of that extra sauce. Or dip it some soup!

Ingredients You Will Need

Here are the simple ingredients needed to make this easy garlic bread recipe. Check out the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts.

• Bread: When making garlic bread I use either a fluffy French bread loaf or an Italian bread loaf.
• Garlic: I love to use fresh garlic instead of powdered garlic when making this bread recipe.
• Butter: I like to use unsalted butter in this recipe. Make sure to pull your butter out in advance because you need soft butter, this makes it easier to stir all of your ingredients together.
• Parsley: I like to use fresh parsley instead of dry parsley. This is because it can get dried out in the cooking process. You want to get flat leaf Italian parsley not curly parsley.
• Salt and pepper: This seasoning adds some extra flavor.

How to Make Air Fryer Garlic Bread

Here are the basic instructions to make air fried garlic bread. For the full instructions, check out the recipe card at the bottom of this blog post.

STEP 1: In a small bowl, combine together the softened butter, crushed garlic, salt, pepper, and chopped parsley.

STEP 2: Cut bread loaf in half lengthwise. Cut off the ends if the loaf is too long for the air fryer. Cut each half into 2-3- inch wide pieces, but don’t cut them all the way through.

STEP 3: Spread the butter mixture evenly over each bread half. Place into the air fryer at 360° F. Air fry for 4-6 minutes until perfectly crisp and a little golden. Top with a sprinkling of chopped fresh parsley.

How to Make Frozen Garlic Bread in Air Fryer

If you have a loaf of store-bought frozen garlic bread, you can also easily make that in your air fryer also.

For frozen bread: Preheat the air fryer to 370°f, place frozen bread in the air fryer making sure it’s not touching other pieces. Cook for 5 minutes, then flip bread over and cook for 2-3 more minutes until golden brown on top and crispy on the outside. Cook in batches if needed.

Tips for Success

• Make sure to pull your butter from the refrigerator at least an hour in advance to bring it to room temperature. You need soft butter to make the garlic butter.
• Using fresh garlic will give you the BEST garlic flavor.

Recipe Variations

Dried parsley. You can use dried parsley instead of fresh, but you will need less dry parsley than fresh parsley, so measure out . Dry parsley doesn’t have a ton of flavor, so you could use dried oregano instead for a little more flavor.

Garlic powder. If dried garlic is all you have, you can substitute it in for the cloves of garlic. You will use 1/4 teaspoon in place of each clove. Since this recipe uses 3 garlic cloves, you will need 3/4 teaspoon of garlic powder.

Add cheese. Two minutes before the end of cooking, add a sprinkling of your favorite shredded melty cheese to the garlic side of the bread.

Spicy bread. Make is spicy by adding in red pepper flakes to the butter mixture before brush it onto bread.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I make this into vegan garlic bread? Yes, just substitute out the regular butter for vegan butter.

Do I need an air fryer to make this recipe? If you don’t have an air fryer you could make this baked cheesy garlic bread in the oven instead.

How to Store & Reheat

How to store it? Let the bread cool completely and wrap with aluminum foil or plastic wrap or place into an airtight container. It should last about 3-4 days in the fridge.

How do you reheat? Pre-heat the air fryer to 370° F. Cook for 5-6 minutes, flipping the bread over halfway through cooking time.

How to freeze it. Let the bread cool completely then wrap each piece of bread in plastic wrap then aluminum foil before putting into an air tight, freezer safe container. It can be frozen for 1-2 months, just be sure to label with the recipe and date.

How to reheat frozen bread. Preheat the air fryer to 370°f, place frozen bread in the air fryer making sure it’s not touching other pieces. Cook for 5 minutes, then flip bread over and cook for 2-3 more minutes until golden brown on top and crispy on the outside. Cook in batches if needed.

Try these other great recipes!

• Frozen Rolls in the Air Fryer
• Baked Cheesy Garlic Bread
• Air Fryer BBQ Chicken
• Air Fryer Pork Chops
• Air Fryer Roasted Broccoli
• Zucchini and Squash in the Air Fryer

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