Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich is so easy to make and is hands off. Ready in only a few minutes and uses less butter than using a skillet! Use your air fryer or crisplid!
Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese SandwichI wasn’t planning on making a blog post for this sandwich.
I was hungry, it was lunch time and I wanted a simple grilled cheese sandwich. Since I had just got another new air fryer, I wanted to test out new toy Air Fryer.
There was no thought, really. I have been testing out various air fryer and have been trying out various types of food and cooking methods.
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Cast of Ingredients for Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich
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Ingredients to Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich
- Bread
- American Cheese
- Butter or Mayonnaise
See, just simple, bread, cheese and butter. Yep, I made that bread myself. It is a Hokkaido Milk Sandwich Loaf and it is quite simple to make, really.
We stopped buying bread in this house, as commercial bread is made so quickly in a factory and many people believe they are gluten intolerant, as a result of the feeling they get after eating commercial bread.
I don’t use commercial yeast in most of the bread I make and prefer natural fermentation, Sourdough Starter.
This Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich is on Hokkaido Milk Sandwich Loaf bread is simply delicious.
Butter the Bread
How to Make Air Fryer Grilled American Cheese Sandwich
- Butter one side of each piece of bread.
- Place American Cheese in between both slices with the butter side out.
- Mayonnaise is also great to use for this Air Fryer Grilled American Cheese Sandwich.
- The sandwich then cooks in the Air Fryer or the Crisplid. (recipe and full instructions below).
If you like tomatoes, a nice slice of a tomato inside the sandwich is fantastic too!
We keep our bread frozen, so it is easier to butter.
Place Sandwich in Air Fryer
Please check my article on How to Properly Season Air Fryer Basket before starting.
How to Prevent Bread from Flying Around in Air Fryer
- Some people report that the top piece of bread flies off the Air Fryer Simple American Cheese Sandwich.
- To prevent this from happening, use a Stainless Steel Trivet or toothpicks to hold down the top piece of bread.
- The solution is a simple one.
Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich
That’ll be it folks! Quick lunch, melty, toasted perfectly.
Serve with a delicious piping hot bowl of my homemade Pressure Cooker Nordstrom Tomato Basil Soup. Enjoy!
And this my dear friends, is the story of how my Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich recipe was born and my total love with this brand of Air Fryer began.
It totally changed my opinion. I have created several hundred air fryer recipes since then and I hope you will check them all out.
More Air Fryer Recipes to Make:
- Air Fryer Chinese Salt and Pepper Pork Chops
- Air Fryer Hamburger Hamlet’s Zucchini Zircles
- Air Fryer Crispy Honey Garlic Chicken Wings
- Air Fryer Rib Eye Steak with Blue Cheese Butter Keto
- Air Fryer Southern Fried Catfish {Louisiana Cajun Style}
If you don’t have an Air Fryer, you don’t know what you are missing.
Kitchen Equipment and Essentials
- Ultrean 8.5 Quart Air Fryer
- Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
- Stainless Steel Tall/Short Trivet & Egg Cooker Set
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Here is your handy printable recipe:
Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich
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- 2 slices Sandwich Bread
- 2-3 slices Cheddar Cheese
- 2 teaspoons Butter or Mayonnaise
Crisplid Instructions
Instructions
Air Fryer Instructions
- Place cheese between bread slices and butter the outside of both slices of bread.
- Place in air fryer and cook at 370 degrees for 8 minutes. Flip, halfway through.
Crisplid Instructions
- Place cheese between bread slices and butter the outside of both slices of bread.
- Place tall trivet into pressure cooker and place crisplid basket on top.
- Place sandwich into crisplid basket and place crisplid on top of pressure cooker.
- Cook at 400 degrees for 8 minutes, flipping over after 5 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
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I can’t wait to make this sandwich. I tried yesterday but got very confused on which and when to push buttons. I have Emeril s air fry. Please help.thanks
Are you supposed to press the bread down flat, like you would do with a spatula, if you were doing it in a pan? I spray Parkay spray on the bread and I leave it in there until it turns light brown but when it’s done the bread is really crunchy (which I like ) but almost too crunchy and it is so thick I can’t hardly get my mouth around it. (It crumbles everywhere when I bite it because it’s so hard) I didn’t see that anyone else had the same issue? Not sure why unless I’m supposed to press bread down before I cook it? Or maybe I need to cook it a lower temperature? Anyone?
You can smash it down if you like. Jill
Thanks for a simple but great recipe, Jill. You instilled the confidence in me to launch my Crisplid with a grilled cheese sandwich, one of the best I’ve ever had!
I was worried about the still-cold butter coming off on the bottom side, so I grilled both slices on the buttered side (I was worried two slices from the center of the loaf would be too big to fit in the basket at the same time but it worked perfectly) for one minute at 400 and then assembled the sandwich, followed by 4 more minutes on the first side and finishing off with 3 on the other. Couldn’t be happier with the result and am not so scared of the Crisplid anymore! (Beckman’s Asiago Sourdough and pre-sliced Cheddar left over from a Safeway Party Tray.)
Asiago sourdough and cheddar sounds wonderful. Thank you. Jill
Thanks for CrispLid variation. I am just beginning to us it so very helpful info.
We just bought an air fryer countertop oven yesterday…..I made these for lunch today and my husband agreed this is the best grilled cheese sandwich we ever tasted….thank you!
Thank you, Phyllis. Enjoy your air fryer. It’s lots of fun. Jill
Thank you for your posting. I am a new air fryer person. I made chicken and was looking for other things to cook
You are4 welcome, Diane. Thank you for visiting my site. Jill
Our new favorite snack, thank you for the recipe.
Thank you so much, Jessica. Jill
You can always use mayo instead of butter. Taste phenomenal and its obviously very spreadable!
I am just using my air fryer for the first time today. I just made your grilled cheese sandwich for my 2 little daughters. I didn’t have any butter, so I just brushed the bread lightly with olive oil. They absolutely love it. I’m looking forward to trying more of your air fryer recipes. I’ve loved all your Instant Pot recipes.
Thank you, Amy. Jill
I love it. I was sitting here, almost 9pm, kids were not hungry, not knowing what to do. And I really wanted a grilled chees sand. Found you and the sand. So very good. Thanks for sharing.
I bought a loaf of pre sliced Italian bread from walmart in the day old bin. .75 cents for a loaf the size of my arm. Yes the rumors are true and if you don’t have the bread stuck down it will fly. I used a light layer of mayo to stick it down and it worked great. I also added turkey and it was delicious.
Sounds terrific, Shane. đŸ™‚ Jill
I don’t understand how it has less fat and calories then making it in a skillet? Its made the same exact way just placed in air fryer instead of a skillet.
it’s not sitting in the butter is probably making it a little better for you.
Like a lot of people now, I use mayo on the outside of my bread instead of butter, it makes the bread extra crispy, and I promise you can’t taste the mayo. And, do you flip the bread over and butter the other side?
I just yesterday received my GoWise air fryer. Do you think I’ll get good results of I forego the butter on the outside of the bread and use Pam Butter spray?
just tried— only way I will do it from now on. I use my air fryer every day.
Wow! This was awesome. One thing I did was melt the butter and brush it on the bread with a pastry brush (20 secs on high in the microwave). So…delicious and crispy. Much better than when I make on the stovetop!
This is similar to how we do it at my house. I have a Cuisinart TOA-60, so I can make 4 grilled cheese at a time. I take half a stick of butter and melt it in a pie plate using my microwave. Then, I lay a piece of bread on the plate to grab some melted butter, lay that piece on the airfryer basket set over the solid tray, plate a piece of sliced cheese on top of that, repeat the butter step with a second piece of bread, and lay that butter side up on top of the cheese. 2-3 minutes per side on the air fry setting, 400 degrees F. Perfection served with some homemade Instant Pot tomato bisque (I use goat cheese in my bisque, so yummy).
I tried this sandwich and it is very tasty, but Please explain how Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich is 50% less calories? as when I use exactly the same ingredients in the skillet?
How is an air fried grilled cheese sandwich 50% less calories when the ingredients used are the same as are used with a griddle?
I was wondering the same thing! Hmmm
Got any recipes for the air fryer oven? Do you have to do things differently?
in my Nutrichef – after three tries – 347degrees for THREE minutes oer side
And DEFINITELY nail down with toothpicks