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Pizza Grilled Cheese

By Karly on October 11, 2022 | Updated October 11, 2022 | Rate Recipe

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Crispy pizza grilled cheese sandwiches make a super cool and yummy meal!  Personalize it with your own pizza toppings!Let's turn that sandwich into pizza! This Pizza Grilled Cheese has everything we love about pizza - gooey cheese, pepperoni, and plenty of sauce - but it's sandwiched between toasty, buttery, garlicky bread!


Let’s turn that sandwich into pizza! This Pizza Grilled Cheese has everything we love about pizza – gooey cheese, pepperoni, and plenty of sauce – but it’s sandwiched between toasty, buttery, garlicky bread!

Pizza grilled cheese cut in half.

Can you imagine a world where you go to take two of your favorite dishes and put them together for a meal for fun? That is my life, and I love it.

Today I took pizza and grilled cheese sandwiches, married them together, and lived happily ever after.

These sandwiches were great! They had nice crispy bread, cheesy and flavorful center, and took less than 10 minutes to make!

What more could a person want for lunch?!

Table of Contents

  • Ingredient Notes:
  • How to Make Pizza Grilled Cheese in an Air Fryer:
  • More Topping Ideas For Your Pizza Grilled Cheese:
  • FAQ:
    • More Recipes:
  • Air Fryer Pizza Grilled Cheese
    • Equipment
    • Ingredients  1x2x3x
    • Instructions 
    • Notes
    • Nutrition
      • Did You Make This Recipe?

Ingredient Notes:

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Pizza grilled cheese ingredients spread out on a countertop.

Bread – You need two pieces of white sandwich bread for each sandwich. This recipe will by default make 2 sandwiches.

Cheese– We used sliced Mozzarella and shredded parmesan. You can use shredded mozzarella if that’s what you have on hand.

Flavors– Pizza sauce, melted butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasoning make up the base of this sandwich beyond the grilled cheese.

Toppings- You can use anything you want here! I am a pepperoni lover so I go wild with thinly sliced pepperoni.. You can use any pizza toppings you wish!

How to Make Pizza Grilled Cheese in an Air Fryer:

Adding cheese, pizza sauce, and pepperoin to a slice of bread.

Assemble the sandwich– Lay two pieces of bread on a surface and top each with one slice of mozzarella cheese. Next spread pizza sauce over your slice of cheese, then sprinkle the shredded parmesan over the pizza sauce. Now add your toppings, we used only pepperoni. Then add your last slice of cheese and bread to the top to complete the assembly.

The steps of prepping a sandwich for an air fryer.

Butter the bread – Stir together melted butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasoning. Then use a pastry brush and coat the outside of your sandwich on both slices of bread.

Air fry your sandwich – Place your completed sandwich in your air fryer basket. Cook at 400 degrees F for 8 minutes, flipping halfway through cooking. Be careful flipping taking care not to let your sandwich fall apart.

More Topping Ideas For Your Pizza Grilled Cheese:

I have learned there are no bad options for pizza toppings!

  • Ground Sausage
  • Ham or Canadian Bacon
  • Air Fryer Bacon (crumble it up)
  • Ground Beef
  • Olives
  • Chicken
  • Banana Peppers
  • Pineapple (yes, I said that)
  • Mushrooms
Two cooked pizza grilled cheese sandwiches in an air fryer basket.

FAQ:

Can I use mayonnaise instead of butter for a pizza grilled cheese sandwich?

While that is a great hack for regular grilled cheese, for this recipe it isn’t ideal. We’re making garlic butter to brush on the bread, so we’d recommend using butter in this case.

What can I serve with pizza grilled cheese?

This ultimate comfort food can be served with nearly anything. A side salad is a great light option, or a pile of French fries if you’re really feeling hungry!

More Recipes:

  • Air Fryer Garlic Bread
  • Chicken Bacon Ranch Crunchwrap
  • Air Fryer Twice Baked Potato
  • Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wrap
Two pizza grilled cheese sandwiches stacked on wax paper.
Pizza grilled cheese cut in half.

Air Fryer Pizza Grilled Cheese

Created by: Karly

Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
2 sandwiches
Making a grilled cheese in the air fryer is so simple and this time we've turned that favorite sandwich into pizza! Don't skip the garlic butter brushed on the outside of the bread – it's our favorite part!
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Equipment

  • Air Fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 4 slices white bread
  • 4 slices mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tablespoons pizza sauce
  • 2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan
  • 18 pepperoni slices
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning

Instructions
 

  • Lay 2 slices of bread on your work surface and top with one slice of mozzarella cheese each.
  • Spread the cheese with the pizza sauce, sprinkle with the Parmesan, and arrange the pepperoni over the top. Top with the remaining piece of mozzarella and bread.
  • Stir together the butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasoning. Use a pastry brush to coat the outside of the sandwich on both sides and then place the sandwich in your air fryer basket.
  • Air fry at 400 degrees for 4 minutes, carefully flip, and continue cooking for 3-4 more minutes or until as golden brown as you’d like.

Notes

You can add additional toppings along with the pepperoni, such as olives, onion, mushrooms, etc. 
Serve with extra pizza sauce on the side, for dipping, if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 826mg | Potassium: 177mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 634IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 182mg | Iron: 2mg

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