Air Fryer Ham & Cheese Sandwich. How to make a homemade cheese and ham sandwich in the air fryer. Loaded with melted cheese, this is the perfect use of leftover ham. If you want to make a panini, toastie or other cheese sandwich in the air fryer, then this is how it is done.
This air fryer sandwich was originally posted in 2018, but we are bringing you the updated version today with new pictures and new ideas.
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Air Fryer Ham & Cheese Sandwich
Welcome to our leftover ham week here on Recipe This. Yesterday we showed you how to make stromboli in air fryer and today is the turn of an air fryer ham and cheese sandwich.
Or as us Brits would call it an air fryer ham and cheese toastie!
Like many kids that grew up in the 1990’s the cheese toastie was a staple comfort food that you had on a regular basis.
I could write an essay on all the different places that I have had cheese toasties.
In the kitchen made lovingly by my mum, in British cafes, on holidays abroad and of course when we got our own toastie machine, we would make them ourselves.
You would butter one side and then it would cook while you sliced the cheese, that side would then have a lot more colour on it than the other! Then you would add the cheese, load up the other slice of buttered bread and then press down on the toastie machine.
It never closed properly though, as it could never cope with thick slices of bread! Then when it was cooked, and that cheese melted out of it, there was no better smell or taste in the world.
Looking back over everything that I ate throughout childhood I would say the cheese toastie was in my top 10 favourite comfort foods.
In fact, I am making myself hungry just thinking about eating air fryer cheese and ham sandwiches.
Can You Make A Toastie In Air Fryer?
This is one of the first things we tried to do back in 2011 with our first Philips Air Fryer. Our toastie machine was broken and we were craving cheese toasties.
Quite often we don’t have ham in and will make air fryer cheese toasties like this one below:
Can You Air Fry Sandwiches?
Yes you can. Air fried sandwiches are delicious and are better than what you would achieve from cooking a sandwich under the grill.
The air fryer will do a perfect job of melting the cheese, making the bread crispy like a toastie machine, and of course warming up your fillings of choice.
What I love about my air fryer and instant pot, is how many other kitchen gadgets they replace and that I no longer need in my kitchen.
I no longer have a toaster for example and instead make air fryer toast.
Air Fry A Sandwich
What I find so interesting about having a worldwide audience at Recipe This, is when you have a famous food and its called different things around the world. Or you can be in the same country and have different names for it in different states.
When you air fry a sandwich this rule applies.
I asked my readers what they would call my air fryer ham and cheese sandwich, and these are the most common answers:
- Air Fryer Ham & Cheese Melt
- Air Fryer Ham & Cheese Sliders
- Air Fryer Ham & Cheese Toastie
- Air Fryer Panini
- Air Fryer Toasted Sandwich
Though for me, I grew up with the amazing toastie machine and I would call it an air fryer ham and cheese toastie.
Sandwich In Air Fryer
You are probably wondering how different a sandwich in air fryer is to your regular method of making a grilled ham and cheese.
The most important thing to learn if you have an air fryer with a basket (not air fryer oven) is that because of the way the air circulates you need secure your bread and cheese in place otherwise it will do a runner into the air vents.
For example, you can see below the cheese being secured with cocktail sticks:
How To Make Grilled Ham & Cheese In Air Fryer?
Making grilled ham and cheese in air fryer is EASY:
- Load bread with butter, sliced cheese, ham and then more cheese.
- Secure with a cocktail stick and melt in the air fryer.
- Add bread, butter on top and then air fry again.
- Serve warm.
Air Fryer Sandwich Recipes
Our air fryer grilled ham and cheese isn’t our first air fryer sandwich. Here are a few other suggestions:
- Ross’s Thanksgiving Sandwich
- Air Fryer Subway Meatball Sub
- Air Fryer Chick Fil A Sandwich
- Air Fryer McDonalds McChicken Sandwich
- Air Fryer Chicken Spiedie
- Air Fryer Tuna Melt
Air Fryer Ham & Cheese Sandwich
Ingredients
Kitchen Gadgets:
Air Fryer Sandwich Recipe Ingredients:
- 8 Slices Bread
- 8 Slices Cheese
- 200 g Ham
- Butter optional
Instructions
- Butter a slice of bread.
- Add a slice of cheese, ham, then another slice of cheese.
- Place a cocktail stick in the top of the cheese to secure it.
- Load into the air fryer and cook for 3 minutes at 200c/400f.
- Remove the cocktail stick.
- Add a slice a bread, add butter on top and air fry for a further 3 minutes at 200c/400f.
- Serve.
Notes
Nutrition
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You just can´t beat a ham and cheese toasted sandwich, i was here looking for the timings and they worked great with my Power air fryer, thank you for the recipe.
I changed your recipe to just one big toasted sandwich, but kept everything else the same, it was delicious!