It’s quick and easy to make delicious, well-seasoned Air Fryer Salad Croutons to add crunch and flavor to a favorite mixed green salad.
Today I want to share a very simple way to make croutons for green salads in the comfort of home using an air fryer! I’ve baked homemade croutons for years, but when it is hot outside, I use my air fryer instead of our oven, because it helps our kitchen stay cooler!
Once you’ve cut up about 4 pieces of stale French or Sourdough bread, you’re ready to go! Now you’ll add a buttery seasoning mix to the bread cubes and cook them! It is so easy and pretty quick to make salad croutons using an air fryer!
When the croutons are done cooking, they’re golden brown, crispy, delicious and ready to use on top of mixed green salads! Here’s how to make air fryer salad croutons!
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Make A Seasoning Mix For The Salad Croutons
You will need butter, dried parsley flakes, grated Parmesan cheese, garlic powder and seasoning salt to make the seasoning for the croutons.
Melt butter in a small saucepan on low heat and add the spices to the pan once the butter has melted. Stir until the spices are fully incorporated. Remove the saucepan from the heat and set it aside to cool slightly.
Season The Croutons
Cut four 1″ slices of stale French or sourdough bread into bite-sized cubes. The bread cubes shown below are cut from a loaf of Cheddar Chive No-Knead Bread I made (recipe coming soon).
Stale bread is the best choice instead of fresh, because the bread cubes don’t get soggy once the melted butter and spices are added. Place the bread cubes in a large bowl.
Pour the melted butter and spice mixture over the bread cubes in the bowl. Toss the croutons gently to allow the seasoning mix to coat all of the bread cubes.
Cook The Air Fryer Salad Croutons
Preheat your air fryer according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Once the croutons are well-coated with the seasoning mix, place them in the inner air fryer basket in a single layer.
Cook the croutons at 300°F. for 4 minutes, then remove the basket from the air fryer. Gently toss or turn the croutons to the other side (as quickly as possible).
Lay them back in the basket in a single layer. Continue to cook the croutons 4-5 more minutes OR until they’re golden brown and crispy. Keep an eye on them because you don’t want them to burn.
NOTE: I use a Cosori air fryer, and the croutons typically take about 8 minutes total to be done. Your time may vary slightly (less time or more), depending on crouton size and your air fryer.
Use The Air Fryer Salad Croutons
When the croutons are done, browned and crispy, remove them from the air fryer. Transfer the croutons onto paper towels to allow them to cool.
Here’s a close-up photo of these delicious croutons! Once they’re cooled to room temperature they are ready to serve on top of a yummy mixed green salad.
Add several croutons to a favorite salad and dig in! The croutons are seasoned well, and are a nice, crunchy topping for your salad. Enjoy!
I really hope you have the chance to make homemade air fryer salad croutons because they’re delicious, simple to make and easy on the ol’ budget!
Thank you for stopping by today, and I invite you to come back again soon for more family-friendly recipes. Take care, may God bless you, and have a wonderful day!
Looking For SALAD RECIPES To Use Croutons On?
You can find ALL of my recipes in the Recipe Index, which is located at the top of the page. I have some wonderful salad recipes these croutons would be great on, including:
- Bacon Lover’s Spinach Salad
- Spring Greens with Citrus Vinaigrette
- Thanksgiving Salad
- Easy Chicken Caesar Salad
- Summer Fruit Medley Green Salad
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It's quick and easy to make delicious, well-seasoned Air Fryer Salad Croutons to add crunch and flavor to a favorite mixed green salad.
- 4 1" slices sourdough or French bread, slightly stale or other white bread
- 3 Tablespoons butter melted
- 1 teaspoon grated Parmesan cheese* *Kraft shaker can is best for croutons
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon seasoning salt
Melt butter in a small pan on low heat, then add the spices. Stir until the spices are fully incorporated. Remove pan from the heat; set it aside to cool slightly.
Cut four 1" slices of stale French or sourdough bread into bite-sized cubes (about 2 cups total). Place bread cubes in a large bowl. TIP: Stale bread is the best choice, because it doesn't get soggy once butter and spices are added.
Pour butter and spice mixture over the bread cubes. Toss the croutons gently to allow seasoning mixture to coat the bread cubes.
Preheat air fryer according to manufacturer's instructions. Once preheated, place seasoned croutons in the inner air fryer basket in a single layer.
Cook croutons at 300°F. for 4 minutes, then remove basket from the air fryer. Gently toss or turn croutons to the other side (as quickly as possible). Spread them back in the basket in a single layer. Continue cooking croutons 3-4 more minutes OR until they're golden brown and crispy. NOTE: Your cooking time may vary slightly (less or more time), depending on crouton size and your air fryer.
When croutons are done, transfer them onto paper towels to cool. When cooled, use them on green salads. Enjoy!
NOTE: The caloric calculation shown is for the entire recipe, as the number of croutons used per salad may vary greatly. This calculation is an estimate only, based on using four 1" slices of sourdough bread.
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