Air Fryer Hot Dogs with Buns Recipe

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Air Fryer Hot Dogs with Buns Recipe

These Air Fryer Hot Dogs give you a juicy frankfurter sausage with a perfect snap of the skin, all served on a soft bun that's warmed (but not toasted) to perfection right in the air fryer. Whether you keep things simple or serve them fully loaded, hot dogs are a perennial favourite and incredibly easy to put together.

5 from 3 votes

Prep Time: 3

Cook Time: 9

Total Time: 12

Servings

Author Chloe

Equipment

Ingredients

4 Hot Dog Sausages - 100g/3.5oz each
¼ tsp Vegetable Oil
4 Hot Dog Rolls

Instructions

Start the preheat setting on your air fryer now if needed.
Prepare 4 Hot Dog Sausages by making sure they're thoroughly dried.
Use a small sharp knife to lightly cut through the skin in a spiral along the whole length of the sausage.
Keep the knife still at an angle and roll the sausage. Or just cut a few slashes horizontally along the sausages. This is to prevent them from bursting open as they cook.
Coat the sausages in roughly ¼ tsp Vegetable Oil making sure that they are totally covered in a very thin layer.
This will stop the hot dogs from becoming dry as they cook.
Use tongs to add the sausages to the air fryer basket. Arrange them so they have space for air to circulate in-between them.
Air fry for 7 minutes at 200c/390f. You shouldn't need to turn the hot dogs during cooking but you can if the desire takes you.
Meanwhile loosely wrap 4 Hot Dog Rolls in foil ready to heat once the sausages are fully cooked.
Once the hot dogs are cooked, move them to a plate.
Add the foil parcel into the air fryer.
Air fry for 2 minutes at 200c/390f. This will just warm the buns slightly.
Assemble the hot dogs with a sausage in each bun and garnish however you wish.

Notes

The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a Cosori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can easily fit 4 x 100g/3.5oz hot dogs in the basket at a time. This gives plenty of room to allow air to circulate. I think I could just cook another 1 or 2 without issue. Any more and they may take longer to cook and need to be turned during cooking.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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