Air Fryer Homemade Croutons Easy Recipe

Air Fryer Homemade Croutons Recipe is a simple and tasty recipe for making crispy and fragrant bread squares.

This is a recipe you can make in very few minutes, thanks to the air fryer!

Crispy inside and soft outside, these Air Fryer Homemade Croutons succeed in enriching a simple soup or salad by making it even better and tastier. 

Air Fryer Homemade Croutons: The Best Recipe

Air Fryer Homemade Croutons is a great idea to recycle the stale and dry bread that everyone inevitably finds in the house and usually ends up throwing away.

Stale bread becomes very crispy when cooked, so it is ideal for our croutons!

Flavor the bread croutons as you like, depending on the dishes you will be preparing.

Simple croutons with olive oil, like these I prepared, are ideal for soup like this vegetarian creamy soup with broccoli or this instant pot vegetable beef soup for a meat lover’s soup.

On the other hand, Rosemary-flavored croutons are ideal to accompany salad, like this fresh orange salad. 

Ingredients

These are the main ingredients you need for this recipe.

Scroll down to our printable recipe card for the step-by-step directions and measurements. 

• Bread,use any bread you like.
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Parsley
• Oregano
• Salt & Pepper

How To Cook These Air Fryer Homemade Croutons

Cut the bread into slices about 1 centimeter thick, remove the crust if you prefer (I leave it), and then cut the slices into cubes.

Transfer the bread to a bowl, add the oil, salt, pepper, and herbs, and mix carefully. 

Transfer the seasoned bread to the air fryer.

In this recipe, we do not need to preheat the air fryer. 

Cook for about 5 minutes, remembering to shake them halfway through cooking.

After 5 minutes, your air fryer croutons will be ready to enjoy.

No Air Fryer? Make Homemade Croutons In Your Oven

If you want to bake the croutons in the oven, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven at 200° for about 10 minutes or until golden brown 2, stirring occasionally. 

Recipe Variations

Parmesan cheese croutons: create super delicious-tasting croutons.

When you season them, add grated parmesan cheese.

• Have you ever heard of sweet croutons?

It’s a recipe my mom used to make for me as a kid, not with an air fryer, though!

Cut the bread into cubes or into strips, season with melted butter, and cook the bread for 5 minutes in the air fryer.

As soon as it is ready and still warm, add a couple of teaspoons of sugar and mix well.

I assure you it is delicious and perfect for a quick sweet snack.

How To Serve

Try one of these great serving ideas:

Want to enrich a simple salad or soup?

Make these Air Fryer Homemade Croutons and season them with rosemary.

They will give a special touch to your side salad or soup.

I love to serve them with this baked potato soup an hearty vegetable soup or my caldo verde.

• Are you hungry, but it is still too early for dinner?

In 5 minutes, you’ll have your snack ready! Serve with this knorr spinach dip.

• Friends showed up at home, and you don’t know what to offer with a drink? 

Make these Air Fryer Homemade Croutons, perhaps in different flavors. 

 Frequently Asked Questions

How do you keep homemade croutons crispy?

You can store them for a week in a cool, dry place inside a tightly closed container.

They will stay super crispy

Can I freeze homemade croutons?

I do not recommend it.

But you can freeze the bread already cut into cubes, so when you need homemade croutons, just season the bread and cook them.

What kind of bread do you use to make croutons?

Leftover bread is the best.

Alternatively, you can also use whole wheat bread or loaf bread.

French bread works very well, too.

How do you store leftovers?

The bread croutons remain crispy and fragrant for as long as 7 days inside an airtight glass jar.

Air Fryer Croutons Recipe

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