Name: Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 2 slices Sandwich Bread; 2-3 slices Cheddar Cheese; 2 teaspoons Butter (or Mayonnaise)

Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich is so easy to make and is hands off. Ready in only a few minutes and uses less butter than using a skillet!

Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich

I wasn’t planning on making a blog post for this sandwich.

I was hungry, it was lunch time and I wanted a simple grilled cheese sandwich. Since I had just got another new air fryer, I wanted to test out new ~~toy~~ Air Fryer.

There was no thought, really. I have been testing out the GoWise USA 3.7 Quart Air Fryer and have been trying out various types of food and cooking methods.

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Cast of Ingredients for Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients to Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich

Bread
American Cheese
Butter or Mayonnaise

See, just simple, bread, cheese and butter. Yep, I made that bread myself. It is a Hokkaido Milk Sandwich Loaf and it is quite simple to make, really.

We stopped buying bread in this house, as commercial bread is made so quickly in a factory and many people believe they are gluten intolerant, as a result of the feeling they get after eating commercial bread.

I don’t use commercial yeast in most of the bread I make and prefer natural fermentation, Sourdough Starter.

This Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich is on Hokkaido Milk Sandwich Loaf bread is simply delicious.

Butter the Bread

How to Make Air Fryer Grilled American Cheese Sandwich

Butter one side of each piece of bread.
Place American Cheese in between both slices with the butter side out.
Mayonnaise is also great to use for this Air Fryer Grilled American Cheese Sandwich.
The sandwich then cooks in the Air Fryer. (recipe and full instructions below).

If you like tomatoes, a nice slice of a tomato inside the sandwich is fantastic too!

We keep our bread frozen, so it is easier to butter.

Place Sandwich in Air Fryer

Please check my article on How to Properly Season Air Fryer Basket before starting.

How to Prevent Bread from Flying Around in Air Fryer

Some people report that the top piece of bread flies off the Air Fryer Simple American Cheese Sandwich.
To prevent this from happening, use a Stainless Steel Trivet or toothpicks to hold down the top piece of bread.
The solution is a simple one.

I have noticed in the new GoWISE USA 5.8 Quart Air Fryer and GoWise USA 3.7 Quart Air Fryer models, the bread no longer flies around and the machines are very quiet. (I have upgraded to both of these models since the time of writing this article.)

Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich

That’ll be it folks! Quick lunch, melty, toasted perfectly.

Serve with a delicious piping hot bowl of my homemade Pressure Cooker Nordstrom Tomato Basil Soup. Enjoy!

And this my dear friends, is the story of how my Air Fryer Simple Grilled American Cheese Sandwich recipe was born and my total love with this brand of Air Fryer began.

It totally changed my opinion. I have created several hundred air fryer recipes since then and I hope you will check them all out.

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