Air Fry for
10-12 min
At
400 °F
Frozen Fried Pickles are a delicious, convenient, and easy-to-make appetizer, and they’re ready in minutes using your air fryer.
frozen fried pickles
If you enjoy an order of crispy fried dill pickle chips as an appetizer at Red Robin, Texas Roadhouse, Chili’s, or your favorite local bar and grill, you’ll be happy to know that it’s now possible to make these at home!
Love quick and tasty snacks? Try making Frozen Popcorn Shrimp in the air fryer, or Air Fryer Frozen Dumplings next!
We are working our way through ALL of the foods in the frozen foods aisle, so be sure to grab instructions for your favorites.
What you need
- A Box of Frozen Fried Pickles – Look for these yummy snacks at your grocery store. Zapp’s Voodoo Battered Fried Pickles are my favorite because they’re battered rather than breaded.
- Spray Oil – I love this avocado spray oil and use it all the time while cooking crispy things in my air fryer. You can use any kind of sprayable oil that you have though.
Air Frying Steps
- Start by removing the fried pickles from the packaging. You can cook as many or as few as you need.
- Use the cooking spray to spray the bottom of the air fryer basket with oil.
- Place the fried pickles – still frozen – in the air fryer basket, making sure to keep them in a single layer.
- Then spray the tops of the pickles with a bit more oil spray.
- Air Fry as directed in the recipe card below, flipping them over halfway through until they are browned and crispy.
- Serve immediately with your favorite dipping sauce.
How much spray oil is enough?
You want to add oil to these pickles so that they crisp up, but you don’t need to soak them in it. Spray the air fryer basket lightly, and then spray the tops of the pickles lightly as well.
You can always add another spritz of oil to the fried pickles towards the end of the cooking time if you think they need it.
Serving fried pickles
Fried Pickles are a popular bar food snack, so it makes sense to serve them with other foods you could order at your favorite local hangout.
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FAQs
Yes, you can make frozen fried dill pickles that are either coated with bread crumbs or covered with batter using this method.
You can definitely cook them in the air fryer! Add 2-4 additional minutes of cooking time, since spears are thicker than pickle chips.
Glad you asked 😏. We have a whole recipe for homemade fried pickles if that’s more your style.
Frozen Fried Pickles
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 package Frozen Fried Pickles
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray.
- Place the frozen breaded pickles in the basket in a single layer.
- Spray the pickles with cooking spray.
- Air fry at 400°F/200°C for 10-12 minutes, flipping over halfway through.
- Serve immediately with your favorite dipping sauce.
Notes
- Please note that the nutrition facts listed here are not going to be accurate for frozen fried pickles due to limitations of the calculator that we use. Please see the packaging for the pickles you have to get the full nutrition details.
- Keep the pickles in a single, even layer so they can crisp up. You may need to cook them in batches depending on the size of your air fryer.
- These fried pickles are best eaten right away so they are hot and crispy.
- The cooking spray helps the fried pickles get really crispy in the air fryer. You don’t need a lot of it – you just want to have a light coat on the fried pickles.
- Fried pickles are delicious dipped in ranch dressing!
- Pro Tip: This recipe can be made in the air fryer unit with a basket or the air fryer oven. If you are using the air fryer oven, use the middle rack and select the “Air Fry” function.
- Pro Tip: Check your food as it cooks. Each air fryer runs a bit differently. Sometimes air frying is a trial and error process. Check your food as it cooks to learn your air fryer better! When cooking a new recipe or food items be sure to check your food often to help avoid over/under cooking.
Nutrition
I saw your post and remembered I had a packet of these in the back of the freezer, so of course had to try your tips.
PERFECT!
Thank you so much – I have tried your homemade pickles too and they’re fantastic, but this is a brilliant fallback for when the kids are pestering for a snack!