When I’m making a pasta dish for dinner on the hob, I typically don’t like having to preheat the oven solely to make garlic bread.
Firstly, because it costs so much more to heat and cook garlic bread in the oven.
But secondly, because it takes LONGER. I can whip this easy air fryer garlic bread in less than 10 minutes! The garlic butter can be made in 2-3 minutes and it cooks in 7 minutes in the airfryer. And this can all be done whilst making your pasta dish. Or anything else, as this quick and easy airfryer garlic bread pairs perfectly with almost anything.
It’s a great way to use up stale bread, or alternatively you could check out my Airfryer Croutons recipe.
Simpler, cheaper and quicker – all wins in my book. If you don’t have an airfryer though, I have included timings for oven method below.

Easy Airfryer Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- sourdough loaf 4 slices
- 60 g salted butter
- small handful fresh parsley
- 1 tsp garlic paste
Instructions
- Finely chop parsley and cut slices of bread
- Melt butter in small dish in the microwave (approx 1 minute)
- Add garlic paste and chopped parsley to melted butter
- Spread on sliced bread
- Airfryer at 200C for 7 mins or oven bake at 200C for 12 mins