Air fryer pizza rice cakes
Rice cakes with pizza sauce and bubbling mozzarella, crisped in the air fryer in 4 minutes, for when it’s late and you want pizza now.
- 10 min total
- 5 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 2
- About $0.85 a serving
- 170 calories
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Dolly says: It’s ready in 10 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 2 servings.
- 4 puffed rice cakes
- ¼ cup pizza sauce
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella
- 1 tbsp grated parmesan (optional)
From your pantry
- ¼ tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
Each serving has about 170 calories, 9 g protein, 18 g carbs and 7 g fat, and costs about $0.85 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No shredded mozzarella? Provolone slices work.
- No grated parmesan? Parmesan wedge works.
Steps
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Spread a tablespoon of pizza sauce over each rice cake, leaving a thin rim bare.
Pile the mozzarella on top, pressing it down a little, and sprinkle with the italian seasoning.
Dolly’s tip: Pressed-down cheese stays put. The air fryer fan can blow loose shreds around.Set the rice cakes in the air fryer basket in one layer.
Air fry at 375°F for 3 to 4 minutes, until the cheese is and bubbling at the edges.
Melt. Melting means gently heating something solid, like butter or cheese, until it turns liquid. Low or medium heat keeps it from browning or burning.
How you’ll know: It’s smooth and liquid, and butter may foam a little but hasn’t turned brown.
Timer: 3 min 30 sec
Lift them out with a spatula and finish with the parmesan and pepper flakes.
Dolly’s tip: Give them a minute before you bite. The cheese is very hot.
Plan this in Dollop, and get the grocery list
Dollop plans snacks along with the week’s dinners, puts what you need on the same grocery list, and walks you through each step.
