If you love a good grilled cheese and a good turkey sandwich, you will love this air fryer turkey and cheese sandwich. It is a quick and easy air fryer turkey melt sandwich which can be customized to your liking.
You might enjoy this sandwich with one of our featured tomato soup recipes or one of our other simple soup recipes! The ease of soup and sandwich night can’t be beat!
Best Cheese for Turkey Sandwich in Air Fryer
Cheddar is better. That’s my long standing motto since childhood.
Also, I will forever stand by my belief that asiago cheese is the BEST melting cheese! I try to keep asiago cheese on hand at all times. However, for this post, I used mozzarella cheese in my photos as the typical home kitchen is more likely to have mozzarella in the fridge.
I believe a combination of cheddar and asiago or mozzarella is the best cheese for turkey sandwich in air fryer recipes. But as I said in the first part of this post, you can customize the cheese for this air fryer turkey melt sandwich with your favorite kind.
Sandwich Bread for Air Fryer Turkey Grilled Cheese
My go-to breads for grilled cheese sandwiches usually involve nuts and grains. I like the texture of the extra ingredients against the smoothness of the grilled cheese.
For these photos, I am using Braum’s honey oat nut bread. Braum’s is a local dairy and market in Arkansas. In the past, I have used other brands of honey oat or honey wheat. All have turned out nicely as a choice for bread for air fryer turkey melts.
Should You Add Butter to the Bread?
With a normal grilled cheese, you often add softened butter to the outside sides of both pieces of bread. You grill or griddle each side of the sandwich the butter allowing for a nice brown coloring and crispness to the bread.
The concept is the same for the air fryer turkey grilled cheese. The spread you use will go on the outside pieces – not the inside. Now, which spread you choose is another customizable element. You can either use butter or mayo (as I did in the photos).
Best Turkey for Air Fryer Turkey Melt
My two preferred styles of deli turkey are mesquite turkey and honey turkey. I prefer thinly sliced deli meat. The cheese melts all ooey gooey into the folds of the thinly sliced meat.
However, I would say the best turkey for air fryer turkey melts is the turkey meat that is already your favorite. There’s no need to set yourself up for potential disappointment if you already have a favorite deli turkey flavor. I have tried a few over time that have had an after taste that I just didn’t care for.
Turkey and Cheese Sandwich in Air Fryer
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
Ingredients
- 2 slices Bread Sandwich bread of your choice
- 3 tbsp Mayonnaise Or butter or Country Crock
- ½ cup Mozzarella Shredded – you can use a second slice of sliced cheese if you do not have shredded chees;. You can also use asiago cheese.
- 2 slices Turkey deli style
- 1 slice Cheddar
Instructions
- Spread the mayo or the butter on one side of each bread slice. Be sure to reach the edges of the bread.
- Place one bread slice (spread facing down) in the air fryer.
- Sprinkle with 1/2 the shredded mozzarella and add both slices of turkey on top.*
- Add the next half of mozzarella and then the cheddar.
- Place the second piece of bread on top with the spread facing up.
- Cook in air fryer at 375° for four minutes.
- Flip and cook another three-four minutes. Bread should be nice and brown. If cheese is not gooey enough for your liking, cook one more minute.
Notes
Nutrition
This recipe can also be used as a regular grilled cheese with turkey – grilled in a skillet on the stove.
More Hot Air Fryer Sandwich Recipes from Planted in Arkansas
If you enjoyed our air fryer turkey and cheese sandwich, be sure to check out these other hot air fryer sandwiches from Planted in Arkansas. Some are featured from other wonderful bloggers.
English Muffin Breakfast Sandwich
Air Fryer Turkey and Cheese Sandwich
Deluxe Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Cranberry Turkey Sliders with Hawaiian Rolls
Air Fryer Peanut Butter and Jelly
Grilled Ham and Cheese in the Air Fryer
Cheese and Ham Panini Sandwich
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