Air fryer pasta chips are a fun and easy snack to make at any time.
Olive Garden’s loaded pasta chips are a popular appetizer and a fun twist on potato chips, and now you can make them at home in the air fryer with no frying, no baking, and minimal clean-up.
Amazing Air Fryer Pasta Chips
- Air fryer pasta chips are an easy and delicious side dish, snack, or appetizer. Perfect for afterschool, game day, family movie night, or a quick road trip.
- Enjoy these savory crisps on their own or with some tasty sauces for dunking and dipping.
- Pasta chips are so versatile. Choose any fun shape, or break up lasagna pieces the way the Olive Garden recipe does it. Whip up a batch of air fried pasta chips and use them instead of croutons in soups and on salads.
Ingredients in Air Fryer Pasta Chips
Pasta: Choose any pasta shape that is easy for dipping or dunking! We like penne, bowtie, cavatappi (corkscrew), or if you want to try the original version, break up pieces of lasagna into 2-3” pieces.
Seasonings: Olive oil and a packet of Italian seasoning are the basics, and parmesan cheese makes them extra crispy.
Oils: Olive oil is light and mild-flavored, but you can use any oil you like, coconut, avocado, sesame, or even a flavored oil like basil or chile oil. Melted bacon grease is another option for a bacon, smoky flavor.
Variations
Experiment with other types of kinds of pasta made from legumes like chickpeas, lentils, or black beans, or vegetables like peas, spinach, or even beets.
Use a homemade Italian dressing, or match your snack attack to the menu and try a taco flavor or a zesty Cajun.
Make a sweet dessert version by tossing pasta chips in butter instead of oil and sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar with a side of chocolate sauce.
How to Make Air Fryer Pasta Chips
- Cook pasta to al dente. Drain and return to the pot.
- Stir oil and seasonings into pasta and coat thoroughly.
- Cook pasta chips in a preheated air fryer (full recipe below).
- Cool before serving. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and parsley.
Delish Dips to Try
Pasta chips are delish on their own, but are transformed into snack all-stars when a few savory and spicy dips and sauces are offered! Try them with everything bagel dip, homemade ranch, a creamy parmesan garlic sauce, or a simple salsa.
Storing Pasta Chips
Keep leftover pasta chips in a covered container at room temperature for up to a week. To crisp them up again, reheat them in the air fryer. Crush them up and sprinkle them over a bowl of creamy tomato soup, in place of breadcrumbs on stuffed mushrooms, or as a crunchy topping on a kale Caesar salad.
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Air Fryer Pasta Chips
Ingredients
- 8 ounces rigatoni pasta or bow tie or penne (I used tortiglioni)
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese plus extra for garnish if desired
- 1 teaspoon Italian dressing mix or your favorite seasoning mix (or ½ teaspoon oregano and ½ teaspoon garlic powder)
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- parsley finely chopped, to garnish, optional
Instructions
- Cook pasta to al dente according to package directions. Do not overcook. Drain without rinsing and return to the pot to remove moisture.
- About 2 minutes before pasta is ready, preheat air fryer to 400°F.
- To the pot of drained pasta, add olive oil, parmesan, Italian dressing mix, salt, and pepper, and toss to coat.
- Add pasta to air fryer basket* and cook for 10-12 minutes**, tossing the basket every 3-4 minutes until the pasta is cooked to desired doneness.
- Cool for 3-4 minutes before serving. Garnish with parsley and parmesan if desired. Serve with dip, salsa, or hummus.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information does not include optional ingredients or garnish and is an estimate. It may change based on actual ingredients and cooking methods used.
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These things are the BOMB!! A little ranch dip in the side- hit of the football game!!!
So happy to hear that Lorie!
These are SO GOODand easy
So glad to hear that you love these pasta chips Bonnie!
They were a hit at our family dinner. Pesto was the favorite dipping’s.
So happy to hear they were such a hit Lisa! I love them with pesto too!
What a great healthy snack Candace’s husband