Air fryer frozen potstickers are an easy appetizer or side dish for an Asian meal or as a crowd-pleasing snack. Also known as gyoza, wontons, or dumplings, these little packets of flavor are so easy in the air fryer. Trader Joe’s gyoza in the air fryer are particularly delicious!
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You can have a delicious snack or side dish of air fryer potstickers on the table in less than 15 minutes from start to finish.
Making chicken, pork, shrimp, or vegetable frozen potstickers in the air fryer is the easiest and healthiest way to cook them.
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The air fryer is incredibly good at heating up frozen foods. I especially love Trader Joe’s freezer aisle. I’ve tried air frying their frozen samosas, falafel, empanadas, and finally, this easy air fryer recipe for Trader Joe’s potstickers.
Trader Joe’s has a few gyoza products and the pork gyoza potstickers are my favorite. The Thai vegetable gyoza and chicken gyoza potstickers are also good.
Or check out the whole collection of my favorite frozen foods in the air fryer including air fryer frozen egg rolls.
Ingredients and Tips
🧂 Ingredients for Frozen Gyoza Air Fryer Recipe
💡 Ingredient and Recipe Tips
🧴 Oil Application: Spritz or brush cooking oil on both the potstickers and air fryer basket before cooking. Apply more oil when flipping halfway through to prevent dryness. Use a spray bottle with oil or brush—not canned spray. Avocado oil is preferred for its high smoke point, but olive oil or vegetable oil work too.
💧 Oil Amount: While it seems like a lot of oil, you’ll still use less than traditional pan-frying methods.
🔥 Preheating: I always prefer to preheat your air fryer before adding the frozen gyoza.
❄️ Keep Frozen: Don’t thaw the potstickers—cook them directly from frozen for best results.
↔️ Spacing: Place potstickers in a single layer with space between each dumpling for proper air circulation. Work in multiple batches if needed rather than overcrowding.
🥢 Dipping Sauces: Serve with your favorite dipping sauce:
⏱️ Cooking Time: Air fryers vary in temperature and cooking times. Check potstickers about 2 minutes before suggested cooking time on your first attempt. Adjust times for future batches based on your results.
❓ FAQS
I usually have no issues with sticking, but if you find that the gyoza are sticking, line the basket with a piece of parchment paper or some aluminum foil. Poke a few holes in the parchment or foil to allow air to circulate, or purchase perforated parchment rounds or squares.
I used Trader Joe’s frozen gyoza for this recipe. I’ve air fried the vegetarian Thai gyoza, the pork gyoza, and chicken gyoza potstickers. I also buy frozen wontons from Costco.
Grocery stores have other brands including Ling Ling potstickers, Korean Bibigo mandu or Bibigo mini wontons, Siwin, Tai Pei, Pagoda, and Aldi’s Fusia Asian potstickers. They should all work with this recipe’s approximate times, but keep an eye on them by checking on them about 2 minutes before the time’s up. If the mini wontons are much smaller than regular wontons, reduce the cooking time by a couple of minutes.
♨️ How to cook gyoza in air fryer
Air fryer gyoza potstickers instructions
- Keep gyoza frozen until ready to use
- Preheat air fryer
- Oil the basket
- Place gyoza in the air fryer basket and spray with oil
- Air fry gyoza till golden brown, turning once or twice during cooking
- Transfer the air fryer gyoza to a serving platter
- Serve with your favorite dipping sauce
See the recipe card below on how to make air fryer frozen dumplings
Frozen Gyoza in Air Fryer
Equipment
Ingredients
Instructions
Air Fryer Instructions (See Note!)
- Preheat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 380 degrees F.
- Spray the basket with spray oil.
- Add the frozen gyoza potstickers to the air fryer basket and make sure they're evenly spread out and in one layer, being careful not to overcrowd them.
- Spray the potstickers with a spritz of oil spray, which will prevent them from becoming hard and dry.
- Close the air fryer and air fry for 12 minutes at 380 degrees Fahrenheit.
- At the halfway mark, open the lid and use tongs or nonstick spatula to turn the gyoza. Because they're delicate, be careful when turning them. Liberally, spray the gyoza one more time. Close the lid and continue cooking.
- When the cooking time is up, open the air fryer and check to make sure the gyoza are cooked to your liking. If they're not cooked enough, increase the temperature to 400 degrees and air fry for another 2 minutes, if desired.
- Serve with a dipping sauce such as sweet and sour sauce, sweet chili sauce, ginger soy sauce, gochujang sauce, or a mixture of soy sauce and vinegar, to taste.
Notes
- Note: Every air fryer’s cooking time will vary due to wattage, capacity, and other factors. Always check on the food 2 to 3 minutes before the time is up to make sure it’s not burning or overcooking!
- * Trader Joe’s potstickers were used in this recipe. Nutrition information is for Trader Joe’s pork gyoza potsticker dumplings, without dipping sauce.
- Every air fryer is different. Check on the gyoza 2 minutes before time is up.
Nutrition
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Rachel House says
Almost caught my house on fire using oil in my air fryer. I should have kniwn better!
Paint the Kitchen Red says
Rachel, I’m sorry to hear this. Definitely follow your air fryer manual’s recommendations about the use of oil. I haven’t had any trouble with my air fryers when I use oil spray – a little goes a long way.