Breaded Air Fryer Chicken Recipes

HOW TO COOK BREADED CHICKEN IN AN AIR FRYER

Steps:

• Place your chicken breasts on a clean chopping board and chop into medium sized chunks. Season with salt and pepper and put to one side.
• Add to beaten eggs to one bowl along with your garlic puree.
• To a second bowl add your oat flour and season it with sage.
• To a third bowl add your breadcrumbs and season it with the rest of the seasonings.
• Make sure each bowl is well mixed with its ingredients.
• Load your chicken chunks into the oat flour, then the eggs and then the breadcrumbs until each chunk is well covered in the contents of each bowl.
• Place into your air fryer or air fryer oven and cook for 12 minutes at 180c/360f or until cooked in the middle.
• Serve.

CRISPIEST AIR FRYER BREADED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Remove the chicken breasts from the packaging and pound them into an even thickness. If your air fryer has a metal rack, set it in the tray. Cooking the chicken on the rack promotes crispy chicken.
• Whisk together flour, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of the pepper. Pour it out onto a plate.
• Add the egg to a bowl.
• Whisk the Panko breadcrumbs together with the remaining salt and pepper. Pour that out onto an additional plate.
• Dip the chicken breasts into the flour mixture, then the egg, and then the Panko mixture until all of the pieces are coated.
• Lay the chicken on the rack in your air fryer if you're using one.
• Slide the tray into the air fryer, and turn the dial to 350°F. Set the timer for 22 minutes.
• The chicken should have an internal temperature of 165°F before serving and it will be golden brown and delicious.

AIR-FRIED BREADED CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Place chicken thighs and buttermilk in a non-reactive container with a lid or a resealable plastic bag. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Remove chicken from the refrigerator. Pour off buttermilk and let chicken rest on the counter while preparing the breading mixture.
• Combine flour, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, paprika, garlic powder, salt, onion powder, and black pepper in a large, shallow bowl or pie plate; whisk or stir with a fork until evenly combined.
• Preheat the air fryer to 375 to 380 degrees F (190 to 195 degrees C). Spray air fryer basket lightly with nonstick spray.
• Once air fryer is hot, press chicken thighs, 1 at a time, into the breading mixture and make sure breading sticks onto all sides as much as possible. Gently set into the air fryer basket. Repeat until all thighs are breaded and in the basket. Do not stack them on top of each other.
• Set air fryer for 25 minutes. When the time is up check temperature with an instant-read thermometer. Internal temperature should be 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). If they aren't quite done but the breading is getting dark, just close the basket again and let them rest, or you can turn the air fryer on again for a few minutes and check again. Serve immediately.

JUICY PARMESAN-BREADED AIR FRYER CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place beaten egg in a shallow bowl, add flour to another bowl. Combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, flax seed meal, lemon zest, oregano, cayenne, salt, and pepper in a third bowl.
• Dip each chicken breast into flour, then egg, and lastly bread crumb mixture, fully coating the chicken on both sides. Set coated chicken breasts into an air fryer basket. Depending on the size of your air fryer, you might need to cook them in batches.
• Set the air fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cook chicken breasts for 10 minutes. Turn and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 more minutes. The coating should be golden and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).