Air Fryer Chicken Breast – a simple basic chicken breast recipe with no breading. Comes out juicy and perfect every time! Great for salads, casseroles, or pasta salads!
I know this seems like a pretty dumb, yet an easy thing to do in an air fryer. I looked up air fryer chicken breast recipes and there were a lot of recipes for breaded chicken and BBQ chicken. There were no recipes for just a plain old chicken breast cooked in the air fryer. This chicken comes out so juicy and moist and who doesn’t like having leftover cooked chicken on hand to make leftovers with?
There are many different ways you can flavor up this chicken. My recipe below calls for seasoning salt of choice and salt and pepper. I didn’t list the amount of seasoning used because others may like more seasoning on their chicken breast that I use on mine. Here are some other good seasonings to put on your air fryer chicken breast: Lemon pepper seasoning, Taco Seasoning, Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel Seasoning, Trader Joe’s All Purpose Seasoning Salt, Trader Joe’s 21 Seasoning Salute.
How to make Chicken Breast in Air Fryer – No Breading
1. Set your air fryer to 400 degrees.
2. Slice your chicken breast in half and season your chicken breast with salt and pepper and then seasoning salt of choice. I like to use Trader Joe’s Seasoning salt but again, use whatever you like or have on hand.
3. Place the chicken in the air fryer basket and set the temperature to 400 degrees. Close the basket and set the timer at 7 minutes. After 7 minutes take the chicken out and flip and cook for another 4 minutes longer.
How to Make Crispy Chicken Breasts in the Air fryer
- My method below is for a basic chicken breast recipe and I’ve also used this same method to make crispy breaded chicken in the air fryer.
- Add 2 eggs to a shallow dish and dip the chicken in the eggs, each side.
- In another shallow dish add 1/2 cup of panko bread crumbs and 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese. Adding spices like garlic powder and onion powder really enhance the flavor of this bread chicken dish.
- After the chicken is dipped in the egg transfer it to the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. If the breading isn’t sticking to the chicken, pat some on top of it with your fingers. Use the same time and temperature that I have listed below in the recipe.
What to serve with air fryer chicken breast
Make Chicken Quesadillas
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy with Broccoli
After the chicken is done cooking, dice it up and top it with your salad.
Add to casseroles or pasta dishes
How to check if your chicken breast is done?
There are two types of methods you can use for this. Take the chicken breast out of the air fryer and cut it open. If the chicken breast is still pink in the middle, then you need to add it back in the air fryer basket and cook it for a longer time. I’d start checking after every 2 to 3 minutes. You can also use a meat thermometer. Poke the chicken breast with a thermometer, it has to be at a temperature of 165 degrees for it to be done.
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What is an Air Fryer?
An air fryer is a kitchen appliance that cooks food by circulating hot air around the food using the convection mechanism. It is a downsized version of the convection oven.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIR FRYERS
The air fryer I have is a Power XL air fryer. There are so many different brands for air fryers out there that not all of them have the same temperature settings. Read your manual that came with your air fryer first if you do not have the temperature setting below. Most air fryers come with quick-cooking guides. Check the comments below to see if someone else has tried it with the air fryer you have. If you follow the temp and time listed below it SHOULD work.
Is air fried chicken healthy?
When you compare air fried food to deep-fried food it is much healthier because there is hardly any oil used at all. The only oil I use is from my Pam cooking spray. I spray only the food once or twice because most air fryer baskets are nonstick. If you are concerned about using aerosol sprays for the environment or your health buy a Misto Brushed Aluminum Oil Sprayer can from Amazon and fill that with your favorite oil.
Chicken breasts are zero points on Weight Watcher if you don’t add any type of oil to the chicken when cooking it in your air fryer.
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- Cook Time: 14
- Total Time: 14
- Yield: 2 1x
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Air Fyrer Chicken Breast – a simple basic chicken breast recipe with no breading. Comes out juicy and perfect every time! Great for salads, casseroles, or pasta salads!
Ingredients
1 or 2 5 to 6 oz chicken breasts split in half lengthwise *See notes*
Seasoning salt of choice
Salt and Pepper
Instructions
1. Set your air fryer to 400 degrees.
2. Slice your chicken breast in half and season your chicken breast with salt and pepper and then seasoning salt of choice. I like to use Trader Joe’s Seasoning salt but again, use whatever you like or have on hand.
3. Place the chicken in the air fryer basket and set the temperature to 400 degrees. Close the basket and set the timer at 7 minutes. After 7 minutes take the chicken out and flip and cook for another 4 minutes longer.
Notes
Smart Points: 0 (freestyle)
You do not need to split the chicken breast if using the times mentioned above. If your chicken breast is larger than 6 oz you will need to adjust the time cooked.
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 167
- Sugar: 0
- Sodium: 111mg
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 39g
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. This recipe is based on WW Freestyle program, and SmartPoints are the value system the company bases their foods on. Some recipes will have older points system values listed in them.
Jenna says
If it is frozen I would just double the time and check it with a thermometer to make sure it is done.
Tom says
What about frozen chicken breast. Just compensate for the fact they are frozen?
Teri says
First time using air fryer tried this recipe. Came out good and juicy! Thanks for sharing!
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