Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan - crispy chicken smothered in marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. Served with spaghetti noodles on the side.
I seriously needed some comfort food and carbs on Tuesday when it was -60 below out. This air fryer chicken parmesan fits the bill. Super crispy chicken smothered in marinara sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese. I like to serve mine with some spaghetti noodles on the side. Seriously though, who can't resist this?
The air fryer is one of my favorite kitchen appliances. Check out some of these recipes! Air Fryer Chimichangas, Air Fryer Pizza Bombs, Air Fryer Fish and Chips, Creamy Baked Ravioli, and Air Fryer Crab Dip Using Canned Crab Meat.
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Ingredients for Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan
- Chicken breasts - split in half; season with salt and pepper
- Grated parmesan cheese - grate your own or use the bottled stuff
- Panko Bread Crumbs - Are a type of breadcrumb commonly used in Japanese cuisine. Panko bread crumbs can be found in most grocery stores and are often used as a substitute for traditional breadcrumbs in recipes.
- Onion powder is dehydrated, ground onion that is commonly used as a seasoning. Some people do not like the taste of freshly chopped onion so onion powder is a great substitute if you have a picky eater like that in your house.
- Garlic powder is made from dehydrated garlic cloves and like the chili powder above it gets pulverized into a powder or flour consistency.
- Eggs - Large
- Spaghetti noodles - Use any type of noodle in the pantry.
- Store-bought marinara sauce - Try my recipe for Basic Marinara Sauce (It's zero points) or buy a jar like Raos.
- Part skim mozzarella cheese - Reduced-Fat Cheese has a lower calorie count and less saturated fat than regular cheese, but it may also have a different taste and texture. It also helps with keeping the calorie count pretty low for this recipe.
- Salt and Pepper
- See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to make Parmesan Chicken in Air Fryer
Step 1 Split your chicken breasts in half lengthwise, like you would when you are butterflying a chicken breast.
Step 2 Take a shallow dish and crack the eggs into that and whisk them until they look like you are ready to make scrambled eggs.
Step 3 Take another shallow dish and add the panko bread crumbs, parmesan, and seasoning. Stir to combine
Step 4 Dip the chicken in the eggs first, and then transfer them over to the bread crumbs. If your chicken doesn't get coated very well pat the loose bread crumbs on top. If there is not enough breading to coat any leftover chicken, just add a little bit more to the pan. It won't hurt yah.
Step 5 Place the breaded chicken into the air fryer basket and spray with cooking spray. Turn your air fryer on to 350 and set your timer for 7 minutes.
Step 6 After the 7 minutes is up, flip your chicken breast over and top it with the marinara sauce and cheese and place the basket back into your air fryer. I have found that most air fryers do not have a stop button during cooking process and it is ok to take the basket out while it is on. My Power XL air fryer just continues on cooking after you put it back in there.
I love my air fryer so much, check out my other recipes for air fryers here!
Recipe FAQS
An air fryer is a kitchen appliance that cooks by circulating hot air around the food using the convection mechanism. It is a downsized version of the convection oven.
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 considered 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.
Cosori 4 Qt Air Fryer- This air fryer doesn't require any preheating and has several different functions for cooking chicken, meat, frozen foods, etc. There are 5 different functions.
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Air Fryer Parmesan Chicken
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 15 min
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Air Fry
- Cuisine: American
Description
Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan - crispy chicken smothered in marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. Served with spaghetti noodles on the side.
Ingredients
- 2 small chicken breasts - split in half; season with salt and pepper
- ½ cup of grated parmesan cheese
- ½ cup of panko bread crumbs
- 1 tsp of onion powder
- 1 tsp of garlic powder
- 2 eggs
- 8 oz of spaghetti noodles
- 4 tablespoons of store bought marinara sauce
- 4 tablespoons of part skim mozzarella cheese
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 350.
- Split your chicken breasts in half. Place your chicken breast on a cutting board, and hold it flat with the palm of your non-knife hand. Using a sharp chef's, slice the chicken breast horizontally into two even pieces. You will have four.
- In a shallow dish, add the eggs and beat them with a fork.
- In another shallow dish add the parmesan cheese, panko bread crumbs, garlic powder, and onion powder.
- Dip one chicken breast into the eggs, flip it to the other side, and dip the other side. Then transfer the chicken to the other dish with the bread crumbs and parmesan. Do this same step for the remaining chicken breasts.
- Place each chicken breast into the air fryer basket and spray with cooking spray. Set the timer for 7 minutes. After the 7 minutes is up flip the chicken breast over and place 1 tablespoon of marinara on top and one tablespoon of mozzarella cheese.
- While the chicken is cooking in the air fryer, cook your noodles in boiling water. Follow package directions.
- Cook the chicken breasts for another 3 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
- Sprinkle your noodles and chicken with extra parmesan cheese and some dried parlsey flakes if desired. That is optional.
- Serving size: 1 cup of noodles, 1 chicken, 1 tablespoon of marinara, and 1 tablespoon of mozzarella cheese.
Notes
myWW: Blue 11; Green 14; Purple 11
Spaghetti squash can be used in place of noodles to help lower points.
Points are calculated with the WW recipe builder app and not using the nutrition info.
Nutrition
- Calories: 340
- Sugar: 2.1
- Fat: 10.6
- Saturated Fat: 4.3
- Carbohydrates: 29.9
- Fiber: 1.8
- Protein: 29.3
Jenna says
I have this same problem with pepperoni when I make pizzas. Sometimes I just deal with them back in their place. I don't think there's anything that will help the cheese from flying off. 🙁 Shredded cheese shouldn't move around much but the single cheese slices do.
Crystal says
How do you prevent the cheese from flying off the chicken in the air fryer.
Have noticed with cheese slices, they fly off. Shredded cheese is tiny and lighter. So how do I make sure not to have the cheese not spattered around while it cooks?
Harold Burton says
I have stuffed chicken breast before, with feta cheese and arugula or something like this. And my Family was indeed impressed The Caprese combo sounds pretty amazing!
Alisha Ross says
I love cooking with my kids. We typically make cookies or muffins but my oldest daughter (11yrs) has begun to help me with making dinner. She loves chopping vegetables.