What is an Air Fryer?

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.

Is air fryer chicken parmesan 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 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.

What is the best air fryer?

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.

Air Fryer Parmesan Chicken (Ready in 20 minutes)

Description

Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan - crispy chicken smothered in marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. Served with spaghetti noodles on the side.

Ingredients

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2 small chicken breasts - split in half; season with salt and pepper
1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese
1/2 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

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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