Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Chicken Breast

Name: Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Chicken Breast
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2.5 g paprika; 0.6 g smoked paprika; 0.5 tsp garlic powder; 0.5 tsp onion powder; 4.5 g fine table salt; 6 g brown sugar; 2.6 g cornstarch; 10 ml avocado oil; 450 g boneless skinless chicken breasts

Recipe from Lindsay Ostrom · original post · full recipe on pinchofyum.com

My go-to everyday air fryer chicken breast! Thinly sliced chicken breast pieces, coated to the max in spices, plus a bit of brown sugar and cornstarch, and air fried to golden, juicy perfection.

Serves 2 20 min 25.7g proteinKid-friendly

Gluten freeDairy freeChicken

Ingredients

paprika — 1 tsp2.5 g
smoked paprika — ¼ tsp0.6 g
garlic powder0.5 tsp
onion powder0.5 tsp
fine table salt — ¾ tsp4.5 g
brown sugar — 1 ½ tsp6 g
cornstarch — 1 tsp2.6 g
avocado oil — 2 tsp10 ml
boneless skinless chicken breasts450 g

Method

Cut each chicken breast into thin, flat pieces (not bite-sized, but something that looks like a thin chicken breast) - often 3-4 thin pieces per breast. Thin chicken is essential! Pat the chicken dry if it has a lot of moisture on it.
Toss the spices, brown sugar and cornstarch together so they're mixed well; sprinkle the mixture over the chicken pieces in a bowl. Add the oil and toss to thoroughly coat the chicken. You can give it a short rest, but the flavour is excellent even if it goes straight into the air fryer.

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

Pescatarian
Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Salmon
- 300 g Salmon fillets instead of boneless skinless chicken breasts
Leave the salmon fillets whole rather than slicing them, coat in the rub and air fry at 200°C for 7 to 9 minutes until just flaking; watch the sugar does not scorch.

Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.