How to Cook Chicken Nuggets Air Fryer
Making chicken nuggets is pretty easy; ensure you have all the ingredients at hand. The air fryer will ensure they turn out crispy, and it is a much healthier cooking option. Also, the process should take you less than 20 minutes.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- Chicken breast
- Flour
- Panko
- Grated parmesan
- Salt
- Pepper
- Olive oil or butter
- Garlic
- Dried parsley
- Paprika
Instructions
Step 1: Cut the Chicken Breast
- Begin by removing any fat from your chicken breast. Then cut it into small cubes of like 1 inch each.
Step 2: Mix the ingredients
- Mix the flour, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Then in another bowl, mix the oil and your minced garlic. If you do not have olive oil, you can melt some butter and mix it with the garlic.
- Also, take another bowl and mix panko, parmesan, paprika, and parsley together.
Step 3: Place the chicken tenders in these mixtures
- Place the chicken tenders in the flour mixture and coat all the sides. Then go ahead and place the chicken in the bowl with an oil or butter mixture.
- Finish by placing them in the bowl with panko and the rest of the ingredients. Coat all the parts of the chicken well.
Step 4: Preheat the Air Fryer
- As you prepare the ingredients, preheat the air fryer. You want to ensure that they start cooking once you add the chicken nuggets. It would help if you preheated it to 400.
Step 5: Prepare the air fryer basket
- Before placing the chicken tenders, ensure you spray the air fryer basket with cooking oil.
Step 6: Place the chicken
- Place the chicken cubes in the basket. Be sure to arrange them in a single layer to cook fast and evenly.
- If the number of chicken tenders is a lot, you can cook them in batches rather than cook them all at once.
Step 7: Allow them to Cook
- The chicken tenders will cook well at 400 ºF. They should cook for about 8 minutes, and after this, you can flip them to the other side. Allow them to cook for 2 to 4 minutes more on this other side.
Step 8: Remove from air fryer and serve
- Check whether the chicken nuggets are well cooked.
- They should be crispy when ready, but you can also check their internal temperature to be sure. Once ready, serve them with a dipping sauce of your choice.