Air Fryer Parmesan Crusted Chicken
Air fried chicken breasts with a crispy panko-parmesan cheese breading. Delicious juicy chicken cooks in under 15 minutes.
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Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 1 - 1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken breasts 2-3 breasts
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup Panko breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Pound thicker chicken breasts to about 1/2″ thickness OR slice lengthwise to about 1/2″ thickness.
- Preheat the air fryer to 400° then spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray.
- Set up a dredging station for the panko parmesan coating in three bowls: #1 flour, #2: beaten eggs + 1 tablespoon water, #3: combine panko bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Dredge each piece of chicken in flour to thoroughly coat shaking off an excess.
- Dip in egg then coat in breadcrumb mixture. Continue until all of the chicken pieces are breaded.
- Place chicken pieces in the air fryer basket in a single layer then lightly spray the top of each chicken breast with cooking spray.
- Air fry 6 minutes then turn each piece over. Continue cooking another 5-6 minutes or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. NOTE: cooking time will vary with the thickness of the chicken and individual air fryers.