Tender frozen chicken breast in air fryer is so easy air fryer chicken breast breaded make! Great hack if you forget to defrost your chicken but dinner is just minutes away.
Want to make air fryer chicken breast with no breading but forgot to defrost it? We’ll show you how to make tender frozen chicken breast in air fryer so dinner isn’t ruined! First we made a KFC copycat air fryer fried chicken breast recipe. Then the next time I thought about it they were still rock hard! Yes, we shared how to cook frozen chicken in the Instant Pot but now it’s time to use our other favorite appliance! THIS is my Favorite Air Fryer!
Grab the best air fryer cookbook here. Here’s a printable air fryer cook times chart here for your fridge. Then join our Facebook page where you can share and find more ideas you’ll love. We have a Foodi social media group as well. I always have a bag of frozen chicken in the freezer so that is usually my go to. Yes I have made Crockpot frozen chicken before and that is great for shredded chicken tacos. BUT you have to remember to take that out and put it in the pot in the morning.
I am not always totally together in the morning to do this especially if we have a busy day of work and horseback riding ahead of us. SO I’m here to share my air fryer hack with you here today. Air Fryer frozen chicken breast is so easy to make! Yes this is a healthy air fryer recipe, so if you’re following a keto or low fat diet this will be great.
We didn’t use any bread crumbs this time to keep the calories down, and if they’re rock hard nothing is going to stick anyway. If you’re looking for something more like air fry chicken with a coating follow this recipe, or the one for homemade breaded chicken tenders. BUT this basic chicken in the air fryer recipe is great for everyone, even my 11 year old loves it. We’re using medium to large chicken breasts found in a bag in your local grocery store freezer. Timing is set for the size and thickness you see here, it may vary slightly depending on the size of your chicken pieces. Let’s start with putting 2 into your air fryer basket. Then you’ll want to sprinkle with seasonings like garlic powder and anything else you’d normally use.
This is what we sprinkled on before we began to cook the chicken. Add any other dry seasonings you’d like as well. I like to preheat the air fryer but I will admit I don’t always remember to. If you forget don’t worry, the cooking time won’t change a lot. Ideally I do because it creates more of a deep frying crisp on the outsides of my food. Allow to rest for 5 minutes before slicing to maintain juiciness and enjoy!
Frozen chicken breast in air fryer is so easy to make! If you’re wondering how to cook other frozen foods, follow and print out our air fryer cooking times chart. That’s how we knew how long to cook our frozen Ninja Foodi sausages and more. Try our air fryer stuffed chicken breast tonight! If you haven’t tried our air fryer wings recipe yet, it gets RAVING reviews with it’s dry rub and crispy skin. Can you cook frozen meat in an air fryer?
