Simple spices and butter provide wonderful flavor for these easy air fryer chicken breasts! Use your air fryer to make this tasty main dish quickly!
This past summer I received a Cosori air fryer for my birthday. It’s fun to cook foods with hot air, and with only a minimum amount of oil! I’ve been having fun with it ever since, trying out recipes for both main dishes, muffins, side dishes and desserts!
I’ve already posted a few delicious air fryer recipes, including:
Last month I made air fryer chicken breasts. I wanted to experiment with our family favorite sauce we use for grilling chicken breasts outside but wanted to re-create it using my air fryer!
Guess what? It turned out fabulous, so I want to share the recipe for this EASY dish.
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Make The Basting Sauce For The Chicken Breasts
The basting sauce recipe for the chicken breasts came from my Mom. It was how we ate and enjoyed our BBQ-grilled chicken a LOT while growing up.
We use it all summer long when we grill chicken on our BBQ and have used the same recipe for almost 50 years. I thought it would be a perfect seasoning for these air fryer chicken breasts! And it WAS!
To make the sauce, combine the seasonings (garlic powder, celery salt, seasoning salt and coarse black pepper) with melted butter. Stir, until fully combined. Easy, right?
Brush the sauce over 1 side of the boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
Ready To Cook Air Fryer Chicken Breasts!
Preheat your air fryer to 370° (this usually takes about 3-4 minutes). TIP: To save time, preheat the air fryer while making the sauce and basting the chicken.
Place the chicken breasts, with the sauce side down in the basket of the preheated air fryer. Now brush the remaining sauce over the top of the chicken.
Cook the chicken breasts in the air fryer for 4 minutes and then pause the air fryer and flip the chicken to the other side. Continue cooking for 4-5 additional minutes, or until chicken is golden brown, cooked through and is at a safe internal temperature of 165° F.
Your cooking time may vary a little bit, due to two factors: the size and weight of the chicken breasts you are using, and the ambient temps with air fryers.
Because air fryer temperatures can vary, make sure to check the chicken while cooking to make sure you know when it is done. The photo below shows the chicken breasts about halfway through the cooking time. You can see that the pieces are already beginning to brown.
When the air fryer chicken breasts are finished cooking, carefully remove them from the hot basket, and serve immediately! BOOM! See how easy that was?
Now it’s time to enjoy one of the air fryer chicken breasts with some home canned green beans, and some orzo with Parmesan on the side. YUM! It was a good dinner!
The air fryer chicken breasts were fully cooked and juicy inside, had a bit of a browned crunchy crust on them, and had GREAT flavor! They were so good!
If you have an air fryer, I hope you will enjoy this quick and easy chicken recipe! I am confident you (and those you love) will enjoy it.
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- Crunchy Buttermilk Fried Chicken
- Chicken Cutlets with Pecan Sauce
- Easy Cashew Chicken
- Cajun Chicken Strips
- Chicken Divan
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Recipe source: my mom’s recipe for basting sauce
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Simple spices and butter provide wonderful flavor for these easy air fryer chicken breasts! Use your air fryer to make this tasty main dish quickly!
- 12 ounces chicken breasts
- 2 Tablespoons butter , melted
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon celery salt
- ⅛ teaspoon seasoning salt
- ⅛ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
Preheat your air fryer to 370° (this usually takes about 4-5 minutes). TIP: To save time, mix the sauce and baste the chicken while the air fryer preheats.
Combine garlic powder, celery salt, seasoning salt and coarse black pepper in a small bowl with the melted butter. Stir, until fully combined.
Brush half of the sauce over 1 side of the boneless, skinless chicken breasts. When air fryer is at temperature, place chicken breasts, sauce side down in the basket of the air fryer. Brush remaining sauce over the top of the chicken.
Cook at 370° F. for 4 minutes; pause the air fryer and turn chicken to the other side. Continue cooking for 4-5 more minutes, or until chicken is golden brown, cooked through and has an internal temperature of 165° F. When done, remove chicken, serve, and enjoy!
NOTE: Your cooking time may vary, due to two factors: the size and weight of the chicken breasts you are using, and the ambient temps with air fryers. Because air fryer temperatures can vary, be sure to check the chicken while cooking to make sure you know when it is done.
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