Air Fryer Blackened Chicken
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Air Fryer Blackened Chicken is spicy, delicious and easy! This is going to be your go to meal prep. It’s quick, easy, flavorful and all clean whole ingredients.
This chicken is perfect for meal prep due to its versatility. You can add it to salads, sandwiches, pasta, tacos or by itself for a quick and easy protein snack. It is good in anything, on anything and with anything. We make it every single Sunday and I’m pretty sure this one is my all time favorite recipe.
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Tastes good on and in basically anything!
- All clean and easy accessibly ingredients.
- This air fryer blackened chicken is so easy to make and ready in under 10 minutes in the air fryer.
- You can easily adjust the spice to your liking with the cayenne pepper.
- Freezer friendly!
- Meal prep friendly.
Can you BBQ this chicken?
You can definitely BBQ or bake this air fryer blackened chicken recipe. If you BBQ do not cut the chicken into strips. Pound the chicken thin to approx. 3/4″ thick and season the entire chicken breast. Place on the BBQ and cook until completely cooked through.
How do you track this recipe in MyFitnessPal?
MyFitnessPal tracking tip: weigh your meat raw and enter as a recipe ingredient. Weigh your meat upon cooking and set as your total number of servings. Each time you use the meat enter the total grams used as your serving size.
Nutrition facts for using 1 lbs. of raw chicken and 4 cooked servings.
This recipe can be used for up to 2 lbs. of chicken. Note the seasoning will be less with more chicken.
Can you freeze this chicken?
Yes!! Stop buying frozen chicken and prep yourself this air fryer blackened chicken recipe and place in freezer safe bags. Grab them straight out of the freezer and reheat in the air fryer or microwave.
What to pair the air fryer blackened chicken with?
Check out these blackened chicken recipes:
- Blackened Chicken Tacos
- Blackened Shrimp Alfredo
- Blackened Chicken Caesar Salad
- Blackened Chicken White Sauce Pizza
- Blackened Chicken Alfredo
“Cannot even begin to explain how good the air fryer blackened chicken from @ohsnapmacros is. They’re easy, minimal ingredients reheat well and work with everything!!”
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Air Fryer Blackened Chicken
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Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 lbs. chicken breast
- 1 Tbsp. smoked paprika
- 1 Tbsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/4 to 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Mix seasonings in a deep mixing bowl and set aside.
- Slice chicken breast into strips. Add chicken to bowl of seasonings and mix together well to evenly coat.
- Preheat air fryer. Lay chicken in air fryer without any pieces overlapping. Cook at 380 for 8 minutes.You can also pan sear, bake or BBQ this chicken. If baking – either cut into strips or leave in whole breasts and bake at 375 for approx. 20-25 minutes until cooked through and no longer pink. If BBQing – pound chicken breasts to approximately 1/2 inch thick. Top with the seasonings and coat well on all sides. BBQ on both sides until cooked through, approximately 4-5 minutes each side. If pan searing – suggest cutting into strips and searing a hot cast iron until cooked through.
Notes
- Depending on the thickness of your cut strips cooking time will vary. See photo of thickness of my slices. Serving size 100 grams cooked chicken. This recipe can be used for up to 2 lbs of chicken. Note the seasoning will be less intense with more chicken.
- Use extra seasoning for salmon or shrimp.
Perfect way to cook them. The air fryer makes cleanup easier. I make this recipe and put the strips over fettuccini and top with my own Gorgonzola sauce. Our son favorite
Sounds delicious!!
This chicken is SO good. I doubled the recipe but kept the cayenne halved because I’m a baby and it was the perfect kick!
Had this tonight with chips and peas. My first meal cooked in my new air fryer. Chicken nice and moist. Will cook again.
Yay!
Do you think chicken tenderloins would be good for this recipe or stick with Chicken Breast?
I came here to ask this as well! Has anyone tried with chicken tenderloins, and is the cook time the same?
It’s the same! You’re just cutting chicken breast into tenderloins so buying tenderloins will work great and save you a step.
So easy and so yum! A base to lots of great recipes!
This is the best, easiest chicken recipe! I make it in bulk weekly and have to for lunches. Great for chicken tacos/fajitas too!
This is my go-to for meal prep. It’s great on salads, wraps, pasta, etc!! So easy and simple, yet so good!
Totally agree! I eat it with everything : )
So good and so easy!! Will make over and over!
Yay!!
DO NOT MISS OUT ON MAKING THIS! This is a staple- I use this chicken for everything. Delicious!
It really can be used so many ways! Definitely my meal prep staple, thank you!!
This chicken is the best. I put my on a tortilla with spinach and a touch of chick fil a said for the perfect spicy snack wrap. The whole family loved it!
My go-to chicken for everything– pasta, salads, entree’s, shredded, etc. It goes perfectly with everything and tastes delicious!!
I CANNOT recommend this recipe enough for quick grab and go meal prep throughout the week! It’s delicious in wraps, on salads, quick tacos..the flavor of the chicken is next level! Best part is, it takes less than 10 minutes to make! This is a weekly staple in our house!
I make this chicken all the time!