Name: Simple Airfryer Turkey Dinner
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes (diced); 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp garlic powder; salt & pepper; 8-12 oz kale; 1/2 cup cashews; 1/2 cup cranberries; 1 cup lemon garlic salad dressing (3/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup lemon, 2 tbsp minced garlic, lemon zest); 1 kg turkey breast (bone in, skin on); 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp garlic (minced); 2 tbsp salt & pepper; 1 tbsp rosemary; 1 tbsp thyme; 1 tbsp rosemary; 2 tsp mustard powder; 1 pinch paprika

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Looking to make a simple turkey dinner for a small group of friends or family? Try this simple air fryer turkey dinner made with the Philips XXL Airfryer.

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Easy Airfryer Turkey Breast

Holiday season is upon us and I for one am excited to get my fair share of turkey in my belly. I didn’t grow up with huge holiday dinners – we mostly just focused on getting everyone together for a meal.

This is something that I’ve brought to every holiday meal since. A simple meal featuring some turkey and we are all happy, together. This year, I decided to make a simple but delicious turkey dinner in the airfryer because I wanted to keep things easy and not be slaving away in a hot kitchen, panicking in the grocery store with a long list, and just being stressed out in general for the days leading up to the holidays. Plus, making a turkey breast in the airfryer is perfect because there’s no pre-heating necessary, and I don’t have to constantly check on a whole turkey in the oven or clear out the fridge to get a turkey to fit inside for the thawing process.

This year, I made a turkey breast (bone in, skin on, just over 1 kg) in the airfryer alongside a sweet potato and kale salad as a test run for Thanksgiving. Since it’s just the 5 of us, this was the perfect amount of food. The Philips XXL Airfryer cooks your meal four times faster than an oven so the turkey itself only took an hour to cook with a minimal amount of oil!

How To Use The Airfryer to make a simple turkey dinner

For this simple turkey dinner, I used the Philips XXL Airfryer. The largest Airfryer in the Philips collection, it has a 3 pound capacity, which means that it can easily handle a whole chicken (or up to two bags of fries) allowing you to prepare up to 6 portions of food in one appliance. It also uses powerful hot air to fry your favorite food with a tablespoon or less of oil and removes excess fat from the food, capturing it all in the bottom.

I started off by cutting up 2 sweet potatoes into little cubes for the salad. I gave them a light coating of olive oil, garlic powder, salt and pepper. It should take 15-20 minutes in the airfryer depending on how large your sweet potatoes were. It took me 17 minutes at 350F. I popped it all into the Philips XXL Airfryer and while it cooked, I got started with the turkey.

Looking to make a simple turkey dinner for a small group of friends or family? Try this simple air fryer turkey dinner with with the Philips Airfryer XXL.

In a bowl, I mixed together olive oil, lemon, salt & pepper, paprika, mustard powder, garlic, sage, thyme, and rosemary. With a brush, I coated the entire turkey with the mixture then sprinkled in a little extra bit of salt on top for good measure. With the turkey coated, I let it “marinate” while the sweet potatoes cooked.

Once the sweet potatoes are done, clear out the basket and place the turkey breast in the airfryer basket skin side down. Airfry the turkey breast for 30 minutes on 350F before taking it out and flipping it over (skin side up) and keep it inside for another 20 minutes.

While the turkey is cooking, I massaged around 8oz of kale with some olive oil for the salad and made some salad dressing with lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, and olive oil. Then I mixed together the kale, sweet potato, half a cup of cashews, and half a cup of cranberries.

Note: I’d recommend getting a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature of the turkey to ensure that it is cooked all the way through. This turkey breast was a little over 1kg and it took a total of 50 minutes in the airfryer to be cooked through.

Turkey Breast in the Airfryer

Cooking the turkey breast in the airfryer, it came out so moist and juicy! Airfrying just the breast, I didn’t have to worry about covering parts of a whole turkey to prevent it from drying out while the rest of the turkey cooked through. It was also the perfect amount for the handful of us. From start to finish, making this simple turkey dinner in the airfryer took under an hour and a half!