Homemade Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets Recipes

Swap out your frozen store bought chicken nuggets and make these super easy Homemade Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets instead!

Here's how to make homemade chicken nuggets in the air fryer that are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside with 5 ingredients!

Course Main Course, Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Total Time 18

Servings servings

Calories 396kcal

Author Carmy

Equipment

5.8QT Air Fryer

Ingredients

cooking/oil spray
2 chicken breasts cut into 1″ to 1.5″ cubes
⅓ cup olive oil more if needed
1½ cup panko
¼ cup freshly grated parmesan
2 teaspoons sweet paprika

Instructions

Cut up your chicken breasts into 1″ to 1.5″ cubes and set them aside.
Set up your station with one bowl holding your olive oil, and the other holding your panko, parmesan, and paprika mix.
Spritz the inside of the air fryer basket lightly with some oil.
Dip your chicken cube into the olive oil, then place it into your coating. Make sure your nugget is well coated and place it into the air fryer. Repeat until your air fryer is full. Do not over crowd the air fryer, air fry in batches if needed.
Set your air fryer to 400°F and cook your homemade chicken nuggets for 8 minutes.
Serve with your choice of dip.

Notes

Thanks to the nature of the air fryer, you don't have to flip these! I don't use an air fryer liner in this recipe so the air flow will crisp up the bottom of the chicken nuggets.

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