Name: Air Fryer Chicken Breast
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 27 min
Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts; 2 cups cornflake cereal; 1 teaspoon granulated garlic; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon parsley; 2 eggs

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Air Fryer Chicken Breast covered in a homemade cornflake coating making it juicy and delicious! This Cornflake chicken recipe is a keeper!

Growing up my mom always made cornflake chicken baked in the oven. It was absolutely delicious. That being said, I remember the bottom being soggy! It was from the chicken just sitting on the bottom of the tray. The air fryer completely solves this problem since it forces air all around the food and cooks every part at the same time. Nothing is just sitting flat on a baking sheet.

“My air fryer chicken breast is always dry, help!”

When you make air fryer boneless chicken breast you really want to use a coating either breading, flour with an oil spray, and cornflake crumb breading being our favorite. You can marinate them like we make our oven baked chicken breast, which is a great alternative since the lemon tenderizes the protein. If you’re not going to put a breading on the chicken we suggest using thinly sliced or slice it into chicken fingers. This way the chicken will cook faster and you won’t end up with dried out chicken.

ingredients for air fryer cornflake chicken breast

4 chicken breasts
2 cups cornflake cereal
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon parsley
2 eggs

how to make air fryer chicken breast

If we’re not doing thinly sliced chicken breast we usually use a breading mixture on our chicken cooked in the air fryer. This really helps keep the chicken moist. We first give it a dunk into some eggs, and then into our cornflake mixture. Once it’s breaded you’re ready to place into the air fryer.

Place the chicken onto your air fryer tray and spray with high smoke point oil. Cook the chicken at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes, flipping once in between until the chicken reaches 165 degrees in the thickest part.

how long to cook chicken breast in the air fryer?

We cooked an organic chicken breast for about 20 minutes in the air fryer at 375 degrees F. Organic is are a bit smaller than non-organic in my experience. Always check the temperature of the chicken and make sure it reaches 165 degrees F.

What to serve with air fryer chicken breast?

Serve with your favorite starch and veggie. My family loves this with our air fryer baked potato and oven roasted broccoli and cauliflower.

We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do! I find that the cornflake crumb coating really gives this recipe a delicious crust and crunchy texture. You can use this breading mixture for more than just this, use it on chicken thighs, chicken legs, or even chicken wings!

recipe notes:

You can do this with chicken thighs, or even chicken pieces to make chicken nuggets. The cook times will vary for different pieces of chicken.
If you do not like cornflake crumbs follow the recipe using bread crumbs or your favorite gluten-free breading.
Really large cuts of protein may take 25 minutes or 30 minutes, make sure the internal temperature reaches 165 F. We use organic and they’re usually pretty small compared to conventional. Check at the 20 minute mark and see if it needs a few minutes longer.
Make a large batch of our cornflake crumbs to have for next time and use as much or as little as you need to make this air fryer recipe.