Air fryer chicken nuggets recipe - no oil in sight 🍗

Name: Air fryer chicken nuggets recipe - no oil in sight 🍗
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 400 g chicken breast, cut into 4cm chunks; 1 medium egg, beaten; 40 g plain flour; 1 tsp. garlic granules; 75 g panko breadcrumbs

You can't beat a homemade chicken nugget, especially when they taste this good!

By Grace EvansPublished: 30 April 2025

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Pieces of chicken breast are coated in a simple crumb and air fried for just 11min to juicy perfection.

See our tip box below for variations and serving suggestions.

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Yields:

4 serving(s)

Prep Time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

11 mins

Total Time:

21 mins

Ingredients

400 g
chicken breast, cut into 4cm chunks
1
medium egg, beaten
40 g
plain flour
1 tsp.
garlic granules
75 g
panko breadcrumbs

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat air fryer to 205°C. In a shallow bowl, mix breadcrumbs, garlic granules and plenty of seasoning. Put flour and beaten eggs into 2 separate bowls. Pat chicken pieces dry with kitchen paper and coat in flour (tap off excess), then dip in the egg and coat in breadcrumb mixture.
2. Step 2Transfer to the air fryer basket and cook for 11min, or until golden and cooked through. Serve.

We've added garlic granules to our breadcrumbs but you can also add dried herbs, any spices you fancy or onion granules.

Ketchup makes a delicious simple dipping sauce, but also mayo with the squirt of sriracha or chipotle mixed through is a little more grown up! It would also be delicious served with our smokey tomato sauce.

Instead of panko, try lightly crushing cornflakes instead to add an alternative crunchy coating.

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Grace Evans

Senior Cookery Writer

Grace is Good Housekeeping’s Senior Cookery Writer, serving up delicious food and drink content. Grace was trained at Leiths Cookery School and worked as a chef in some of London’s most exciting restaurants before starting at Good Housekeeping. When she isn’t eating and drinking her way through London's restaurants, you’ll find her attending music gigs and binge-watching the newest TV shows.

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