Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Chicken Breast
Recipe from Lindsay Ostrom · original post · full recipe on pinchofyum.com
My go-to everyday air fryer chicken breast! Thinly sliced chicken breast pieces, coated to the max in spices, plus a bit of brown sugar and cornstarch, and air fried to golden, juicy perfection.
Serves 2 20 min 25.7g proteinKid-friendly
Gluten freeDairy freeChicken
Ingredients
- paprika — 1 tsp2.5 g
- smoked paprika — ¼ tsp0.6 g
- garlic powder0.5 tsp
- onion powder0.5 tsp
- fine table salt — ¾ tsp4.5 g
- brown sugar — 1 ½ tsp6 g
- cornstarch — 1 tsp2.6 g
- avocado oil — 2 tsp10 ml
- boneless skinless chicken breasts450 g
Method
- Cut each chicken breast into thin, flat pieces (not bite-sized, but something that looks like a thin chicken breast) - often 3-4 thin pieces per breast. Thin chicken is essential! Pat the chicken dry if it has a lot of moisture on it.
- Toss the spices, brown sugar and cornstarch together so they're mixed well; sprinkle the mixture over the chicken pieces in a bowl. Add the oil and toss to thoroughly coat the chicken. You can give it a short rest, but the flavour is excellent even if it goes straight into the air fryer.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Pescatarian
Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Salmon
- 300 g Salmon fillets instead of boneless skinless chicken breasts
Leave the salmon fillets whole rather than slicing them, coat in the rub and air fry at 200°C for 7 to 9 minutes until just flaking; watch the sugar does not scorch.
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
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What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Morrisons· £8.49 of food
£19.65
57% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- onion powder
Sainsbury'sBest choice· £7.14 of food
£17.25
59% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- onion powder
- fine table salt
Asda· £3.97 of food
£10.73
63% spare
No price at Asda for:
- paprika
- smoked paprika
- garlic powder
- onion powder
Tesco· £4.37 of food
£15.25
71% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- onion powder
- fine table salt
- cornstarch
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
Aldi UK· £0.71 of food
£3.38
79% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- brown sugar
- avocado oil
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
£2.75a serve
from £2.75 a serve at Morrisons · 8 of 9 ingredients priced
About £5.49 of ingredients used for 2 serves.
£16.39 across 4 shops · 8 of 9 items priced · £2.50 more for bigger packs, 64% spare for later
Morrisons£8.49
missing 1 item
you'll pay £19.65 · 57% of it spare
Sainsbury'sBest choice£7.14
missing 2 items
you'll pay £17.25 · 59% of it spare
Asda£3.97
missing 4 items
you'll pay £10.73 · 63% of it spare
Tesco£4.37
missing 4 items
you'll pay £15.25 · 71% of it spare
Aldi UK£0.71
missing 5 items
you'll pay £3.38 · 79% of it spare
Buy at Asda£8.20
fine table salt
£1.09/kg
need 4.5 gAsda Table Salt 750 g£0.82
Asda£1.09/kg£0.82·Aldi UK£0.65·Tesco£200.00/kg£1.00·Sainsbury's£200.00/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.00·
OcadoN/A
avocado oil
£12.60/L
need 10 mlCOOK By ASDA Avocado Oil 250 ml£3.15closest match
Asda£12.60/L£3.15·Morrisons£3.50·Sainsbury's£15.00/L£3.75·Tesco£29.00/L£7.25·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
boneless skinless chicken breasts
£8.46/kg
need 450 gShazans Halal Peri Peri Diced Chicken Breast 500 g£4.23closest match
Asda£8.46/kg£4.23·Morrisons£4.50·Sainsbury's£11.51/kg£4.95·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Morrisons£3.50
smoked paprika
£1.00
need 0.6 gMorrisons Ground Smoked Paprika 48 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Aldi UK£17.25/kg£0.69·Sainsbury's£21.59/kg£0.95·Tesco£20.83/kg£1.00·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
cornstarch
£2.50
need 2.6 gMorrisons Cornflour 500 gclosest match
Morrisons£2.50·Asda£4.12/kg£1.03·Aldi UK£3.38/kg£1.35·Sainsbury's£5.30/kg£2.65·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£4.00
garlic powder
£4.88/kg
need 0.5 tspNatco Garlic Powder 400g£1.95
Sainsbury's£4.88/kg£1.95·Tesco£10.00/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.00·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
brown sugar
£4.10/kg
need 6 gSainsbury's Fairtrade Dark Soft Brown Sugar 500 g£2.05closest match
Sainsbury's£4.10/kg£2.05·Asda£3.00/kg£1.50·Tesco£4.00/kg£2.00·Morrisons£2.15·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Aldi UK£0.69
paprika
£17.25/kg
need 2.5 gReady, Set…cook! Paprika 40 g£0.69closest match
Aldi UK£17.25/kg£0.69·Sainsbury's£21.59/kg£0.95·Tesco£20.00/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.00·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Not priced
- onion powder · 0.5 tsp