Air Fryer Frozen Popcorn Chicken
Posted: 02/20/25
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Fast and easy air fryer popcorn chicken is perfect for a simple snack or a quick lunch, with juicy bites of breaded chicken cooked straight from frozen in less than 15 minutes! Pair them with your favorite dipping sauce or toss them on top of a salad, you can’t go wrong either way!
What We Love About This Recipe
- It’s super quick and super, super easy. Just throw frozen popcorn chicken (yup, right out of the freezer!) into the preheated air fryer basket, air fry it for 4 minutes, give the basket a shake to toss the chicken, then air fry it another 4 minutes.
- They crisp up beautifully without using any heavy oil. I do give them a little spritz of spray oil to make them extra crispy, but you could skip that if you wanted to.
Chef’s Tips
- It’s important that you shake the basket halfway through the cook time, and check on the popcorn chicken regularly after the 8-minute mark. You don’t want to overcook it!
- Tyson popcorn chicken is a great choice, but you can use this air fryer method with any brand of popcorn chicken you like!
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Air Fryer Popcorn Chicken
Crispy air fryer popcorn chicken, cooked straight from frozen and ready to eat in less than 10 minutes!
servings
Ingredients
- 1 24-ounce bag frozen popcorn chicken
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- neutral-flavored cooking spray must be safe for air fryers
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 400° Fahrenheit. When air fryer is preheated, remove basket from air fryer and spray bottom and sides of basket with neutral-flavored cooking spray.
- Add 1 24-ounce bag frozen popcorn chicken to air fryer basket and spread popcorn chicken out into single, even layer. Work in multiple batches as needed depending on size of air fryer.
- Lightly spray popcorn chicken with neutral-flavored cooking spray, then return basket to air fryer. Air fry popcorn chicken 4 minutes.
- After 4 minutes, remove basket from air fryer. Shake basket to toss all pieces of popcorn chicken.
- Return basket to air fryer. Air fry popcorn chicken 4 minutes more.
- After 4 minutes, remove basket from air fryer. Shake basket to toss popcorn chicken again.
- Return basket to air fryer. Continue air frying chicken in 1-minute increments, shaking basket every minute, until chicken is as browned and crispy as desired.
- Transfer air fried chicken to serving bowls. Serve immediately with desired sauces.
Notes
- Keep a close eye on the chicken and cook it just until it’s as browned and crispy as you like it. Depending on your air fryer, you may not need the full 8-minute cook time, or you may need more than 8 minutes.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 425kcal | Protein: 23g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0g | Total Carbs: 47g | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Net Carbs: 45g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 1423mg
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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