Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Breast

Ingredients :

• 2 chicken breasts, frozen
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• seasoning- salt and pepper, chicken seasoning
• sauce (optional)

Instructions :

1. Preheat the air fryer to 360F.
2. Lay the chicken in a single layer, a small air fryer might just hold 2 chicken breasts whereas a large one will hold 4 chicken breasts.
3. Lay with the breast side down, brush with oil and sprinkle with seasoning. Cook for 10 minutes.
4. Flip over and brush with more olive oil and seasoning. Cook for 10 more minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 160F. Season and add sauce of choice.
5. To add sauce, brush on after the chicken gets flipped. Take the chicken out one minute early and brush on a little more sauce and put it back in the air fryer for one minute. 

Notes

Small chicken breasts (about 6 oz) were at 165F right at 20 minutes total cook time, thin frozen chicken breast with rib meat attached needed 25 minutes in total and thicker frozen chicken meat with rib meat attached took about 28-30 minutes to cook.

This is one of those situations where frozen chicken breast doesn’t come as a standard size. Start cooking the chicken for a total of 20 minutes, and then depending on how close it is to 165F keep adding 3-5 minutes to the cooking time until it’s cooked through. 

We purchased pre-seasoned chicken that was brined, raw, and came in a 2 lb bag in the freezer section.

Serve with broccoli and potatoes or other air fryer sides.