These chicken cutlets done in air fryer are as good as the deep fried ones and taste outstanding. I have to make a large batch for my family because we can’t stop eating them.
These chicken cutlets are what I ate in an Italian place that is so easy to adapt to the air fryer. I love juicy chicken breast with a crispy breading.
You can use these to make chicken parm too for a more lavish meal.
The trick in getting this right is by pounding chicken breast to an even thinness, breading it and air frying. All of it done in under 15 minutes. Isn’t that spectacular?
You may also like: air fryer chicken kabobs, air fryer fried chicken drumsticks, air fryer teriyaki chicken, air fryer chicken tikka, air fryer tandoori chicken and Air fryer chicken thighs.
Ingredients
- Chicken Breasts
- Italian Breadcrumbs or regular breadcrumbs with seasoning
- Eggs
- Olive oil
Tips to Make the Perfect Chicken Cutlets:
1. Slice each boneless chicken breast into 3 horizontal steaks. Then pound them using a mallet or a heavy object to a nice thinness. This is very important.
2. Use nice breadcrumbs. Panko work well. Italian breadcrumbs are already seasoned so they work well. But I mostly prepare my own breadcrumbs and season them, so you can work with whatever you have.
3. Use beaten whole eggs for the breading. I don’t season the eggs.
4. Preheat air fryer: This way the chicken gets into a hot air fryer and the breading adheres better and gets crisper.
5. I use just a tiny bit of oil for brushing the air fryer basket and you can spray some on the chicken though it is not really needed.
6. There is no need to flip the chicken cutlets during cooking time. I feel that they cook evenly even otherwise.
7. Enjoy these air fryer breaded chicken breast with a dip of choice. Sriracha mayo works so well. You can also pair with a salad or even pasta or fried rice.
Stepwise Instructions
Take 2 chicken breasts and cut into thin slices. I cut each breast into 3 slices and then pound them lightly till they were vey thin and even.
Make sure they are dry.
Assemble the breadcrumbs. Take the spices in a bowl. Take two eggs and beat them.
Set up a breading station. Take eggs and seasoned breadcrumbs in a shallow plate.
Dip each chicken breast in the egg wash. Then in the breadcrumbs so as to evenly coat them all around.
Repeat this process with as many chicken breast slices as you can fit into your air fryer at one go.
My XL size can fit 3 at one go.
Preheat air fryer at 200 C or 390F for 5 minutes.
Brush oil lightly on the air fryer basket. This is to prevent the chicken from sticking.
Now place the breaded chicken breast slices in the air fryer.
Air fry at 200 C or 390 F for about 6-8 minutes till the breading is golden and chicken is cooked.
The chicken stays moist while the breading gets golden and crunchy. They do shrink a bit after cooking.
Serve hot with a dip of choice and a side salad for a delicious meal.
It truly is very tasty and super easy to make.
I did two batches for 2 breasts.
Here's the recipe card:
Air fryer Chicken Cutlets
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 Chicken Breasts 8 oz. or 225 gm. each
- 2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp. Salt
- 1 tsp. Paprika
- 1 tsp. Garlic
- 1 Egg beaten
Instructions
- Take 2 chicken breasts and cut into thin slices. I cut each breast into 3 slices and then pounded them lightly till they were vey thin and even.
- Make sure they are dry.
- Assemble the breadcrumbs. Take the spices in a bowl. Take two eggs and beat them.
- Set up a breading station. Take eggs and seasoned breadcrumbs in a shallow plate.
- Dip each chicken breast in the egg wash. Then in the breadcrumbs so as to evenly coat them all around.
- Repeat this process with as many chicken breast slices as you can fit into your air fryer at one go.
- My XL size can fit 3 at one go.
- Preheat air fryer at 200 C or 390F for 5 minutes.
- Brush oil lightly on the air fryer basket. This is to prevent the chicken from sticking.
- Now place the breaded chicken breast slices in the air fryer. Air fry at 200 C or 390 F for about 6-8 minutes till the breading is golden and chicken is cooked.
- The chicken stays moist while the breading gets golden and crunchy.
- Serve hot with a dip of choice and a side salad for a delicious meal.
- It truly is very tasty and super easy to make.
- I did two batches for 2 breasts.
Notes
2. Use nice breadcrumbs. Panko work well. Italian breadcrumbs are already seasoned so they work well. But I mostly prepare my own breadcrumbs and season them, so you can work with whatever works for you.
3. Use beaten whole eggs for the breading. I don’t season the eggs.
4. Preheat air fryer: This way the chicken gets into a hot air fryer and the breading adheres better.
5. I use just a tiny bit of oil for brushing the air fryer basket and you can spray some on the chicken though it is not really needed. But it does make the chicken look more golden.
6. There is no need to flip the chicken cutlets during cooking time. I feel that they cook evenly even otherwise.
7. Enjoy with a dip of choice. Sriracha mayo works so well. You can also pair with a salad or even pasta or fried rice.
Nutrition
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Damyanti Biswas says
Looks wonderful Rachna 😀
Mahesh Mistry says
Tried it. It was delicious after adding few more spices.
Rachna says
Thanks. Sounds good.
Shaku Prabhakar says
Will definately try
Rachna says
Thank you so much!