We love using our air fryer to make quick versions of comfort foods, like these gluten free chicken nuggets. We also love that using the air fryer makes for easy clean up!
All nuggets need a good dip. We have you covered with some homemade sauces to dip them in. Our favorites are our chipotle aioli, Whole30 BBQ sauce or ranch dressing!
Love this recipe! We used chicken tenders and worked just as well as chicken chunks. Parent and toddler approved! Thank you!
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How to make air fryer nuggets
We love how quick and easy this recipe is! Here are the steps to make air fryer chicken nuggets.
- Cut the chicken breasts into bite sized pieces.
- Combine the almond flour, tapioca flour and seasonings.
- Whisk the eggs.
- Coat nuggets in the egg mixture.
- Dredge the egg covered chicken in the flour mixture and make sure it is completely coated. Place on a plate.
- Repeat until all of the chicken nuggets are coated.
- Preheat the air fryer (if yours preheats) to 400° Fahrenheit.
- Place nuggets in the air fryer basket.
- Spray the chicken pieces with some olive oil or avocado oil spray if desired to help them get golden brown (optional).
- Cook for 8-10 minutes, or until the chicken pieces are completely cooked through.
We hope you love this recipe as much as we do!
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Amazing Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup Bob's Red Mill almond flour
- 1/4 cup Bob's Red Mill tapioca flour
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp parsley
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 eggs
- Olive oil spray
Equipment
Instructions
- First, pat the chicken dry with a paper towel. Cut the chicken breasts into bite sized pieces. 1.5 lbs of chicken will make around 20-30 nuggets.
- In a shallow dish, combine the almond flour, tapioca flour, spices, salt and pepper.
- Whisk eggs in a separate bowl.
- Place one of the chicken pieces (nuggets) in the egg mixture and cover completely. It should be well coated.
- Next, dredge the egg covered chicken in the flour mixture and make sure it is completely coated. Place the coated chicken nugget on a plate.
- Repeat until all of the chicken nuggets are coated.
- Preheat the air fryer (if yours preheats) to 400° Fahrenheit.
- Place the coated chicken nuggets in the air fryer basket. Don't allow them to touch so they can cook evenly. If needed, cook in 2 batches.
- Spray the chicken pieces with some olive oil or avocado oil spray if desired to help them get golden brown (optional).
- Cook for 7-8 minutes, or until the chicken pieces are completely cooked through.
- Remove and serve.
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Milk is mentioned in the instructions, but it is not listed in the printable doc.
Sorry about that, the milk mentioned in the instructions was an error. I have updated the recipe now, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Crispy and yummy; this will be a repeat recipe for me! I’m not a fan of heat, so used onion powder in place of paprika and loved the flavor.
Love this recipe! We used chicken tenders and worked just as well as chicken chunks. Parent and toddler approved! Thank you!
You’re very welcome! Thanks for coming back to leave a rating and review, we appreciate it 🙂
I want to make these for my kids, but they can’t have eggs. Any replacements?
You could use milk or a nut milt to coat the chicken with instead of eggs. Hope your family enjoys the recipe!