Healthy air fryer chicken nuggets in under 30 minutes! These air fryer nuggets are made with chicken breast and lightly breaded with almond flour, tapioca flour and some simple seasonings. Sure to be a family favorite!
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Healthy Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets
We love using our air fryer to make healthier versions of comfort foods, like these gluten free chicken nuggets. We also love that using the air fryer makes for easy clean up!
Then, keep your nuggets healthy by making a homemade sauce to dip them in. Our favorites are our chipotle aioli, Whole30 BBQ sauce or ranch dressing!
What gluten free flours do you use?
For gluten free and Paleo friendly baking flours, we always use Bob’s Red Mill and have for years. You’ll see us using their flours in lots of our recipes – from sweet treats like our gluten free lemon poppy seed muffins to savory dishes like our creamy Tuscan chicken! We love the quality of their products from mill to table and the fact that they’re a local Oregon company!
In this air fryer chicken nuggets recipe, we used Almond Flour and Tapioca Flour. Both flours are certified gluten free and non-gmo as well. We mixed the flours with some simple seasonings. It’s the perfect combo for lightly breaded chicken nuggets!
Ingredients for chicken nuggets in the air fryer
The ingredients for these nuggets are simple, and you’ll probably have most of them in your paleo pantry!
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Almond flour
- Tapioca flour
- Garlic powder
- Paprika
- Parsley
- Sea salt
- Ground pepper
- Eggs
- Dairy-free milk
- Olive oil spray
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.
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Your turn to make these air fryer chicken nuggets
You’re up! Go ahead and make these crispy air fryer chicken nuggets. The whole family will enjoy these healthy nuggets! All you have to do is decide what dip you’re going to make to go with!
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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 with the milk.
- 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.
Notes
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!
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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!
You don’t specify how much milk in the instructions? Excited to try this for my toddlers!
Hi Mandi – you don’t need any milk actually, the eggs work fine for the initial coating. I’ve updated the post. Enjoy!