Air Fryer Chicken And Rice

This recipe works for both homemade breaded chicken strips and store bought frozen chicken tenders.

Air fryer chicken and rice.

Perfect for meal prep air fryer fried rice is a great packed lunch too. Place the cold cooked white rice into the mixing bowl. Prep takes just five minutes. When making air fryer chicken fried rice i prefer to use a coconut oil cooking spray.

Transfer mixture to a 7 inch round metal cake pan or air fryer insert. Crispy on the outside yet tender and juicy on the inside says soup loving nicole. The air fryer should fit about a pound of chicken but that could be anywhere from three to eight tenders depending on the size of the chicken strips. Combine rice sesame oil water vegetable oil salt and pepper in a large bowl.

You can use any sort of meat you like. This will give a great flavor plus allow the rice to stay nice and soft without drying out. Add the chicken and veggies to the preheated air fryer and cook for 10 minutes shaking halfway or until the chicken and veggies are charred and chicken is cooked through. Pour the rice mixture into the nonstick pan.

For about 18 minutes remove and let chicken rest for about 5 minutes. Stir until evenly combined. I cooked on 350 f. This spice blend is what gives this chicken broccoli rice the unforgettable flavor and is anything but bland.

A quick mixture of sesame oil soy sauce honey rice vinegar and sriracha flavor chicken thighs. Place chicken in greased air fryer basket allowing room for the air to flow all around the chicken. I highly recommend lining the air fryer basket with foil before making this as well. If your air fryer is small you may have to cook them in 2 3 batches.

Transfer to preheated air fryer and cook 10 minutes per side or until cooked through and internal temperature reaches 165f. Making chicken broccoli rice in your air fryer first you want to tear off six even sizes of foil that you will be placing your ingredients in. In a small bowl whisk the spices until combined. Add the frozen peas carrots the diced onion and the diced chicken and mix thoroughly.

Preheat the air fryer to 390f. Place pan into the air fryer basket. Do not crowd cook according to your air fryer flipping halfway and brushing very lightly with more oil if needed so that no flour is visible. Add the vegetable oil and the soy sauce and mix thoroughly.

Pound chicken breasts to even thickness optional step and rub both sides of chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle with the spice mix.