Description
Crispy ranch chicken sizzles with irresistible flavor straight from your air fryer. Perfectly seasoned and golden, this simple dish delivers maximum taste with minimal effort while promising a delightful meal you can’t resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Protein:
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Seasoning and Cheese:
- 2 tablespoons ranch seasoning mix
- ¼ cup (60 milliliters) grated Parmesan cheese
Cooking Ingredient:
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) olive oil or olive oil spray
Instructions
- Thoroughly blot chicken breasts with paper towels to remove excess moisture, ensuring a crisp exterior during cooking.
- Massage each chicken piece with olive oil, creating a light, even coating that helps seasonings adhere and promotes golden browning.
- Generously dust chicken with ranch seasoning mix, ensuring both sides are thoroughly and uniformly covered for maximum flavor penetration.
- Optional: Sprinkle a delicate layer of Parmesan cheese over the seasoned chicken for an extra savory dimension.
- Activate air fryer and calibrate temperature to 375F (190C), allowing the appliance to warm for approximately three minutes to create an optimal cooking environment.
- Carefully arrange seasoned chicken breasts inside the air fryer basket, maintaining a single layer to guarantee consistent heat circulation and even cooking.
- Lightly mist chicken tops with olive oil spray, which enhances crispiness and promotes attractive golden coloration.
- Initiate cooking process, allowing chicken to air fry for 15-18 minutes, executing a mid-cycle flip to ensure uniform doneness and prevent uneven cooking.
- Verify chicken’s internal temperature reaches 165F (74C) using a meat thermometer to guarantee safe consumption.
- Remove chicken from air fryer and permit a brief resting period of 2-3 minutes, allowing juices to redistribute and ensuring maximum tenderness before slicing or serving.
Notes
- Pat chicken breasts completely dry to ensure the seasoning sticks perfectly and creates a crispy exterior.
- Use a meat thermometer to guarantee the chicken reaches the safe internal temperature without overcooking, maintaining juicy tenderness.
- Avoid overcrowding the air fryer basket to allow proper air circulation, which helps achieve an evenly crisp and golden ranch coating.
- For a gluten-free version, use a gluten-free ranch seasoning mix and check all ingredient labels carefully to ensure total dietary compliance.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15-18 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Lunch
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 900mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 50g
- Cholesterol: 120mg