Quick and Easy Air Fryer Pesto Chicken

I hate cooking chicken.

Something about emetophobia and salmonella…it’s also the reason I steer clear of mayo that comes in a pouch.

While I could eat beef every day and avoid the dishes made of chicken, my family history of high cholesterol and my desire to control my waistline lead me straight back to chicken.

That’s not to say I never do it, I just hate it.

Enter the air fryer. I feel like I can get a better cooked piece of meat from the air fryer than I can from the oven. I’ve made chicken Parmesan and roasted chicken in the air fryer so far, but one of my favorites was pesto chicken.

Yum.

There wasn’t a lot of work to this dish either. It just became a matter of gathering the ingredients and getting them all together. The air fryer did all the hard work.

Air Fryer Pesto Chicken

January 5, 2019

by admin

Category Around the House Recipes

This air fryer pesto chicken was juicy and loved by the entire family.

Persons

4

Ingredients

• 3-4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 7 OZ Buitoni Pesto with Basil Sauce (I got mine at Kroger)
• Garlic powder to taste

Instructions

1. Mix the pesto and garlic or garlic powder into a shallow baking dish
2. Rub the chicken breast in the mixture. Be sure to coat each side
3. Bake the chicken in the air fryer for 15-18 minutes at 365 degrees. (time will depend on the size of the chicken breast and the air fryer) Be sure chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees

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air fryer,

chicken,

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This is the perfect recipe for an evening after work. It’s quick, it’s easy and it doesn’t take a lot of ingredients to complicate it. I served my pesto chicken with roasted zucchini and mashed sweet potatoes. Either of those could have also been cooked in the air fryer, though I did both of mine in the oven.