Easy air fryer recipe – crispy breaded lemon pepper chicken with a delicious hot honey-lemon pepper glaze. Simple weeknight meal or crowd favorite appetizer.
Servings: 4
Equipment
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Air fryer
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1 large bowl used for drizzling hot honey on chicken
Ingredients
THE SAUCE:
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/4 cup Frank’s buffalo wing sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons butter
THE CHICKEN:
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut in strips (or chicken tenders)
- 2 cups Corn Flakes crushed
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon pepper seasoning
- 2 large eggs +2 tablespoons water
- olive oil cooking spray
Instructions
THE SAUCE:
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Add honey, buffalo sauce, crushed red pepper flakes, lemon pepper seasoning and butter to a small saucepan over medium heat.
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Bring to a soft boil for 1 minute then remove from the heat. Taste and adjust for spice level then cool, transfer to a container and set aside (the sauce thickens slightly as it cools).
THE CHICKEN:
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Cut chicken breasts into strips then set up a dredging station in two bowls:
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In the first bowl whisk the eggs and water together. In the second bowl whisk crushed cereal, flour and lemon pepper seasoning until it’s blended.
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Dip the chicken into the egg, then dredge in the cereal mixture, back into the egg and finishing in the cereal mixture. Transfer to a parchment paper lined baking sheet repeating until all the chicken is breaded.
NOTE: the breading can be a little sticky in parts but will crisp up when air fried.
AIR FRYING:
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Preheat the air fryer to 375 degrees then spray the air fryer basket.
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Add breaded chicken to the basket in a single layer. Lightly spray the top of the chicken then cook for 4 minutes.
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Carefully turn the chicken pieces over and cook another 2-4 minutes until they’re cooked through to an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
GLAZING THE CHICKEN:
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Transfer cooked chicken to bowl then drizzle half of the honey over the top, turning to coat the chicken.
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Place the chicken on a plate. Drizzle the remaining hot honey lemon pepper sauce over the top. Add a light sprinkle of salt then eat right away.
