Air Fryer Boneless Chicken Thigh Fillets Recipe

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Air Fryer Boneless Chicken Thigh Fillets Recipe

This Air Fryer Boneless Chicken Thigh Fillets recipe is one of my all time favourites. Use this versatile base recipe as is, or add any seasoning, marinade or glaze that you please. Despite being skinless, the fillets remain beautifully moist and tender plus they're quick and easy to cook.

5 from 3 votes

Prep Time: 3

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 18

Servings fillets

Author Chloe

Equipment

Ingredients

4 Boneless Chicken Thigh Fillets - 125g/4oz each
2 tsp Vegetable Oil - - see notes
1 tsp Seasoning - - see notes

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Thoroughly dry 4 Boneless Chicken Thigh Fillets.
Use scissors or a small sharp knife to remove any residual pieces of bone or cartilage that might remain. Also remove any flappy bits of skin or fat.
You don't need to trim off every spot of fat etc, this is just to tidy them up and prevent any rogue bits catching and burning.
Drizzle over 2 tsp Oil and 1 tsp Seasoning and toss to thoroughly coat the chicken.
Place the thigh fillets into the air fryer basket. Leave a little space between each so the air can circulate.
Cook for 15 minutes at 200c/390f.
If you want to turn them after 10 minutes, you can do - I don't need to using the rack in my air fryer.
Check the chicken is cooked through, you can see this by making a cut and checking that the meat is white in the centre of the thickest part. If there are any pink juices showing, continue cooking for 2 minutes at a time.

To Air Fry From Frozen

Cook for 15 minutes at 200c/390f.
Check that the chicken is cooked through in exactly the same way as if you are cooking from fresh.

Notes

Oil - Choose your oil to match your flavouring. For example use garlic, salt and rosemary with olive oil or for a more neutral flavour, sea salt and black pepper with vegetable oil.
Seasoning - Choose any seasoning mix, spices or dried/fresh herbs. Make sure that salt is included in the mix. You can also add a little citrus juice.
I used vegetable oil with a 50/50 mix of garlic salt and paprika.
The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a Corsori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can just fit 4 chicken thigh fillets in the basket at a time. This gives just enough room to allow air to circulate - I could probably squeeze in a couple more.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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