Description
Air Fryer Chimichurri Chicken Breast is a juicy air fryer chicken breast recipe perfect for an easy dinner or family dinner. This weeknight dinner features flavorful chimichurri sauce chicken with tender, crispy results in minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon olive oil divided
- 1 large (6-8 oz.) boneless chicken breast
- 1/4 cup chimichurri plus more for dipping
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated black pepper
Instructions
- Dice the chicken breast into 1 inch cubes.
- Toss the chicken pieces in chimichurri inside a large plastic bag until fully covered.
- Thread the marinated chicken onto metal skewers.
- Lightly brush the air fryer basket with 2 teaspoons of olive oil.
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place the skewers in the basket and cook for 6 minutes.
- Combine the cherry tomatoes with the remaining olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Add the tomatoes to the air fryer and flip the chicken skewers.
- Continue cooking for 5 more minutes or until an internal temperature of 165 degrees is reached.
- Serve the chicken skewers alongside the roasted tomatoes with extra chimichurri for dipping.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: dinner
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 80mg