Juicy and crispy Ninja Foodi Chicken breast recipes are super easy to make and taste better than restaurant food. You can air fry chicken breast, pressure cook, sear or bake them with all of the Foodi functions. For these recipes I am mostly showing off the air fry function because it leads to such plump and delicious chicken in a super short period of time. I tried doing pressure cooking first then air frying and it was wayyyyy too easy to overcook the chicken.
What is the Ninja Foodi
The Ninja Foodi is designed to be wide and hold things like entire turkey thighs. You can pressure cook something and then broil, bake or air crisp it (they’re trying to change the fried wording since it’s pretty myth like as it is more crispy than fried tasting).
Check out our 1 year review of the Ninja Foodi here.
I used the instant pot for a year and while it created delicious food I really started to miss crispy food, especially when doing a Whole 30. The Ninja Foodi can bake, broil, air crisp, steam, dehydrate and make yogurt just like the Instant Pot can. Instead of taking a full chicken to the oven to broil and having to energize the whole oven with heat, you just dump out the water, put the basket back in, and air fry or broil it in the same device.
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What Tools Do You Need for Ninja Foodi Chicken Breast Recipes?
Reusable Spray Bottle – We use this spray bottle to spray the basket and the breasts to make life soooo much easier. At first, we bought the bottles with spray in them then learned that they are triple the price of the oil by itself. The spray bottle is around $10 and it has already lasted us for months.
Silicone Tongs – Heat-resistant flippers so you can easily flip the breasts at the halfway point for all-over crispiness. These genius tools also work wonders for making bacon and my two pairs have lasted for years.
Silicone Meat Brush – Instead of getting brush hair everywhere get a silicone one that is easy to wash and works just as well. It can also be used for baking.
Meat Thermometer – Because Ninja Foodis range in size and so does meat then a meat thermometer is an absolute necessity. Overcooked meat can ruin a meal so making a small investment in forever plump meat is very worth it.
Cooking Fats With High Smoke Points
Avocado Oil – A high smoke point oil with a neutral flavor that is liquid at room temperature and works amazingly for spraying.
Animal Fat -Also has a high smoke point and of course, goes deliciously with chicken breasts. Meat on meat is amazing.
Fatworks is dedicated to fat and the absolute joyous love for the gift of fat. They have animal fats from bison to beef to pork. They even have duck fat. Duck fat fries, and beef fries are life changing.
Ghee – For recipes that call for a more buttery taste I gravitate towards ghee due to its high smoke point and slightly roasty buttery flavor.
Ninja Foodi Chicken Breast Recipes
When it comes to Ninja Foodi chicken breast recipes there are so many options. You can bake, broil, steam or even pressure cook chicken. I mostly air fry chicken because it gives such a juicy inside, but I will keep updating this post with more recipes that involve different functions to keep checking back.
Lavender and Coffee Rubbed Chicken Breasts
It was at a farmer’s market where I learned that lavender could be used in cooking and it changed my life. Floral cooking is used in many cultures. From Tree Hugger 42 Flowers You Can Eat: “The culinary use of flowers dates back thousands of years to the Chinese, Greek, and Romans. Many cultures use flowers in their traditional cooking — think of squash blossoms in Italian food and rose petals in Indian food. Adding flowers to your food can be a nice way to add color, flavor, and a little whimsy.”
Lavender is amazing mixed into meat, sparingly because it can overwhelm but at low levels enhances all the other flavors. Every time I make turkey or beef or lamb burgers a pinch or more goes into the mix. Lavender lifts flavors, like having arugula or something bright to eat between bites.
Coffee rubs add another level of newborn bliss if you’ve never tried a coffee rub on meat before. The roasted flavors bring everything you love about coffee into a meal.
Air Fried Chicken Nuggets
Note: If not gluten free feel free to replace the almond flour with breadcrumbs.
You remember those chicken nuggets you have as a kid that are crispy on the outside and dry on the inside? The Ninja Foodi takes chicken nuggets to a whole new mouth level by creating a crispy outside with a super juicy inside.
These chicken nuggets show how Ninja Foodi chicken breast recipes can be soooo versatile and give that fried feeling to good feeling foods.
Curry In a Hurry Chicken Breasts
Indian Food is my absolute favorite. Once I learned you could saute fresh ginger with onions and that toasting spices like cardamom and turmeric brings out all of their subtleties and invigorates every flavor I was hooked on the knowledge. Then you move into using whole spices, roasting them yourself, and using them in a week to have the highest flavor possible.
For this recipe, we take everything amazing about curry and make it in under thirty minutes with my handy friend Curry in a Hurry from Pure Indian Foods. You can marinate with this mix or spoon it over the curry. There’s also a quick spice blend I include with spices you either have on hand or can buy in the bulk section for fresh flavors.
Palate Tingling Everything Bagel Chicken
Honestly, it took me years to get on the everything bagel trend because it seemed like a mouth fad. Then we saw it on Thrive Market for $2 a bag and figured it was time to keep up with the pop culture foodie style. Holy mouth bliss am I so glad we got that bag. The mix of savory and sesame and salt and garlic and onion sparks the mind with millions of recipes…minus a million plus around 10.
Besides bagels this seasoning works amazingly on chicken and we just used it on tuna….oh yeah, it works.
4 Ingredient Healing Chicken Soup
Note: Substitute chicken thighs for chicken breasts.
For a super easy and comforting and healing soup that you don’t even have to cut the chicken for this recipe shines. We made this on one of those I feel out of it but really want comforting warm soup days. This soup lasted my husband and I for two days, eating it constantly.
Using the pressure cooker function allows the potatoes to absorb all of the flavor and get beautifully soft. You can toss potatoes into most pressure cooker soup recipes.
Finger Lickin’ Good Air Fried BBQ Chicken
We’re from Texas and now live in Austin, about five minutes from Franklin’s BBQ. Our whole life we’ve had BBQ either at home or out in BBQ heaven and have tasted all types of sauces from sweet to savory to espresso.
When making this BBQ sauce I went hyperfocus mode to bring out everything amazing about BBQ. There’s vinegar, tomato, spices, ghee, and even fish sauce. There are also instructions on how to customize the sauce to preference if you want a sweeter or more acidic sauce.
Note: Feel free to sub coconut aminos for soy sauce if not soy free.
Looking for Other Ninja Foodi Chicken Recipes?
Street Food Style Curry Chicken Wings
Let your mouth take you to the streets of India with this deliciously spiced dripping with ghee curry wings. They take 20 minutes to make and can quickly become a weekly treat.
Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
Buffalo wings are too classic not to have a recipe for. That spicy buttery mix poured into wings and soaked into the chicken skin are famous for a reason.
The flavor of buffalo sauce originated in Buffalo New York at Anchor Bar according to this article. “Teressa Bellissimo cooked leftover wings in hot sauce as a late-night snack for her son and his friends. The guys liked them so much that the Bellissimos put them on the menu the next day. Served with celery slices and bleu cheese sauce, “Buffalo Wings” were an instant hit.” Thank you Teressa for your brilliant contribution to life.
Check out the full Ninja Foodi recipes index here.
I hope you enjoy these Ninja Foodi chicken breast recipes and lettuce know in the comments what your favorite Ninja Foodi chicken breast recipes are.
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