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Air Fryer Baked Potatoes & Chicken Tenders

Name: Air Fryer Baked Potatoes & Chicken Tenders
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 Potato; 2 Breaded chicken breast fillet; 1/2 bag Bag of premade salad (optional)

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Make this simple chicken tender dinner meal for one or more, made with simple ingredients and done in 20 minutes!

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Air fryer baked potatoes and chicken tenders

Keep dinner simple with this Air Fryer Baked Potatoes and Chicken Tenders dinner recipe. Not only is this an easy dish to pull together with little prep time, but it can also pair well with a salad to keep on the healthier side!

Plus, you can make as little or as much as you want depending on how many you are serving or if you want leftovers.

Ingredients and Supplies You’ll Need to Make this Air Fryer Baked Potatoes & Chicken Tenders:

Air fryer baked potatoes and chicken tenders

Ingredients:

Potato
Breaded chicken breast fillet
Premade salad mix (optional)

Supplies:

Fork
Knife
Cutting board
Oil sprayer
Air fryer (Cosori Pro II)

What type of potatoes to use?

This recipe will work great with russet potatoes, Yukon gold potatoes, or even red skin potatoes.

The key is making sure to follow the instructions to parboil the potatoes ahead of time to cook all the way through.

Frozen or raw chicken

When you are looking at the instructions for this recipe, we kept things super simple by using frozen breaded chicken fillets.

However, you can use raw chicken tenderloins and season them how you wish, whether you want to bread it or sprinkle a little salt, black pepper, and garlic powder on the chicken you can do that too.

Just be sure to adjust the cooking time for the chicken so you don’t dry out the chicken.

Air fryer baked potatoes and chicken tenders

How to store leftovers

If you choose to make any extras for this meal, place any leftovers in an airtight container and store them in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days.

Making extras can shorten the total time to cook this recipe by just having to reheat it later!

How to make this Air Fryer Baked Potatoes & Chicken Tenders:

Step 1: Prep the potatoes

First, begin by prepping the potato by washing it, piercing it with a fork all over, and popping it in the microwave for 5 minutes to parboil the potato because that’s how you can speed up the process!

Step 2: Air fry chicken and potatoes

Air fryer baked potatoes and chicken tenders

When you are ready to make the baked chicken, pop the par-boiled potato in the air fryer, give it a little mist of olive oil, throw on a little salt for flavor, and make sure to have the two frozen chicken breasts right next to the potato.

Then air fry everything together for about 15 minutes at 380 degrees F or 193 degrees C.

Step 3: Finishing touches

Air fryer baked potatoes and chicken tenders

After the chicken and potatoes are up to temperature and have been cooked all the way through, carefully remove them from the air fryer basket and enjoy with a small bowl of salad with a drizzle of dressing, and your favorite potato toppings.

Air fryer baked potatoes and chicken tenders

Potato toppings we love:

Shredded cheese
Sour cream
Ketchup (yes ketchup)
Butter
Salt and pepper
Green onions

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Make even more simple dinner recipes like this easy meal since the air fryer can shorten cooking times and keep things healthier too!

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Final Thoughts

You might not have thought you could make chicken and potatoes in the air fryer all at once. But, with the addition of the parboil of the potato at the beginning, you can make it all at one time.

Talk about keeping dinner simple and having it done in no time! How you just have to decide what you are going to dip your tenders in!

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