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Air Fryer Creamy Caesar Chicken

Name: Air Fryer Creamy Caesar Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Ingredients: 4 to 6 Boneless skinless chicken thighs (or you can use any kind of chicken); 1 bottle Creamy Caesar salad dressing; 1/4 cup Shredded Parmesan cheese (or to taste); Frozen broccoli; Rice

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If you want a super simple yet completely delicious dinner recipe, give this Air Fryer Creamy Caesar Chicken. recipe a try.

It is easy to prepare by throwing it all together and toss in the fridge for when you are ready to cook dinner.

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Ingredients and Supplies You’ll Need to Make this Air Fryer Creamy Caesar Chicken Recipe:

ingredients

Ingredients:

Boneless skinless chicken thighs (or you can use any kind of chicken)
Creamy Caesar salad dressing
Shredded Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Optional (serve with)

Supplies

Ziplock bag
Instant Read Thermometer
Small bowl
Air fryer (Cosori Pro II)

Type of chicken to use

I find that using chicken thighs is a great way to have an easy dinner with plenty of flavor and juices. But, you can also use chicken breasts as well.

How to add more flavor

If you want to add even more flavor to this easy dinner recipe, you can do it easily with spices.

Choose between a few of these by adding a little sprinkle to the chicken before you bake it and season with a homemade Caesar salad dressing or add to the Caesar dressing when marinating:

Salt
Black pepper
Garlic powder
Lemon zest
Chicken broth
Lemon juice

How to make this Air Fryer Creamy Caesar Chicken Recipe:

Step 1: Prepare chicken

bowl of chicken in creamy caesar dressing

Begin by trimming and cleaning up 4-6 boneless skinless chicken thighs (or chicken breast) to your liking.

Then in a ziplock bag or bowl, add the prepared chicken and then add the Creamy Caesar dressing to the bag.

Likely, you won’t use all the dressing, so pour just enough to coat the chicken so it can marinate.

Now, shake or stir everything together to make sure the sauce coats the chicken, and let it marinate for at least 30 minutes.

Step 2: Cook chicken

creamy chicken in air fryer basket

When you’re ready to cook, place the chicken in the air fryer basket.

Depending on which air fryer you have you can remove the tray. I removed the tray from my Dual Blaze because I wanted the chicken to cook in the dressing.

However, that is a personal preference and you can have the tray there if you want the drippings to go to the bottom.

You can cook the contents or the recipe in an air fryer safe dish if you don’t have a tray that removes from the air fryer basket.

You can also add a little bit more of the dressing on top of the chicken, but this is optional.

Once the chicken is set, air fry the chicken at 380 degrees F or 193 degrees C for a cook time of 10-12 minutes. Check and flip the chicken halfway through cooking.

The chicken is done cooking when the internal temp is 170 degrees F or 77 degrees C.

Step 3: Finishing touches

caesar chicken with parmesan cheese in air fryer basket

During the last couple minutes of cooking, top each of the boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs with parmesan cheese to your taste.

Depending on the thickness of the chicken they may not all finish cooking at the same time. If one of my chickens isn’t all the way cooked, remove the cooked chicken and air fry the undercooked chicken for a couple more minutes until it is done.

While this chicken was cooked, I prepped some rice and broccoli to serve with the chicken and enjoy.

cooked creamy caesar chicken

What to serve Creamy Caesar Chicken

Dinner is great but is even better with tasty sides served with it. Here are a few suggestions on what to serve with this family dinner recipe.

plated creamy chicken with broccoli and rice

Final Thoughts

You can’t beat a dinner recipe that can be done in a total time of 20 minutes. With prepping the chicken ahead of time you can have this done even sooner and even have extra juicy chicken.

This recipe pairs great with a salad for leftovers the next day.

air fryer creamy chicken

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