Easy Air Fryer Lemon Chicken Recipe – a simple five ingredient recipe for crisp and juicy air fried lemon chicken with under five minutes active cooking time!

This easy lemon chicken recipe is super simple and crazy quick – it requires less than 5 minutes active time.

Just toss chicken in a lemon marinade, cover with spices, and toss into an air fryer, and cook!

If you’re making dinner for a guest, or want a delicious hearty dinner you don’t have to fuss over, this recipe for perfect juicy chicken thighs is for you!

Air fried chicken thighs are incredibly delicious – juicy on the inside, and crunchy on the outside – just like fried chicken. But because we’re using an air fryer, this recipe uses a tiny fraction of the oil, no breading, as well as hot air circulating quickly over the chicken, to fry this chicken in a much healthier way.

If you love my easy and delicious best easy baked lemon chicken recipe, you’re going to love this easy air fried lemon chicken recipe.

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Cooking chicken thighs in an air fryer couldn’t be any easier – simply toss the chicken in the fryer basket, make sure the thighs aren’t touching very closely, and fry.

To make these chicken thighs perfect, we’re using the basic cook-time from my Keto Adobo Air Fried Chicken Thighs Recipe.

I like a delicious, crispy crunch and tender, juicy middle for chicken thighs – so I try to cook with as much heat as possible in an air fryer.

I aim for an air fry temperature of 400 degrees for chicken thighs – but not all air fryers go to 400 degrees, so you can also use 350.

At 350 degrees, chicken thighs will take about 16-18 minutes to reach 165 degrees, and you’ll flip partway through cooking.

At 400 degrees, chicken thighs take about 13-15 minutes to reach 165.

Go as high as you can and watch your chicken’s temperature, instead of going off the time elapsed – you may need to add additional time if cooking bone-in, skin-on thighs.

Since chicken thighs contain more fat, they do not dry out as quickly as chicken breasts can – if you need to take another minute or two to give your chicken thighs more crunch (especially if cooking with skin-on, you really want a lovely crunchy skin), you can without worrying about drying them out.

This recipe is one of my favorites because it can be used with either chicken breasts or chicken thighs.

To make perfectly juicy easy air fried lemon chicken breasts:

Place chicken in air fryer basket, standing against sides of basket if necessary – do not push closely together.

Set to 350°F and cook for 15 minutes.

Turn chicken; cook 5 to 8 minutes longer or until chicken reads at least 165°F when a digital thermometer is inserted into the thickest part of the chicken.

To get the most flavor possible, I like to make a quick marinade for this chicken, especially when using chicken breasts.

Combine the following in a bowl or plastic bag with the chicken:

• -2 tbsp lemon juice
• -1/4 c olive oil
• -italian herb seasoning

Let chicken sit for at least 1 hour in marinade, then pop in fryer basket and cook!

This air fryer chicken is keto and low carb compatible – and great alongside pasta, rice, and other carbs, too!

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This lemon air fried chicken isn’t just incredibly delicious – it also works in a keto diet, too! Keto air fried lemon chicken is a meal that won’t weight you down, and will keep you fueled up all day – just like many of my favorite keto chicken recipes.

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