With this easy and tasty air fryer taco chicken tenders recipe, you’ll have delicious tender chicken that’s gluten-free, low-carb, keto, paleo.
These Taco Chicken Tenders go perfectly in my Taco Salad with Chicken Recipe (coming soon). Season with my Gluten-Free Taco Seasoning Recipe and top with my Homemade Dairy-Free Ranch Dressing.
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How to Cook Taco Chicken Tenders in an Air Fryer
- Place chicken tenders in a gallon size bag. Add in taco seasoning, lemon juice, and oil. Seal bag pressing out most of the air. Now massage the chicken, seasoning, juice, and oil together until the chicken is completely coated.
- Place bag of chicken in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to marinade.
- Lightly spray the air fryer basket with oil. Take the marinaded chicken tenders out of the bag and place them in the air fryer basket. Leaving a little room between each one. Spray lightly with oil.
- Cook at 400° for 8 minutes. Turn chicken tenders over and lightly spray again with oil. Cook for 2 more minutes. And they’re ready.
I use my Homemade Taco Seasoning with this recipe. Depending on your dietary needs there are two ready-made Taco Seasoning options you could use – McCormick Gluten-Free Taco Seasoning (contains dairy) and Thrive Market Gluten-Free Taco Seasoning (contains brown rice flour), and there is also Primal Palate Taco Seasoning (high priced).
Items used to make this recipe: GoWise Air Fryer, Oil Sprayer.
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Air Fryer Taco Chicken Tenders (Gluten-Free)
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Air Fryer
Description
Make these delicious air fryer taco chicken tenders with an easy to make marinade to tenderize the chicken. They cook up in just 10 minutes. Gluten-free.
Ingredients
1 lb chicken tenders
3 tablespoons homemade taco seasoning or 1 package gluten-free taco seasoning
2 tablespoons lemon juice (about the juice of one lemon)
1 tablespoon avocado or olive oil
avocado oil or olive oil in a sprayer
Instructions
Place chicken tenders in a gallon size bag. Add in taco seasoning, lemon juice, and oil. Press most of the air out of the bag and seal. Now massage the chicken, seasoning, juice, and oil together until the chicken is completely coated.
Place bag of chicken in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to marinade.
Lightly spray the air fryer basket with oil. Take the marinated chicken tenders out of the bag and place them in the air fryer basket. Leaving a little room between each one. Spray lightly with oil.
Cook at 400° for 8 minutes. Turn chicken tenders over and lightly spray again with oil. Cook for 2 more minutes.
Notes
I use my Homemade Taco Seasoning with this recipe. Depending on your dietary needs there are two ready-made Taco Seasoning options you could use – McCormick Gluten-Free Taco Seasoning (contains dairy) and Thrive Market Gluten-Free Taco Seasoning (contains brown rice flour).
Tilly says
Made these last night in my Ninja Foodi and LOVED them! Can the recipe be adapted to use with frozen chicken tenderloins?
★★★★★
MamaShire says
So glad you loved them! I’ve found that frozen foods can be cooked in the air fryer as long as they are pre-cooked. I would set the temperature at 400 and then if it’s packaged pre-cooked frozen food set the timer for about half the suggested time and check and then cook a few more minutes and check again. They normally cook up quicker in the air fryer than an oven.