Breaded Air Fryer Pork Chops

 


These breaded pork chops, made in the air fryer, are perfectly tender and juicy. They require basic pantry ingredients and take just 10 minutes to cook. I like to use a Misto sprayer with my own oil, but feel free to use regular cooking spray.


Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Servings: 4


Ingredients

4 (5 ounce) boneless, center-cut pork chops, 1-inch thick

1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning

1 ½ cups cheese and garlic croutons

2 large eggs

cooking spray


Directions

Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Place pork chops on a plate and season both sides with Cajun seasoning.

Pulse croutons in a small food processor until fine; transfer to a shallow dish. Lightly beat eggs in a separate shallow dish. Working one at a time, dip pork chops into beaten egg, letting excess drip off; press into crouton breading to coat both sides and place breaded chop, unstacked, onto a plate. Repeat with remaining chops. Mist chops with cooking spray.

Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray and arrange chops in a single layer in the air fryer basket. You may have to do two batches depending on the size of your air fryer.

Cook in the preheated air fryer for 5 minutes; flip chops and mist again with cooking spray if there are dry areas. Cook 5 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the chops should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).


Tips

Play around with different crouton flavors for variety.

Keep chops warm in an oven on the lowest setting while air frying remaining chops.

For thicker chops, add an extra minute to the cook time. For thinner chops, cook 1 minute less.


Editor's Note:

Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of breading ingredients. The actual amount of breading consumed will vary.

Please note the differences in ingredient amounts and cook temperature when using the magazine version of this recipe.



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