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    Recipes » Air Fryer Recipes » Air Fryer Whole Chicken

    Published: Dec 12, 2018 · by: jenniferbanz · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases

    Air Fryer Whole Chicken

    The best use of your air fryer is making this rotisserie style air fryer whole chicken. The meat is juicy and the skin is extra crispy…you are going to love how easy it is!

    Air Fryer Whole Chicken

    I have made several things in my air fryer that I love, but I think this Air Fryer whole chicken is my new favorite.  The chicken is perfectly juicy and the skin is extra crispy.  My family gives it rave reviews!

    I have lots of other air fryer recipes including: Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts, Air Fryer Bacon, Air Fryer Chicken Wings, and Air Fryer Lasagna.

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    HOW TO MAKE AIR FRYER WHOLE CHICKEN

    This recipe is super easy but I have a few tricks that will ensure that your chicken does not dry out before it is cooked all of the way through.

    I started with a chicken that was approximately 5 pounds and I use my 5.7 quart air fryer.  You can use a smaller chicken but the cooking time would need to be reduced.

    I removed all of the stuff from the cavity and seasoned it generously with salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, dried basil, dried oregano, and dried thyme.

    air fryer chicken

    Now it’s time to put the chicken in the air fryer basket breast side down.  After experimenting, I discovered that if I left the legs up then it was hard to get the basket to open and the chicken legs got way over cooked.  Breast Side down for the first 50 minutes of cook time keeps everything nice and moist.

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    I cooked the chicken at 360F for 50 minutes breast side down, then I flipped it and did 10 more minutes.  It is important to make sure the internal temperature of the breast is 165F.  Continue cooking until the temperature is reached.

    I am telling you now, you will not believe how delicious and juicy this chicken is.

    air fryer fried chicken

    AIR FRYER WHOLE CHICKEN

    Related: I get all of my grass fed beef and pasture raised chicken from Butcher Box.  Read my honest review here.

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    air fryer fried chicken

    Air Fryer Whole Chicken - Rotisserie Style

    The best use of your air fryer is making this air fryer whole chicken. The meat is juicy and the skin is extra crispy...you are going to love how easy it is!
    4.99 from 235 votes
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    Course: dinner
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: Air Fryer Chicken recipe, gluten free, recipe for whole chicken
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour
    Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 271kcal
    Author: Jennifer Banz

    INGREDIENTS

    • 1 5 pound Whole chicken, giblets removed
    • 2 Tablespoons avocado oil (Click here for my favorite brand on Amazon)
    • 1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt
    • 1 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
    • 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
    • 1 teaspoon Paprika (I prefer smoked paprika)
    • ½ teaspoon Dried basil
    • ½ teaspoon Dried oregano
    • ½ teaspoon Dried thyme
    US Customary - Metric

    EQUIPMENT

    • Air Fryer (Here's the air fryer I like best on Amazon)
    • Meat Thermometer (Click here for the one I like best on Amazon

    INSTRUCTIONS

    • Combine all of the seasonings with the oil to make a paste and spread it all over the chicken.
    • Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray.  Place the chicken in the basket breast side down and cook at 360F for 50 minutes.  Flip the chicken to breast side up and cook for an additional 10 minutes.  
    • Check to make sure the breast meat has an internal temperature of 165F.  Carve and serve.

    NUTRITION

    Calories: 271kcal
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    1. Kelley says

      May 15, 2022 at 2:11 pm

      5 stars
      I’ve made this 1 time and am making again today. So good and SO easy!

      Reply
    2. Steph says

      May 05, 2022 at 7:08 am

      What a winner of a recipe! The family loved it, thank you!

      Reply
    3. Victoria Coss says

      May 03, 2022 at 7:52 pm

      5 stars
      Absolutely delicious! Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside just as you said!

      Reply
    4. Colm says

      April 28, 2022 at 6:18 am

      5 stars
      Best chicken I’ve ever had

      Reply
    5. Kathryn Barker says

      April 26, 2022 at 5:55 pm

      5 stars
      I’ve made this a few times..always delicious

      Reply
    6. Sarah Sen says

      April 26, 2022 at 4:39 pm

      5 stars
      Excellent!! awesome quick fix for dinner. Simple rub,still the meat was tender n flavour. My family finished the whole chicken in one meal.

      Reply
    7. Brendan Williams says

      April 24, 2022 at 5:08 pm

      I tried your whole chicken recipe and it was great

      Reply
    8. Gino says

      April 23, 2022 at 3:42 pm

      5 stars
      WoW i cook everyday and have recently worked with an air fryer. This chicken was the best bi have made in the last 20 years
      Good job…

      Reply
    9. PE Smith says

      April 22, 2022 at 9:13 pm

      5 stars
      Excellent, crispy and juicy. Best recipe ever.

      Reply
    10. Sara says

      April 22, 2022 at 8:25 am

      5 stars
      I made this last night and it was sooooo good! My family loved it! The skin was perfectly crispy and the meat was so juicy! Way better than a rotisserie chicken I usually buy at the grocery store! Thank you!

      Reply
    11. Jeannie says

      April 19, 2022 at 8:18 pm

      5 stars
      This was EXCELLENT!! Thank you! This will be my new go to for Chicken! Super easy and super super good!!

      Reply
    12. Daphne says

      April 15, 2022 at 1:56 pm

      Will there be enough drippings to make a gravy?

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        April 16, 2022 at 1:09 pm

        There usually is and if not, you could add a little chicken broth

        Reply
    13. Carrie says

      April 11, 2022 at 6:33 pm

      5 stars
      Best rotisserie air fryer recipe…it’s my go too! Easily 10 times now!

      Reply
    14. Bob says

      April 10, 2022 at 8:24 pm

      5 stars
      Mine came out looking exactly like your picture. Juicy and delicious!

      Reply
    15. Madeleine says

      April 08, 2022 at 2:50 pm

      Air fried chicken turned out perfectly. Definitely going to be saving this recipe!!! Thank you

      Reply
    16. Mare says

      April 05, 2022 at 7:33 pm

      I was a bit skeptical that this chicken would come out tender and juicy, but it did! Absolutely delicious and far better (and juicer) than anything I’ve ever bought from the store deli. Unfortunately the skin wasn’t crispy and I would have preferred it that way, but perhaps I just needed to cook it longer? (I had a 5.5 lb and cooked it for 52 minutes and 12 minutes respectively.) But even without the crispy skin, this is still a keeper!

      Reply
    17. Jamie Rogers says

      April 05, 2022 at 5:16 pm

      This came out PERFECT!!

      Reply
    18. Dominique says

      April 03, 2022 at 3:10 pm

      5 stars
      First time roasting a full chicken and it couldn’t be easier with an air fryer! Like some comments, I found the 1 TBSP to be too much salt but otherwise the chicken was perfect. My husband, my toddler and I devoured a 3.5 lb chicken (I did 40 and 10 mins) for dinner and I’m repeating this recipe tonight with a 5 lb chicken and a little less salt 🙂

      Reply
    19. Allan Walton says

      April 03, 2022 at 7:55 am

      5 stars
      Always a bit wary using new tech in the kitchen but your recipe for the roast chicken was vso simple and easy. Do you have or know a airfryer recipe book with illustrations for us beginners in UK?

      Thank-you

      Allan

      Reply
    20. Barbara says

      April 02, 2022 at 2:30 pm

      5 stars
      Super simple and very moist. Will be my go too recipe to make delicious shredded chicken.

      Reply
    21. Annaliza says

      March 29, 2022 at 7:08 pm

      5 stars
      Absolutely delicious 🤤 thank you so much for this recipe 🙂

      Reply
    22. Dana Mazerolle says

      March 24, 2022 at 3:32 pm

      Beautiful chicken !! My goodness never will I cook it any different ever again. So tender and juicy and every one of my 4 family members loved it! Which is saying a lot considering I have a very picky eater on my hands ! Thank you

      Reply
    23. vanessa says

      March 24, 2022 at 1:51 am

      WHAT!!!!! I seasoned using Emeril southwest seasoning because I am shredding for tacos. It was so delicious I followed your cooking instructions using avocado oil with spices and rubbed it on. I put 55 min down and 11 up cus it was slightly bigger. this technique made it so good it doesn’t matter what seasoning used.
      Thanks for awesome recipe!!

      Reply
    24. SHARON says

      March 22, 2022 at 8:21 am

      5 stars
      This was great! I had a 5.5lb chicken so I cooked it 55 mins breast side down and then another 20 minutes or so flipped over (used my thermometer to get the inside temp to 165). I only used seasoned salt and pepper on my chicken and it was crispy and yummy and amazing!

      Reply
    25. Shari says

      March 15, 2022 at 1:42 pm

      Do you cook the chicken on air fry or on roast

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        March 18, 2022 at 2:12 pm

        Air fry

        Reply
    26. L Webster says

      March 13, 2022 at 7:51 pm

      5 stars
      The absolute best chicken I’ve had in ages, the whole chicken was moist and favorable. I will definitely make again, can’t wait

      Reply
    27. Shari says

      March 13, 2022 at 11:44 am

      Hi I was wondering do I use the crisper tray to set chicken on or do I put it right in the basket?

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        March 18, 2022 at 2:13 pm

        I would use the tray

        Reply
    28. Josie says

      March 11, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      5 stars
      Did exactly what the recipe called for, and I will definitely always be cooking my chicken this way! 10/10 would recommend

      Reply
    29. Sue says

      March 11, 2022 at 4:48 pm

      5 stars
      The juiciest meat and crispiest skin I’ve ever had on a roaster chicken. I don’t think I’ll cook a whole chicken any other way again.

      Reply
    30. Tari says

      March 07, 2022 at 3:17 pm

      5 stars
      Ummmm, this is ridiculous. BEST, juiciest chicken EVER. So I air fried it face down as directed… (make sure you season the underside too!) and before I went to flip it over, I got to pick at the skin… omg it was so crispy and delicious. Finished cooking it right side up and then had a whole new layer of crispy skin. SO CRAZY GOOD!!

      Reply
    31. Giles says

      March 06, 2022 at 12:55 pm

      Hello, great recipe, however I was a bit puzzled as to why your recipes are still in imperial measures.

      I had to Google what a quart, a pound and fahrenheit was.

      It is 50 years ago since the world went metric and I am 51 years old!

      Reply
      • Elliott Pace says

        March 11, 2022 at 3:16 pm

        She’s probably in the States, We still use imperial.

        Reply
      • Lamb says

        March 11, 2022 at 6:17 pm

        Perhaps she’s in America??

        Reply
      • amanda says

        March 13, 2022 at 6:35 am

        5 stars
        we use imperial measurements in the US!

        Reply
      • Audra says

        March 13, 2022 at 5:21 pm

        The whole world didn’t go metric….

        Reply
      • Sue says

        March 13, 2022 at 6:12 pm

        Really!?!! The US uses the Imperial system.

        Reply
      • Kay says

        March 25, 2022 at 9:37 am

        I’m puzzled! I live in southern USA & we don’t use metric. I remember about we tried to go metric about 30 years ago, but nobody accepted it here and we didn’t ever make the switch. I’m 76.

        Reply
      • David says

        May 13, 2022 at 12:45 am

        We’re in the US!

        Reply
    32. Jennifer says

      March 06, 2022 at 12:24 pm

      How much grease/juice does it produce? I have the cuisinart air fryer and it has a tray not a deep basket and I’m worried that it will put out to much liquid and have over spill.

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        March 09, 2022 at 9:56 am

        You will probably want to have something below to catch the drippings

        Reply
        • Kay says

          March 26, 2022 at 12:01 pm

          I made this yesterday & it turned out great. There was about 3/8-1/2” mainly fat in the my outer air fryer dip pan from 5.53 lb chicken

    33. Scott says

      March 06, 2022 at 11:05 am

      5 stars
      Dang good recipe, woke up this morning and had the left overs for breakfast. Well deserved 5 🌟

      Reply
    34. Chris says

      February 28, 2022 at 4:52 pm

      5 stars
      Not even kidding, this is the best chicken I’ve ever made (and maybe even had). I’ve made it 3x since discovering it and its come out better each time. Highly recommend and if you don’t have an air fryer – buy one for this chicken!

      Reply
    35. nancy rice says

      February 27, 2022 at 2:22 pm

      I have an air fryer called a ” Think Kitchen ” it’s a combination 6 slice toaster / air fryer .Would it be suitable to cook a whole chicken in ?? It looks very much like a toaster oven but doesn’t have the deeper basket like the one you use !!

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        March 09, 2022 at 10:02 am

        If it fits I don’t see why not.

        Reply
    36. Cindy says

      February 24, 2022 at 5:23 pm

      What brand of air fryer do you use for this roast chicken? I am currently researching air fryers and am not sure which one will accommodate a 5 pound chicken. Thank you.

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        February 25, 2022 at 8:14 am

        I use a 6 quart Nuwave Brio

        Reply
      • Marie says

        March 23, 2022 at 4:27 pm

        Make sure you get one with no chemicals in the plastics etc. We have a Cosori.

        Reply
    37. John says

      February 16, 2022 at 3:24 am

      5 stars
      Can i use rose mary instead of thyme.

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        February 25, 2022 at 8:21 am

        Yes

        Reply
    38. Wanda says

      February 11, 2022 at 7:50 pm

      5 stars
      I had some fresh herbs from my little grow light garden so chopped them fine and mixed in with the other spices, some basil, sage and sweet marjoram. This chicken was so delicious! Crispy and then tender!

      Reply
    39. Margaret says

      February 10, 2022 at 10:42 am

      5 stars
      This is the perfect Roasted Chicken recipe for an air fryer. I spatchcock my bird (it’s easy. just Google it) and lay it breast side down and turn over for about 10 min to get extra crispy skin on breast side. It doesn’t take nearly as long by spatchcocking. As always, use your thermometer! Thank you Jennifer for another simple delicious dinner!

      Reply
    40. Melinda says

      February 09, 2022 at 11:40 am

      5 stars
      Still my favorite recipe! My chicken always takes a few more minutes but I have an electric pampered chef thermometer that I use when cooking my meats anyway. This is an easy go to! It is one of the only recipes I don’t have to change anything for…

      Reply
    41. Melinda says

      February 09, 2022 at 11:38 am

      5 stars
      Still my favorite recipe! My chicken always takes a few more minutes but I have an electric pampered chef thermometer that I use when cooking my meats anyway. This is an easy go to!

      Reply
    42. Robin says

      February 07, 2022 at 9:41 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my gosh – this was so good and so very easy. I can’t believe chicken can be this good! No changes to the recipe, it is perfect as is. ENJOY

      Reply
    43. karla says

      February 07, 2022 at 11:07 am

      Which setting do you use for this roast, bake or air fryer? thank you 🙂

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        February 07, 2022 at 12:28 pm

        Air Fry

        Reply
    44. Marleen says

      February 05, 2022 at 9:27 pm

      Just tried this recipe tonight. It is very delicious. The only change will be to use 1 tsp of salt instead of 1 tbsp. Way to salty for us.

      Reply
      • Leona says

        March 06, 2022 at 4:37 pm

        Same. Way too salty! Otherwise, awesome!

        Reply
      • Kim says

        March 08, 2022 at 3:10 pm

        Did you use Kosher salt as the recipe called for? It’s less salty than table salt.

        Reply
    45. Cindy says

      February 03, 2022 at 3:50 pm

      5 stars
      Love this recipe! Nice combination of spices, and the chicken cooked in the Air Fryer is crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside!
      I will certainly use this recipe again. Thanks!

      Reply
    46. Ayesha says

      February 03, 2022 at 7:38 am

      Hi. Will the seasoning amount change for a smaller chicken, say about 2 lbs or so? Anything larger will not fit in my air fryer. Really want to try this recipe out!

      Reply
      • jenniferbanz says

        February 04, 2022 at 4:00 pm

        For that small of a chicken I would cut the seasonings in half

        Reply
      • Sue says

        February 18, 2022 at 6:07 pm

        Is there something you can use if you don’t have avocado oil?

        Reply
        • jenniferbanz says

          February 25, 2022 at 8:18 am

          Any high heat cooking oil will work

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