Frozen Chicken Patties in Air Fryer

Air fryer frozen chicken patties come out perfectly!! If you’re looking for a few easy air fryer recipes we have them here on Zopago blog. An easy meal for lunch that even kids can make without your help. Let us know what you think!

Doesn’t this look delicious??!! Cooking frozen meat isn’t as hard to do as you might think. Dressed up with some mayo, lettuce and tomato and you have a family friendly meal everyone will love.

Have little ones? Dice the patty into “nuggets” with some ketchup instead. OR make a frozen turkey burger in air fryer. 🙂 The easiest, fastest and crispiest way to cook right out of the freezer into a meal.

Ninja Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Patties

Using this machine you will sit down the lid that is attached and use the air crisp button. In order to get the outsides super crunchy the hot air needs to be able to circulate around the food in order to work properly so lay in a single layer. Depending on their size, 2-4 will fit at a time.

This is the Cosori version I love because it has a nice large square basket. Round is no good. There are many ways of how to cook frozen chicken out there but when it’s breaded like this you want the outside to be nice and crispy for sure. The most important thing to remember with these, and anything else you want crispy really is to not overlap them.

The brand we used was Tyson but there are several others out there, plus probably a store brand. The larger and/or thicker they are than this the air fry timing may vary a bit. Thinner and smaller will obviously take less cooking time to achieve perfect golden brown color.

Ingredient Notes

Frozen patties come in a bag or box in the freezer section, this is what was used here, there are many premade chicken burgers out there.

Olive oil spray is nice to make it super crispy on the outside. This is optional but a nice option the last minute to get more of a golden brown color and crunchy texture.

I will actually say my favorite are pretzel buns if I can find them, here are a few other ideas if you’re making a burger bar: The ideas are endless as to what you can load it up with really, depends on your preference.

How Long to Cook Frozen Chicken Patties in Air Fryer

The general timing is about 14 minutes give or take a few if you’re using a different brand or size than we did. I always suggest flipping halfway thru but if you don’t they’ll still be better than microwaving.

How Long to Cook Thawed Chicken Patties in Air Fryer

First off it is not necessary to thaw these, in fact it is better if you didn’t as the breading will get kinda’ icky in the process. If you did though you can still have success in 8-10 minutes flipping halfway until warmed to the center and crispy on the outside.

There are many brands out there but this is typically the most popular. I will say that the name brand does tend to have a better texture and is worth the extra few dollars for sure. Store brands will work this same way too though. Before you begin you might have a few questions you need answered, let me help:

Can you toast hamburger buns in the air fryer?

Yes and I recommend that you do so. What we do is to open them up and set inside without overlapping at 400 for 1-2 minutes to get crispy and golden brown which is a nice touch before adding toppings.

Sauces for Chicken Burger Patties

Mayonnaise you can just spread right on the top for a creamy element. Thousand Island dressing right out of the bottle works. Relish is a nice tangy touch. Ranch salad dressing and bang bang shrimp sauce is great too.

How do you dress up a chicken burger?

There are TONS of things you can put on top. To start with you need a great bun. It is so worth it to spend a few cents more to get some from the bakery section like you see here.

1. Sliced tomatoes
2. Leaves of lettuce
3. Pickle slices
4. Onions
5. A bun is good

Another winner of a dinner is to cook air fryer frozen chicken breasts. Those are great too. Straight out of the bag and perfectly moist in minutes, we use these often. I like a bunch of things on top of this and with air fryer homemade chicken nuggets so they aren’t dry. Ketchup isn’t all you can dress a chicken burger up with for sure. My favorites are:

Yes, we’re here to show you how to do that here. Similar to air fryer frozen chicken tenders they come out with tender meat inside but a crunchy outer layer you’ll love. Our favorite way to make them.

That is the brand we used here and are most commonly found in stores. Just 14 minutes total will create the best texture on the outside with warm meat inside. Dress with mayo on buns and OH Wow!