Pulse the Cheetos so they are mealy, see the photo above.The crumb also helps keep the chicken moist during cooking!.Chicken, liquid mixture, crumb coating then into the basket. Creating a dipping station in the order you are coating them with the air fryer basket at the end makes for easy assembly.

(No one wants just plain chicken with all the crispy coating lying next to the chicken.

Making a lemon, olive oil and herb mixture to put on the chicken before the Cheetos makes it so the crumbs stick better.

The best way to get even cooking is to have the chicken cut to the same thickness and similar size.

I like using a skinless chicken breast, or chicken tenders.

Step By Step Process to Make Cheeto Flaming Chicken

Mixture to Coat Chicken Before Cheeto Crunch.

Then repeat until you have some dust and some still bigger crunchier pieces. To pulse it you will turn it on for 1-2 seconds then turn it off. Using a food processor worked the easiest but you must pulse it. Since the goal is to have a fried like crunch I tried doing less and less processing until getting just the right crunch after baking. While the spicy hot flavor is still delicious no matter how fine the powder is to get it super crunchy you want to leave some bigger pieces in the cheetle. Over-processing gives a dust that although it tastes great, it doesn’t get very crispy. Through dozens of times making this the less it was ground up the better. The trick to getting super crunchy coating with the flaming hot Cheetos is to not over grind it. The rumors are they are going to start selling it, although it’s super easy to ground up in this recipe to make your own! The Trick to Successful Cheeto Coating It sent me on a mission to make a Cheeto coated chicken in the air fryer because well, how delicious does that sound? A crunchy chicken tender, nugget or even chicken wings slathered in a crunchy bright red coating made of flaming hot Cheetos!Īnd to have it be a little healthier - that’s a win in my book~~ Flaming Hot Cheetos Cheetleīy the way, Cheetos has recently given a real name to the Cheetos dust and they have called it Cheetle. I was also told KFC had a Cheetos chicken sandwich that she had always wanted to try. My favorite 10-year-old was schooling me on how great Flaming Hot Cheetos were and how everyone always knew she had been eating them with the bright red fingers leftover from the Cheetos dust. You can even make them ahead of time and just warm them up as you need them! This air fryer chicken is perfect for entertaining for parties because you can make them fresh as your guests want more of them.

This Cheetos chicken recipe delivers in all the good ways… full of flavor, juicy chicken with a crispy outside and a great conversation piece!

With the Superbowl coming up I’ve been working on healthy air fryer recipes that are both filling and taste great. Flamin Hot Cheetos Chicken is such a fun appetizer for game day! Every time I make this recipe it’s the talk of the party! So crispy, full of flavor and people licking their fingers to get every last delicious bite of the Cheetos dust! It can be our secret we made it in the air fryer so its a healthier option!

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