Tons of breaded air fryer fish recipes and more with no breading at all. Healthy and crispy dinner options your whole family will love night after night. All different kids of air fryer fish ideas you could ever imagine.
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- Ninja Foodi Fish Recipes
- Healthy Air Fryer Fish Recipes
- Ninja Air Fryer Fish Recipes
- How to Cook Breaded Fish in an Air Fryer
- Recipes without Breading
- How do you make fish crispy in air fryer?
- Recipes with Frozen Fish in Air Fryer
- What types of fish can be cooked in an Air Fryer?
- Breaded Fish Recipes
- Other air fryer recipes you’ll love
Cooking fresh or even frozen fish in your Air Fryer doesn’t have to be hard. These simple fish Air Fryer Recipes will show you just how simple it can be! Then move on to make even more easy air fryer recipes and you’ll be a pro in no time.
Ninja Foodi Fish Recipes
I have all the things here. We love easy things like air fryer tuna melt sandwiches, and extras like how to make white sauce for fish tacos so you can serve them up every single week. Seriously we could make air fryer fish every day of the week!! Here we will share how to cook cod, tilapia, salmon, shrimp tacos and more.
You see I was born in Hawaii so needless to say I ate it a lot as a really young child. It was just normal and I thought everyone else loved things out of the sea too. Not always the case but when you love it you are obsessed like us. Now that I found the best method ever to keep it fork tender but with a little crisp I’m here to share with y’all.
Tips: My Favorite models are the Cosori or making Ninja Foodi recipes with the lid that is attached.
It is best practice to put food into a hot basket. This is how to preheat air fryer first before adding your food so it becomes as crispy as possible. For best results, here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.
Healthy Air Fryer Fish Recipes
There’s just something about a delicious piece of perfectly cooked fish that has me coming back for seconds over and over again. Whether you make it for dinner or an an appetizer, like how to cook calamari perfectly, you’ll soon be addicted.
You can make them dipped in an egg mixture, then in bread crumbs before laying them into the air fryer basket. We did actually figure out how to coat with a wet batter recently though. Now beer battered fish in air fryer is here.
OR just brush on olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper like our air fryer tuna steak. Either way all these air fry fish recipes are great. We do the same thing when we buy one that hasn’t been filleted at all too. If you haven’t tried an air fryer whole fish yet it is pretty amazing.
Ninja Air Fryer Fish Recipes
Traditionally battered fish with let’s say tempura batter will not work in a machine such as this. It needs to be a dry version as you see above here.
Instead you can brush with egg and press into breadcrumbs like we did with our Cod Fish Cakes. Those were pulsed and made into patties but you can bread fillets as well the same way.
- First decide which way you want to go and have some olive oil cooking spray nearby, that will be handy to get it SUPER crunchy on the outside.
- Then print out this free air fryer cook times chart so you can rest easy knowing that it’s going to be cooked to perfection.
Yes you can make oven fried fish that is lower in fat too, but air fryer fish and chips is a lot faster.
How to Cook Breaded Fish in an Air Fryer
Before jumping right into the delicious Air Fryer Fish recipes, it’s time to dig a little bit deeper into what an air fryer is and does. You can of course just pop it in there with a bit of olive oil and seasonings as is. If you want it extra crispy you can dip in a whisked egg and then press into breadcrumbs or Panko. Takes the same amount of time either way.
Besides being one the of best kitchen appliances ever, an air fryer is something that every kitchen needs.
- There are quite a few models, I have 4 of them.
- Our Ninja Foodi has an added pressure cooker function to it
- The Ninja Foodi Grill can grill foods in it as well as air fry everything
- This electric air fryer from Cosori is used weekly
Below is our large air fryer that’s great for larger families with multiple racks
Recipes without Breading
You would want to leave it with no breading if you wanted less calories. Why do I love using these kitchen appliances so much? OMG does everything just turn out so good.
It quickly cook your food by circulating hot air around without the need of any oil. So instead of deep frying and submerging into fat laden oil you can just spritz your air fryer crab cakes and they’ll become just as crispy. Every awesome recipe comes out crispy and perfectly cooked each and every time
Fish flakes easily with a fork and is tender on the inside with the crunchy outsides I love. You don’t even need much breading like our air fryer catfish. Leave “naked” for low carb keto diets, you can do it all, check out how to cook sockeye salmon for them all. Most recipes only take 8-10 minutes total!
Do you need any more reasons than that? If you’re looking for the perfect Air Fryer to buy, here’s the one that we have and love!
How do you make fish crispy in air fryer?
If you want a crispier outside layer the best way to do this is with a bit of olive oil spray. It doesnt matter what type of fillet you are cooking whether it be salmon or our air fryer walleye with breadcrumbs but in the last minute once the middle is cooked, spray the top and it will get more golden brown.
Recipes with Frozen Fish in Air Fryer
You can totally cook air fryer frozen fish. Give our frozen tilapia air fryer recipe a whirl and you’ll see just how great it actually turns out. You can’t really bread it rock hard but you can season the outside well like our air fryer frozen shrimp. Pop them right inside your basket and they will get tender in no time
What types of fish can be cooked in an Air Fryer?
We have shared lots of shrimp ideas like this air fryer bang bang shrimp, tender air fryer scallops and my husband even loves a few air fryer oysters recipe when we are craving seafood. You can really cook all types of frozen foods in this thing right out of the package like our frozen air fryer crab cakes and more.
I would probably start with our air fryer salmon recipe! With a sweet and salty dry rub similar to our smoked salmon, it’s sure to get thumbs up from everyone. Typically I will choose side dishes like air fryer hushpuppies that are great with any of these choices
While I feel like so many people tend to focus on cooking chicken, beef, and pork, what about all the amazing fish fillets and meals out there just waiting to be cooked? These simple recipes are great to have on hand to change up your weekly meal plan! Many of these can be found on our low carb air fryer recipes list too.
Breaded Fish Recipes
Ok so we do love a little bit of coating on the outside of our air fryer calamari, a fun appetizer or side dish too. If you’d rather use low carb Panko breadcrumbs that is a great option vs. Italian because it is gluten free and has a lighter crunch to make air fryer fish tacos.
For an added kick of spicy try this Cajun Crispy Golden Air Fryer Fish. I just can’t describe the “crunch” in enough detail. You have to try it. Want something that will blow them out of the water?? Use taco seasoning (you heard that right) in with your breadcrumbs to make air fryer fried shrimp tonight. Dip them in some tartar sauce and voila!
Now if you want a quick snack, or your kids just love finger foods, make air fryer fish sticks some day. They’re WAY better than in the oven because it’s a FAST way to make them really crispy and crunchy. Same goes for Air Fryer Fish and Chips. Who doesn’t love the classic dish?
And if those benefits aren’t enough, trust in your taste buds to show you the way. Cook up one or two (or all 15!) of these delicious air fryer fish recipes and see which one you like best! Truth be told, you may not be able to choose! Then try our Instant Pot fish recipes and you’ll be set for the month!
Other air fryer recipes you’ll love
See? What did I tell you! There are so many great air fryer fish recipes that you have to give them all a try. But don’t stop there… If you’re on the hunt for other pressure cooker fish recipes you can try these too
- Try these 2 ingredient Air fryer bagels
- For a low carb option, make these Air fryer breakfast stuffed peppers
- Our Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls and sticky buns are to die for
When it comes to using your air fryer, you’ll find out that you love the ease of use. And the other great part? Cleanup is a breeze as well. Even if you use a little bit of oil, it’s still hardly anything to have to worry about cleaning up. Some toaster ovens are now including an air fry function!
I’ve never thought about putting these in the air fryer. Genius lunch idea!
I haven’t had fish and chips in so long! This worked great!