Our air fryer fish is coated with seasoned breadcrumbs with chili powder and garlic salt, and it looks as good as traditionally fried fish filets with less fat and more flavor! Done in 30 minutes!
“Such an easy weeknight recipe when everything feels hectic but you want real homemade food. Awesome.”
What You’ll Need
- Fish filets: This will work with any white fish, such as cod or catfish, but I prefer tilapia because it’s easy to add flavor and easy to find!
- Spray oil: I prefer avocado oil
- Chili powder: For a bit of kick!
- Garlic salt
- Pepper
- Breadcrumbs: Easy to make if you don’t have any on hand.
How to Make It
- Dry the fish filets with a paper towel.
- Spray the filets with a spritz of oil before seasoning and set aside.
- Mix seasonings in a small bowl.
- Add breadcrumbs and seasonings to a ziplock bag.
- Put one filet into a ziplock bag at a time and gently press the breadcrumb mixture into the fish. Repeat for each filet.
- Cook filets at 400°F or 200°C for 10-12 minutes, flipping halfway. Serve and enjoy!
More Air Fryer Recipes
If you are having trouble figuring out which one to try next, we suggest: Air Fryer Carrots, Air Fryer Steak, Mexican Corn on the Cob in the Air Fryer, Air Fryer Pork Chops and Air Fryer Broccoli
FAQs
Absolutely! The most important step is to leave space between your filets because air fryers work by circulating hot air to cook quickly and evenly.
Yep! They just need to be thawed first.
Overnight in the fridge…or if you forgot to thaw your filets overnight, place them in a ziplock bag before submerging them in a cold water bath in a bowl or plugged sink.
Change the water every half an hour to keep the fish thawing but safe and cold.
I don’t recommend thawing fish in a microwave because the sporadic heat can either partially cook thinner sections of the fish or cause the fish to be rubbery.
Air Fryer Fish
Equipment
- Small bowl
- Ziplock bag
Ingredients
- 4 Tilapia filets
- Spray oil
- 1 tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp garlic salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Spray the fish filets lightly oil and set them aside.
- Combine the spices in small bowl.
- Put the breadcrumbs in a ziplock bag. Add spices to the bag and shake well to combine.
- Place fish filet into bag and gently press the breadcrumb mixture into the fish. Make sure all sides are coated. Repeat for each filet.
- Cook filets for 10-12 minutes at 400°F or 200°C in the air fryer basket. Flip filets halfway through cooking.
Notes
Nutrition Information
I’ve been looking for an air fryer fish recipe. We got some fish fillets and Adli and wanted to cook them in our air fryer. This made the fish so delicious. Thanks for an easy to follow recipe!
Hi Karen, thanks for coming back and leaving a comment after you tried the air fryer fish recipe!! So glad you loved it and we love Aldi too!
OMG that breading on the fish looks incredible! I can’t wait to try out this recipe soon!
Please come back and let me know how it turned out for you!
Such an easy weeknight recipe when everything feels hectic but you want real homemade food. Awesome.
Thanks so much Jen, glad you liked our Air Fryer Fish as a weeknight meal!
The fish looks crunchy and delicious. Bonus, Less oil! Yay!
Yes, bonus with less oil!
This fish looks so delicious and so simple to make in the air fryer! Saving for next week meal plan.
Enjoy, please come back and let us know how you liked it!
All these recipes are making me want to buy an air fryer!! This looks so good, I will keep my eye out for a sale on air fryers 😉
There are always a good deal happening on amazon or khols!
Made this last night. We used catfish . Was skeptical because my husband has always fried our fish. We both loved it. Definitely will do again. Next time i will cut the chili powder in half. Just a little spicy , but loved the texture and crispness!
Hi Dawn! Catfish is a GREAT choice! Thank you for coming back and letting us know that air fryer fish recipe works well for catfish! So glad the texture and crispness was on point! Yes, play with the amount of chili powder so it fits your taste buds! Enjoy!!
This is a great all around recipe for air fryer fish. I used it several times. The latest time I made it using cod. So easy but yet so good.
Thank you so much! So glad that you’ve made it several times and used different fish!
I made this with cod and it turned out great! I liked the breading.
Thanks for coming back and letting us know it turned out well and that you used cod! So glad you liked this air fryer fish!
I love that this recipe is simple enough to use with many kinds of fish! My favorite for this recipe is tilapia.
Hi Joan! I am so glad you loved our air fryer fish recipe!
It was your beautiful pictures that drew me in. Thanks for showing me how to do this. I really liked it. I am so glad I tried it.
Hi Sarah, thank you for the compliment on the pictures, so glad you liked our air fryer fish!
This was my first ever air fryer recipe and it was awesome! I usually over-over-over cook fish but this was juicy but still flaky, if that makes sense. The only thing I did was add a bit of cayenne because I like a little spice. Thank you so much for the great recipe 😊
Yay for the first recipe you tried! So glad you liked it!!
I was searching for a Air fryer fish recipes today and I found yours. I made this for lunch and it was really good
Hello josh and welcome to the page! So glad you found the recipe, made it and liked it! Thanks even more for coming back and letting me know!
I used cod for this recipe and it turned out great. Thank you
Fantastic Ben, so glad you liked it and thanks for letting us know it worked with Cod!
So delicious and so easy I used cod with this recipe.
So glad you liked it, thank you for coming back and leaving a review and comment!