These easy air fryer meals are perfect for nights you need a well-rounded, healthy meal in a flash. You’ll save time, money, and calories with these delicious air fried dinner recipes!
Air Fryer Meals
These easy air fryer meals will be a game-changer on busy weeknights or lazy weekends! These dinner recipes have your protein and vegetables for filling, quick meals that the whole family will love. Each recipe is quicker than its oven counterparts, uses less oil than traditionally fried foods, and can help save you money. Enjoy crispy edges, juicy meat, tender veggies, and full bellies in no time!
How to use the air fryer to make an easy dinner
In the list below, I’ve gathered our favorite air fryer meals that include both protein and veggies. You don’t need a side dish, but you can always add some keto biscuits, rolls, or chaffles if you’re missing bread.
If you have a dual air fryer, you can easily cook your proteins and veggies with different temperatures and different cooking times. Here’s a great list of easy air fryer vegetables, all perfect for adding to meal prepped proteins or leftovers for simple, inexpensive meals! If you need something easy to stock the freezer for busy weeks, check out this list of the best air fryer frozen foods.
Easy proteins you can make in the air fryer:
- Chicken wings, thighs, drumsticks, breasts (or turkey breast), nuggets, or tenders
- Salmon, shrimp, breaded fish, or crab cakes
- Pork chops, pork tenderloin, Italian sausage
- Steak, burgers, steak tips, or meatballs
Tons of these great meats and proteins can be cooked ahead of time, then used later for a super convenient dinner! Many can be frozen, so you can easily fill the freezer with tons of healthy, delicious recipes ahead of busy weeks, new births, and hectic days.
More great recipe roundups:
- Easy School Lunch Ideas
- Keto Chicken Meal Prep Recipes (or beef)
- The Best Keto Air Fryer Recipes
- Easy One-Pan Family Dinners
Easy Air Fryer Meals
These easy air fryer meals will be a game-changer on busy weeknights or lazy weekends! These dinner recipes have your protein and vegetables for filling, quick meals that the whole family will love.
Each recipe is quicker than its oven counterparts, uses less oil than traditionally fried foods, and can help save you money. Enjoy crispy edges, juicy meat, tender veggies, and full bellies in no time!
This Asian Pork Tenderloin with Air Fryer Vegetables is the perfect 15 minute meal! This weeknight dinner recipe is healthy, low carb and gluten free!
This easy Air Fryer Sausage and Veggies recipe only requires 5 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time. Even better, it is low-carb and keto friendly with less than 6 net carbs per serving! It is a perfect quick and easy meal for one of those long, busy weekdays!
Try these Keto Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats packed with tangy buffalo sauce, chicken and cheese! These zucchini boats are cooked in either an air fryer or oven for a delicious low carb meal!
Try these Keto Asian Steak Rolls for a delicious dinner tonight! This colorful dish can be an entrée, a side dish, or a fun appetizer for under 3 net carbs for 4 rolls! This recipe is similar but with a different flavor profile.
Enjoy a simple, low-carb meal in less than 20 minutes with this easy Air Fryer Chicken and Mushrooms! The amazing garlic butter sauce ensures every piece is super juicy.
Chicken Alfredo Zucchini Boats are an easy weeknight meal! Stuffed zucchini boats filled with chicken, alfredo and cheese. This low carbohydrate, high protein meal will leave you feeling satisfied!
This Air Fryer Mushroom recipe features tender mushrooms loaded with Italian sausage, marinara, and cheese! Each serving is a great low carb lunch or appetizer under 3 net carbs!
These easy Air Fryer Fish Tacos are ready in 20 minutes! Cooking frozen fish in the air fryer gives you perfectly crispy tacos with barely any work at all!
This easy Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Chicken is the perfect weeknight dinner! Healthy, ready in 15 minutes, and full of bright, lemon flavor.
This healthy, low carb meal is cooked completely in the Air Fryer and is ready in under ten minutes!
Air Fryer Green Beans and Smoked Sausage is the ultimate 10 minute meal! This low carb dinner has only 6 net carbs per serving and is great for keto meal prep!
This Air Fryer Pizza requires just 7 minutes of cooking time! You can make your favorite pizza with a crispy, crunchy crust right in your air fryer! This is the perfect weeknight pizza recipe.
Enjoy crispy, easy Air Fryer Fish and Chips in just 15 minutes! Cooking frozen fries and frozen fish in the air fryer makes for an easy weeknight meal.
You only need five basic ingredients for these flavor-packed Air Fryer Pizza Zucchini Boats! Never miss a pizza night with this keto zucchini boat (only 2 net carbs apiece)!
These crispy Cauliflower Tacos are so simple to make and require just a few basic ingredients! Vegetarian tacos with Avocado Crema is the perfect healthy meal!
These Shrimp Tacos with Slaw are made in the air fryer and require just 10 minutes of work! This easy taco recipe is the perfect healthy, quick dinner!
These Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas are ready in just 10 minutes! These flavorful fajitas feature juicy chicken and perfectly cooked peppers and onions!