I stole this recipe for Air Fried Breaded Broccoli from forktospoon.com. This air fryer recipe is perfect for a side dish or an appetizer. In a bowl eggs and lemon juice are whisked together. Then bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese are mixed in another bowl. Broccoli florets are dipped in the egg mixture and then in the breadcrumbs. The breaded broccoli are placed in the basket of the air fryer and cooked for ten minutes, flipping once. These tasty breaded broccoli florets are a good reason to not pass on the broccoli.

The ingredients for this recipe are: 2 cups broccoli florets, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 2 eggs, ½ cup Italian bread crumbs, 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese, olive oil non-stick spray

Chop the broccoli heads into florets.

In one bowl, mix the eggs and lemon juice, mix well, until frothy. Then in another bowl mix together the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.

Dip the broccoli into the egg mixture, shake off excess.

Then dip into breadcrumb mixture, shaking off excess.

Place the broccoli in sprayed air-fryer basket. Generously spray the breaded broccoli with olive oil spray.

Set air fryer to 340 F. Cook for 5 minutes, flip and spray again then cook for 5 minutes more. Move cooked broccoli to a parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat until all broccoli pieces are cooked.

Keep warm in oven if needed or plate and serve once all of the broccoli is cooked.

If you liked this recipe for Air Fried Breaded Broccoli you can other breaded vegetable recipes like Yummy Zucchini Fritters, Breaded Baked Mushrooms, Shake & Bake Cauliflower, Baked Parmesan Asparagus Fries or you can try other air-fryer recipes like Air Fryer Crab Rangoon, Air Fryer Apple Pie Egg Rolls or Crispy Air Fryer Shrimp.

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Air Fried Breaded Broccoli

This air fryer recipe is perfect for a side dish or an appetizer. In a bowl eggs and lemon juice are whisked together. Then bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese are mixed in another bowl. Broccoli florets are dipped in the egg mixture and then in the breadcrumbs. The breaded broccoli are placed in the basket of the air fryer and cooked for ten minutes, flipping once.

Course Appetizer, Vegetable

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup Italian bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese grated
• Olive oil non-stick spray

Instructions

1. In one bowl, mix the eggs and lemon juice, mix well, until frothy.
2. Then in another bowl mix together the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.
3. Dip the broccoli into the egg mixture, shake off excess.
4. Then dip into breadcrumb mixture, shaking off excess.
5. Place in sprayed air-fryer basket.
6. Generously spray the breaded broccoli with olive oil spray.
7. Set air fryer to 340 F. Cook for 5 minutes, flip and spray again then cook for 5 minutes more.
8. Plate and serve.