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Air-Fryer Crispy Turkey Cutlets

Airfried turkey cutlets on a cooling rack.
Photo by Eric Medsker

Breaded turkey cutlets are one of our go-to weeknight dinners from an air fryer. Super tasty and satisfying—although they always seem like a much fancier meal.

Our simple technique in this recipe can actually be tweaked in lots of ways to make other crispy turkey cutlets. Skip the stuffing mix entirely and use Italian-seasoned dried breadcrumbs (don’t grind them). Or corn flake crumbs (again, don’t grind them). Or grind Ritz crackers, Town House crackers, Wheat Thins, or bagel chips to make a crunchy coating for the meat.

This recipe was excerpted from 'The Look and Cook Air Fryer Bible' by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. Buy the full book on Amazon.

What you’ll need

Cooks' Note

Easily up the flavors of these cutlets by using an olive oil spray or even a garlic-flavored spray. Or up the flavors by adding more dried spices to the stuffing mix: up to 2 teaspoons dried basil, 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes, 1 teaspoon ground sage, and/or 1 teaspoon dried parsley.

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