Air Fryer Cheese Curds - Healthy Food Deals

We recently came back from a 2 week trip to Wisconsin, land of the cheese curds.  We ordered them, deep fried, of course, where ever we could!  We brought some home and had to try them in the air fryer!  So yummy! AND we saved a few calories this way! 

Air Fryer Cheese Curds
adapted from https://airfried.com/

1 cup all-purpose flour
dash salt
3 large eggs

1/2 t Worcestershire sauce
2 cups bread crumbs
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon  paprika
8 ounces cheese curds
Oil spray


Place cheese curds in the freezer for 15-30 minutes.  

Put the flour and salt in a shallow dish.

Place the eggs and Worcestershire sauce in a second shallow dish and whisk well until smooth.

Add the bread crumbs, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika to a third shallow dish and whisk to combine.

Preheat air fryer to 350 degrees.

While the air fryer is preheating, dip each cheese curd first into the flour, then egg, and then the breadcrumbs. Now, re dip into the egg and then bread crumbs again.  

Place the breaded cheese curds onto a baking sheet and spritz with oil spray. Spritz the air fryer basket with oil spray.

Arrange the cheese curds in a single layer in the air fryer basket.  Air fry for 4-6 minutes, checking around the 4 minute mark and watching every 1 minute after.

Cheese curds should be golden brown and crispy on the outside and the cheese should be melty.   We kept the cheese curds in a 200 degree oven until all batches were done.