This is how to make Air fryer tacos with shredded pork, ground beef, chicken, shrimp or air fryer fish tacos are here. A healthy dinner made fresh in Ninja Foodi or Cosori, or make with leftover meat for a cheap meal.

Is your mouth drooling thinking of all the ways you could make air fryer tacos y'all?? We know mine did when the idea popped into our head. Best way to use leftovers from the night before, or make fresh with any protein you want. One of our easy air fryer recipes you must try like tonight.

Ninja Foodi Tacos

You can use any brand you might have at home. We have a few because we're a little nutty, and we like to ensure all types cook the same. They do so no worries. The biggest difference is the size and shape of the basket, and this one you will need to use the lid that is attached to crisp.

If you don't have leftovers you can easily cook up some air fryer ground beef or even frozen fish in air fryer works great. Then divide up into your “blanket” with all your other goodies and crisp away our friends. It's that simple. Kinda' like those fried Jack and the Box tacos you love, but way healthier.

Tips: My Favorite models are the Cosori or making Ninja Foodi recipes with the lid that is attached.

It is best practice to put food into a hot basket. This is how to preheat air fryer first before adding your food so it becomes as crispy as possible. For best results, here's a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.

A close-up photo of a hand pulling out the basket of an open air fryer on a light-colored surface. The interior of the air fryer basket is empty and features a mesh design, solid for cooking your favorite dishes like bang bang shrimp. The edge of the air fryer has a latch mechanism for securing the basket.

Pick Your Protein

For a fast meal you could use leftover chicken breasts after pressure cooking the night before works great. If you made slow cooker taco meat the night before you could use that. Choose to leave protein out if you wanted air fryer vegetarian tacos of course. We love using Instant Pot Hawaiian pulled pork for a bit of sweetness

Shrimp Tacos

Pick your protein our friends. We have tried them all and there isn't one that isn't good. My family prefers seafood whenever we can get it so often times we will air fry bang bang shrimp with some diced onions and use those babies first to make Air Fryer Shrimp Tacos. We have even cooked up air fryer frozen shrimp in a pinch.

Chicken Tacos

You could easily buy a rotisserie at the store and dice that up. Use fresh and throw in like our air fryer teriyaki chicken. Skip the sauce if you want but use the same timing and temp to get it cooked thru. If you batch cook a bunch of shredded chicken this is a great way to use that up after it's defrosted and warmed.

Ground beef of course is a given and easy to brown up real quick. It's the first thing we think about when we're coming up with a leftover taco meat recipe.

Ingredient notes

You could make a batch of shells in the air fryer taco shells ahead of time if you wanted to go all out. Use a can of drained and rinsed black beans We love a lot a lot a cheese for sure. Add some texture and flavor with corn kernels. Any sort of salsa or taco seasoning adds flavor

How Long Does it Take to Cook Tacos in Air Fryer?

Not long. Since the insides are already precooked you are warming everything together, melting the cheese and crisping the tortilla or taco shells. About 6 minutes usually does the trick. We have the full recipe instructions below in this post.

How to Make Mini Tacos in Air Fryer

You can use any size tortillas you want, soft taco size at the store is best. They offer corn and flour almost always. The biggest difference in the two is that corn is harder to fold over and will want to fly open so you may need to fasten down in a way with a toothpick if you use those.

If you could find a smaller variety, or wanted to make large ones with burrito size tortillas go for it. Larger means it will likely only fit one where smaller varieties will fit 3-4 at a time. It is best to cook to order in a sense so they stay nice and crispy on the outside when you're ready to enjoy them.

Frozen Mini Tacos in Air Fryer

You need less than 10 minutes to get the meat in the center cooked and tender + crispy corn tortillas to bite into. We are talking here about homemade soft tacos but if you wanted to cook the already made frozen variety we have instructions for those here too below. You just

Preheat air fryer to 400 F degrees
Place frozen tacos in basket in a single layer without overlapping
Cook for a total of 7-8 minutes flipping over halfway thru the timing.

We personally prefer to dip them into the cold toppings at the end and only include warm ingredients we want to get hot inside but that is totally up to you.

Air Fryer Tacos Recipe

By Air fryer tacos with shredded pork, ground beef, chicken or shrimp are here. Healthy dinner or make with leftover meat for a cheap meal in Ninja Foodi or cosori. Prep: 15 minutes minsCook: 6 minutes minsServings: 12 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cup chicken, precooked and shredded
1/2 cup corn, kernels or canned and drained
1/2 cup black beans, canned and drained
1 cup barbecue sauce, or sauce of your choice
12 oz cheese, shredded, more or less
12 regular tortillastaco size, medium
1 spray olive oil, to crisp the outside

Instructions

In a large bowl mix together your cooked and shredded chicken, corn, black beans, 8 oz of your shredded cheese and BBQ sauce.
Once combined divide the chicken filling among the 12 tortillas. Press the filling onto half of each tortilla. Fold the flat side over. Place as many tacos fit in your air fryer basket without overlapping.
Spray the tops of the tacos with a little spray olive oil. Bake in the air fryer at 350 for 6 minutes and check, until golden brown on top. Every air fryer differs so begin checking at 6 minutes. Add chopped cilantro, more cheese, sour cream and red onion inside if desired.Serve