Ninja Foodi roast chicken

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In our home we absolutely love to enjoy a roast dinner. My daughter, 7, is a big fan in particular, and I love the family feel that serving up a tasty roast, and relaxing in front of a film, brings to my family. This Ninja Foodi roast chicken is always a winner!

In this post I’m going to be covering a method using the roast setting on my Ninja Foodi 15 in 1, however, I also have slow cooker whole chicken and air fryer whole chicken recipe posts if you’re looking for those instead.

In just one hour you can be serving up a tender, succulent chicken, and then you can either enjoy it with roast dinner trimmings or you can break it down for family meals, sandwiches or just see how far you can stretch a whole chicken.

The prep time for this recipe is just a few minutes too, and you can use the juices to make a tasty chicken gravy or even add some potatoes and other vegetables to the pot to make a complete meal.

Be sure to check out some of my other Ninja Foodi recipes while you’re here too. Also if you’re serving up a tasty roast dinner then this Ninja Foodi apple crumble is perfect for dessert.

Ingredients for Ninja Foodi roast chicken:

1 whole chicken (Mine was 1.5kg but whatever size you get just make sure it will fit into your Ninja Foodi)

15ml olive oil

4 cloves of garlic

1 teaspoon each of sage, thyme, paprika 

1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper

Method for roasting a chicken in the Ninja Foodi:

Crush your garlic cloves lightly using a knife.

Mix together the sage, thyme, paprika, salt and pepper with the oil.

Use 2/3 of this oil mix to dress the chicken all over.

Reserve 1/3 of the oil mix to use later on in the cooking process.

If you’ve got an *air fryer sling then use it for this recipe for convenience. The sling has to be one of my favourite Ninja Foodi accessories and I use it at least weekly.

Place your chicken in the air fryer basket. I like to go for breast side down.

Use the roast mode to cook at 180C (355F approx) for 35-40 minutes.

Turn the chicken over, baste it with the remaining oil mix and then leave it turned over.

Pop this back in, breast side up, and use the air fryer mode at 180C (355F approx) for 15-20 minutes.

Check that the chicken is not burning close to the end of the cooking time and use a meat thermometer to check the safe internal temperature has been reached also.

Serve and enjoy. 

Want to make Ninja Foodi roast chicken and vegetables?

I love to parboil potatoes, give them a shake and leave them to steam in the colander. Then I’ll cover them with oil, herbs and pop them in the bottom around the Ninja Foodi basket and cook at the same time as I’m roasting the chicken.

Want to cook some other vegetables alongside your chicken? 

Switching to the air fryer setting near the end makes it perfect to cook up some nice vegetables at this time too. I love to make air fryer broccolini, air fryer carrots and parsnips, air fryer green beans or air fryer roasted tomatoes for something a little different.

Does your chicken have stuffing in? 

Cooking times can vary with stuffed birds, so you may want to cover the skin towards the end of the cooking time, as it may be a little thinner from the stuffing.

Should you put a roast chicken breast up or down?

I like to cook it breast down, and then flip it over near the end. That way the juices are back in the breast well for the serving and this makes for a succulent and tender chicken.

What position should the pressure release vale be in?

I always have it in the vent position unless I am using the Ninja Foodi pressure cooker setting. It is normal for steam to be released from this from time to time.

Looking to make a chicken gravy with the juices?

There isn’t as much juice from this chicken as some of my other whole chicken recipes, but you can definitely still use it to make the start of a chicken gravy.

Add two tablespoons of the juices to a pan, then two tablespoons of plain flour. Stir continually while cooking for 1-2 minutes.

Crumble in a chicken stock cube.

Add the rest of the juices, topping up with water as required, then simmer until you’ve got a chicken gravy to the consistency you want

If you’re making a roast dinner be sure to check out some of my favourite roast dinner posts:

• Air fryer stuffing balls
• Sage and onion stuffing (not in the air fryer)
• Air fryer frozen yorkshire puddings
• Rosemary and garlic roast potatoes
• OXO roast potatoes
• Marmite roast potatoes
• Air fryer diced potatoes
• Hasselback potatoes in the air fryer
• 5 tips for crispy roast potatoes
• Onion gravy
• Beef gravy (with juices)

Looking for an alternative seasoning for your chicken?

I’ve got a ton of homemade seasoning blends I love to use including fajita seasoning, peri peri seasoning, cajun seasoning or my Mexican spice blend all add lots of flavour and go great alongside air fryer chips and air fryer corn on the cob for a simple dinner.

How to make a roast chicken in your Ninja Foodi:

Note: All calorie information is for demonstration purposes only and is based on the specific uncooked ingredients that I used when creating the recipe.

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