Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken (Instant Omni)
One of the key features of the Instant Omni air fryer is the rotisserie spit, so one of the first things I made in it was air fryer rotisserie chicken. This Instant Omni rotisserie chicken can also be made in the Instant Vortex or in any air fryer or convection oven simply by putting the chicken in the basket or tray and turning it part way though cooking. If you have a Power air fryer you can make this in that too as it also has a rotisserie.
If you want to learn more about the Omni, see my full Instant Omni review! I have also made air fryer rotisserie chicken in the Vortex using a buttermilk chicken recipe. You can also use that recipe in the Omni as well. See that here: Instant Vortex Rotisserie Chicken.
This recipe is keto, paleo, Whole30, and low carb friendly!
Instant Omni Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken
The nice thing about air fried whole chicken is that it gets a really nice crispy skin, while staying juicy. While stores will often sell a premade rotisserie chicken for less than you can make it yourself (Costco actually loses a ton of money on their chicken), making your own often tastes much better!
Instant Omni Rotisserie Chicken Tips
Making chicken in the Instant Pot Omni is pretty easy. But there are a few things that you should keep in mind.
(1) Keep the weight to under 4 pounds. Yes, people have put larger chickens on the Omni rotisserie, and a larger bird will fit in there, but 4 lbs is the listed weight limit. This is especially critical if you are making this recipe in the Instant Vortex instead because there have been multiple reports of users breaking their Vortex rotisserie by overloading it.
(2) Truss up your chicken! Tie the legs together and tie the wings tight to the body. Or cut off the wings and save them for something else. You don’t want your chicken flopping around when it is rotating on the spit.
This helps keep the parts that stick out more, like the wings, from burning, and it keeps your chicken from falling apart when it is fully cooked.
(3) Spray the chicken with oil and use a fair amount of salt for the crispiest skin. You will see that most air fryer rotisserie chicken recipes use a fair amount of salt for this reason. But if you are cutting salt from your diet, it isn’t 100% required. You can still make a tasty chicken.
(4) If your chicken starts getting too dark but is not yet to the necessary internal temperature, turn down the heat a bit. Just turning it down 20 degrees will keep it from getting too dark. With that said, I like mine to get very dark. It is extra crispy that way!
(5) Use a meat thermometer to measure when the chicken is fully cooked. The right internal temperature is 165 degrees (75° Celsius) . Measure at the thickest part of the thigh and do not touch bone. The juices should be running clear instead of pink when it is fully cooked.
Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken Recipe
I started out with a chicken that was a bit under 4 pounds. I tied it up well and inserted the Omni rotisserie spit. Then I mixed up a rub. You can use whatever rub you like. In my case I grabbed some favorite spices and just mixed them together. I used a fair amount of Thyme since that always goes well with chicken.
Spray the chicken with a bit of oil (I used avocado oil) and pat on the rub. It is then ready to into the air fryer or your rotisserie oven.
I air fried my chicken at 380 for a bit over an hour and ten minutes. You can use either the roast or air fry setting. I turned the heat down to 360 for the last ten minutes or so to lessen the browning a bit. Your chicken is done when it reaches 165 degrees internal temperature. Generally though a 4 pound chicken will take around an hour give or take ten minutes or so.
Let the chicken rest for about 10 minutes after removing it from the oven. It is OK to take it out at about 160 temperature if resting it because it will keep cooking as it rests. Simply put a foil tent over it. Resting the chicken helps it to retain its juices.
Serving Rotisserie Chicken
I served my rotisserie chicken with some baby potatoes and a vegetable mix. It also goes well with air fried vegetables, Instant Pot Corn, or Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto.
Other good items to pair with roast chicken are cold dishes such as potato salads, vegetable salads, and pasta salads. For example this tuna macaroni salad would go well with the chicken. You could also use leftovers to make this salad and substitute chicken for the tuna.
Reheating Rotisserie Chicken
Can you reheat rotisserie chicken in an air fryer? Yes! You can use the Instant Omni reheat function or in any air fryer, set it to 350 on air fry or roast and cook on a tray for about 4 to five minutes. It makes serving left overs super easy!
And, speaking of leftovers, I love to use leftover chicken in soups, stews, and casseroles. For example, this matzo ball soup recipe would be great with leftover rotisserie chicken added to it.
Here are also a couple of Instant Pot recipes for you that use rotisserie chicken:
Instant Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
Instant Pot Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
More Air Fryer Chicken Recipes
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Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken (Instant Omni)
This Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken recipe is a great way to use the Instant Omni, Instant Vortex, or Power air fryer rotisserie spit. Can also be adapted for other fryers. It is a healthy way to make a whole chicken!
Ingredients
- Whole chicken
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 T of oil of choice such as Olive oil or Avocado oil (I use an avocado oil spray)
- 1 T dried thyme
- 1 t Italian seasoning
- 2 t garlic powder
- 2 t onion powder
- 1 t paprika
Instructions
- Wash and truss the chicken, tying the legs, wings, and thighs.
- Insert the chicken onto the rotisserie spit. If using a standard air fryer skip this step.
- In a small bowl combine the thyme, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika.
- Spray or rub the chicken with oil and salt and pepper it to taste.
- Rub the seasoning mix onto the chicken.
- Insert the chicken into the air fryer.
- Air fry or roast at 380 for one hour or until the the chicken reaches 160-165 degrees internal temperature.
- Remove the chicken and let it rest under a foil tent for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the spit and enjoy!
Notes
If using a standard air fryer, simply use your basket or tray and turn the chicken half way through cooking.
If the chicken starts getting to browned, turn the heat down at the end by 10-20 degrees.
For the Omni and Vortex, make sure that the chicken is under four pounds.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 495Total Fat: 34gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 25gCholesterol: 132mgSodium: 271mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 1gSugar: 0gProtein: 41g
Chicken looks awesome! I am looking at the IP Omni Plus but cannot find any info on what size chicken can be rotisseried. Thank you for this article. If you have info on the size of chicken that can be done, please advise.
Both the Omni and Vortex lines limit the rotisserie to 4 lbs. But you can do a larger chicken on the trays.
This sounds great. We just got an Omni Plus and one thing we can’t wait to make is rotisserie chicken! That being said, how do you keep the bottom elements from getting totally dirty??? We’ve only used ours twice (for French fries) and already had to clean up a mess. 🙁 I feel like a rotisserie chicken will be so much to clean!
The downside to the Omni is definitely difficulty with cleaning. When I made chicken in it I cleaned immediately after while the chicken was resting because it is easier to do when still warm. But be careful not to burn yourself doing it that way! I tend to use my Vortex for chicken the most because it is easier to clean.
One other thing you can do is use the black tray as a drip tray. The lower elements are not used when air frying, so you can protect them from drips with that tray.
When roasting my convection comes on . Is this normal.
Yes, that is normal. Roast and Air Fry are basically the same except that they have different preset starting temperatures.
My instant omni plus has a max of 45 mins on the airfry setting. Is there a trick to getting it longer or just reset the timer after the 45 mins is up?
Interesting! Mine does not time out at that! They must have changed something. Yes, I would just reset the timer.
I have what I believe is the newest version of the Instant Omni Plus 10 in 1. I had the earlier version around Christmas and returned it because I was disappointed. I already have the large Vortex oven, and it just wasn’t enough of an upgrade to keep and use the extra space it required. I tried baking a two layer cake, which I was able to do in a large combo microwave and convection oven – air fryer that I was sent to review, and did manage to “mickey-mouse” a way to stack two cake pans, but my equal cake test turned out much better in the other oven, although the Omni was a lot taller on the outside. I tried to do toast, and even using the Toast program, it would not toast at all on the second side. Since I paid for the Omni and got the other one free, I returned the Omni for credit. But then, I got this new version of the Omni to review, and although I can’t find much about it anywhere, I do like it a lot better than the one I returned. It is the version with the large control knob in the center above the door. That’s all you see until you press it, when the other controls appear. You press on the program you want, the programmed temperature and time light up, and if you press on either, you can raise or lower it by turning the knob right to raise and left to lower. The interior seems more open and spacious than the one I returned, and the “Toast” program does work, although the toast was not evenly brown on both sides. There is a level at which you are supposed to put the rack for the various programs, but I believe for more even toast, you would essentially need to be able to place the rack pretty much exactly in the center between the top and bottom elements. But it wasn’t uneven enough to be a deal breaker, anyway. If I could get a second rack I might even be able to bake two 8 inch cake layers successfully with a bit of juggling, but of course Instant Pot appears to almost insist on a company policy of not making extra racks and pans and other parts available for sale. As for cleaning, I have been able to clean the oven fairly successfully, although it takes baking soda, vinegar and a lot of elbow grease. The black pan and the crumb tray appear to have some sort of a coating or film that comes off in places in the dishwasher. I”m a little worried about that. I do have one major problem, and one minor one: The minor problem is that I can’t seem to pause the cooking by opening the door, and successfully add to the time or temperature. It appears to work, but when I close the door to resume cooking, it reverts to the original setting. You have to actually quit the program and start over with the new temperature and the change in the remaining cooking time, which means it sometimes starts with preheat again. I also don’t understand why “roast” only activates the top elements. To really roast something evenly with even heat throughout, I have to choose “bake.” The major problem is that you can’t put a pan of food on the rack that weighs more than a few ounces without the rack coming off the rails in one corner. I was baking a coffee cake after the oven started, the rack suddenly came off the rail on the left side, just in the front. I had to stop, pull out the pan, and making sure it was perfectly centered, restart. Then when I opened the oven to test with a straw, it tumbled again, and it was too late to remove, so the cake was baked with the surface at an odd slant, quite a bit thinner on one end. It tasted fine, and it was just for the family, but not a good thing! Last night, I was making a small casserole with two eggs, one small thinly sliced potato, a handful of chopped onions, maybe a half cup of mixed frozen vegetables and cheese — just for two people — and again, although I tried to make sure the dish was perfectly centered, the rack fell down on that one corner. I ended up just putting the rack right on top of the heating elements so it couldn’t go anywhere, and again, it turned out fine, but what a nuisance! It might be a defective rack, a hair short in width just at the front, so I have written to them, but if it is standard, that almost ruins the worth of the oven if you can’t safely even put a cake pan on it.
Other points: I wish they had a proofing program. I thought it didn’t have a dehydrator program but i was wrong. The box says “10 in 1 with 8 programs, which are Airfry, roast, broil, bake, warm, reheat, toast and dehydrate. It does go down to 85 on dehydrate, so I could try to take a chance on that and proof some bread. I’m not sure what the two other capabilities are, so maybe I missed something in the instructions about how there are two other possible programs hidden in the ones that show up when you turn it on. At any rate, if I can get a rack that doesn’t fall off on one side with more than 8 ounces of food in a pan, I think it probably deserves five stars. Anyone else have this new style of Omni Plus with the one button?
I thought the plus had a proof program. I definitely think you could proof with it set at 85. I proof in my regular convection oven at home at 100.
@Sharon Toji, I have the new Omni with the one button wheel in the center- I have not had the problem of the rack falling issues- in fact, I just went and put in my rack and pushed on it with quite a bit of force to see if I could recreate what you were talking about- and nope- its still a good fit with it sliding in the guides along the side.
Is there any way to make chicken gravy in the instant pot duo without brown bits (fond) in the bottom of the pan like when you roast a chicken? What could you do?
I received my Insta pot air fryer as a gift, and they were just no paperwork in it explaining how do use it or no recipes
Hi! You can find manuals here: https://www.instanthome.com/support/instant/resources
My 3# my 3 pound Poulet Rouge chicken will not truss up small enough to turn without hitting bottom of oven!