Air Fryer Fried Chicken is crispy, juicy and crunchy and way less fat than frying!
Prep Time20mins
Cook Time25mins
marinate1hr30mins
Total Time2hrs15mins
Servings: 6Pieces of Chicken
Calories: 434kcal
Author: Jennifer Fishkind
Ingredients
3Chicken ThighsBone in, Skin on
3Chicken LegsBone in, Skin on
1 ¼cupButtermilk
1 ½tspGarlic Powder
1tspPaprika
1tspBlack Pepper
¾tspCayenne Pepper
1 ½tspSalt
1/2Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 ¼cupFlourfor dredging
2TbspOlive oil
Additional salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Place chicken in a bowl or resealable plastic bag. Squeeze lemon over chicken.
Prepare marinade by mixing all ingredients except flour. Pour mixture over chicken and marinate for a minimum of 1 hour and a half to overnight.
Remove chicken from marinade and dredge in flour thoroughly coating each chicken piece.
Transfer dredged chicken to wire cooling rack to set for 15 minutes.
Pre-heat air fryer for 5 minutes.
While air fryer is preheating brush both sides of each chicken piece with olive oil. Lightly salt and pepper each chicken piece for extra flavor.
Place chicken in heated air fryer basket. Based on your setting cook for half the cooking time and then shake or flip. (We cooked our chicken at 380 degrees for 25 minutes flipping at 12 minutes.)
Once chicken is ready remove from fryer onto parchment paper lined serving dish and serve immediately! Enjoy!