Air Fryer Fried Chicken recipe is a game changer! Provides the same crunchy and tangy buttermilk coating we all know and love minus the excess grease. Time to put that air fryer to good use!<\/p>\n
Notes:<\/strong> It did get crunchy and had a good taste. Needs more salt though. Using a 5lb chicken, it definitely needed to be done in two batches and took 35 minutes per batch. Doing it in a regular oven in one batch would probably work as well.<\/p>\n Special equipment: <\/strong><\/p>\n Prepare the buttermilk mixture:<\/strong> To a large bowl add the buttermilk, eggs, paprika, hot sauce <\/span><\/strong>(optional), salt, pepper<\/strong> and whisk until combined. Whisk in the baking powder<\/strong> and baking soda.<\/strong> In a shallow dish mix the flour <\/strong>with the paprika, garlic powder<\/strong> and onion powder.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dredge the chicken:<\/strong><\/p>\n First dredge the chicken<\/strong> in flour<\/strong> on all sides.<\/p>\n Then dip pieces into the buttermilk<\/strong> mixture.<\/p>\n Dredge the chicken<\/strong> in flour<\/strong> one more time, then place the chicken on a plate or rack, and repeat with all chicken<\/strong> pieces.<\/p>\n Cook the chicken:<\/strong><\/p>\n Preheat air fryer and basket to 375\u00b0F,<\/p>\n When preheated, carefully remove the basket and place the chicken<\/strong> in the air fryer basket, allowing enough room between each piece to flow around. Spray the chicken<\/strong> with a bit of cooking spray<\/strong> or brush with oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n Return basket with chicken<\/strong> to air fryer and cook on 375\u00b0F for about 20 minutes, flip over, spray with more cooking oil<\/strong> or brush with oil,<\/strong> and cook for another 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Check the temperature of the chicken:<\/strong><\/p>\n Dark meat<\/strong> and wings<\/strong> should be at 180\u00b0F or higher in the thickest part.<\/p>\n Breast pieces<\/strong> should be 160\u00b0F. They may be done before legs<\/strong> and thighs.<\/strong><\/p>\n Remove to a plate or rack and cover loosely with foil.<\/p>\n Repeat with remaining chicken<\/strong> if doing in batches. Cooking time may vary depending on your air fryer.<\/p>\n Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n It took me about 30 minutes to cook the chicken<\/strong> in the air fryer, but each air fryer is different, so read your air fryer\u2019s manual to see how long you should cook it for.<\/p>\n I also only added enough chicken<\/strong> to the air fryer so that it\u2019s in one layer and not stack any chicken pieces on top of each other. This way you\u2019ll get evenly cooked chicken<\/strong> and crispy all around. This means that you might have to do this in batches, depending how big your air fryer is.<\/p>\n The total time is based on 2 batches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yield: 4 Adapted from: https:\/\/www.jocooks.com\/recipes\/air-fryer-fried-chicken\/ Air Fryer Fried Chicken recipe is a game changer! Provides the same crunchy and tangy buttermilk coating we all know and love minus the excess grease. Time to put that air fryer to good use! Notes: It did get crunchy and had a good taste. Needs more salt though. Using a 5lb chicken, it definitely needed to be done in two batches and took 35 minutes per batch. Doing it in a regular oven in…<\/p>\n\n
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\nPrep the chicken:<\/strong>\u00a0 Pat the chicken<\/strong> dry with paper towels. Breast<\/strong> pieces should be cut in half.<\/p>\n