Breaded Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks

Name: Breaded Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 8 drumsticks (and/or bone in chicken thighs ); 1 cup buttermilk; 6 dashes hot sauce (optional); 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon seasoned salt; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon pepper

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Breaded Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks

These air fryer drumsticks have crispy skin and juicy meat.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 1 hr 5 mins

Servings servings

Author Everything Air Fryer

Equipment

Air Fryer

Ingredients

8 drumsticks and/or bone in chicken thighs
1 cup buttermilk
6 dashes hot sauce optional

Flour Mixture

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Preheat air fryer to 370°F.
Combine chicken, buttermilk and hot sauce in a bowl. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
Mix flour mixture in a bowl.
Remove chicken from the buttermilk and allow excess to drip off.
Lightly dredge chicken in the flour mixture. Generously spray with cooking spray.
Place chicken in the air fryer basket and cook 25 minutes, flipping chicken over after 15 minutes.
Remove from the air fryer and season with salt and pepper.

Notes

Ensure chicken reaches 165°F.
Bone-in chicken thighs can be used interchangeably in this recipe.
Do not use cooking spray in the air fryer, it can damage the coating on the basket. Spray the chicken on a separate plate or pan.
When flipping the chicken over, check for any dry flour spots and spray with cooking spray.

Nutrition information accounts for half of the flour mixture.

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