Easy Air Fry Chicken

Name: Easy Air Fry Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 33 min
Total time: 43 min
Ingredients: 9 chicken drumsticks ((Just over a pound)); Salt and fresh black pepper, to season; Grapeseed oil, or oil of your choice; Sweet Paprika, or use your favourite chicken seasoning

* Disclosure: This is a sponsored post where I had received the Breville Smart Oven™ Air to keep and use. However, I was not asked to create a recipe. The opinions in the post are entirely my own.

Healthy cooking method!

This air fry chicken dish is super delicious and easy to make! You can get the dish on the table in less than an hour, making it perfect for weeknights.

The best thing about the air fry method to make chicken is that it uses less oil than other cooking methods such as pan-frying and deep-frying. I brushed oil on the skin before adding a simple seasoning of salt, black pepper and sweet paprika. You can add your own favourite seasoning to make it your own. The oil helps to crisp up the skin in the oven.

What air fryer did I use?

It seems like air frying is all the craze and many brands are creating air fryers. If you talk about life-changing kitchen appliances in 2019, it has to my Breville Smart Oven Air (review of my Breville Smart Oven Air).

I had it for almost a year and have used it more frequently than my regular large oven. I enjoy that it has lots of useful functions like roast, bake, broil, toast and air fry. Using the air fry function, the oven does an incredible job at making air fry fish (air fry panko-crusted cod recipe) and air fry chicken. I was able to get thin and crispy skin without the use of batter.

If you don’t have an air fryer or an oven with the air fry function, you can use the convection roast or bake function to make a tasty chicken dish.

Air Fry Chicken Collage

Tips for keeping the ‘Breville Smart Oven Air’ clean when using the air fry function:

When food is placed in the air fry basket when cooking, crumbs or drippings from meat/vegetables will likely fall below to the crumb tray. To help catch the chicken drippings, I lined the crumb tray with an oven-safe liner (I used a liner from Cookina). Alternatively, is to add a roasting tray placed on the lowest rack to catch the drippings.

When seasoning my chicken, I placed the air fry basket on a sheet pan so the excessive seasoning can fall on the sheet pan. To clean the air fry basket, I suggest to soak it in a sheet pan with soapy water and then clean any residue with a brush with strong bristles.

Try out the easy air fry chicken recipe and please share with your friends and family!

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