ULOG #22 - Real Fried Chicken in an Air Fryer!
I bought my Air Fryer on the recommendation of my sister-in-law who raved about it. I found one on sale for $60, regularly $99, and decided to give it a try.
It takes up some counter space, but it hasn't moved off my counter since I unboxed it. So that tells you that I like it and use it almost daily.
I've cooked a lot of things in this air fryer -
- French fries and onion rings
- toasted ravioli
- fried okra, mushrooms, and cauliflower
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
- pork steak
- hamburgers and turkey burgers
- bacon, ham, and sausage
- bratwurst and sweet Italian sausage
Wow, I should have said what I HAVEN'T tried - it might be a shorter list!
But one thing I was skeptical of was actual fried chicken from scratch. So I decided to give it a try.
As you can see from my title photo, it appears to be a success. And it was! Delicious and crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside. My only regret was that I only did those two legs in the experiment! I sampled one and @crpyt-skip got the other. He liked it as much as I did. 👍👍👍
I followed the instructions in the book that came with the fryer. Well mostly anyway. It said to soak the chicken for 2 hours in buttermilk first. I skipped that step for 2 reasons - first, I didn't have any buttermilk, and second, by the time I read the instructions I was ready to do the cooking. Not wait 2 more hours. I may try that next time, but it's hard to imagine the chicken could have much better.
Basically I dipped the chicken in regular milk, then dredged in flour, then repeated with the milk and dredging. I used seasoning salt for spices.
My fryer has an automatic setting for chicken. But if yours doesn't, the temperature is 360°F. The book said to turn the chicken every 5 minutes and cook for a total of 20 minutes.
At first I was a little miffed to have to hang around the kitchen and turn the legs every 5 minutes. But then I realized that if I had been frying the chicken in a skillet I would been turning that every 5 minutes as well. But with the air Fryer- no skillet full of grease popping all over my stove, so less clean up. And healthier and less expensive with no oil used.
Bottom line, yes, you can make delicious real fried chicken in the air Fryer!
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I did not try to cook withair fryer. We use a classic oven))
Much nicer in the summer heat to not have to heat up the house with the oven.
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OH my. That air fryer sounds amazing!!!
Yes, it is, it's nice to buy one of these gadgets and actually be impressed with its usefulness!
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OMG that looks soooooooo damn good! 😮
And it was just as good as it looked!
air fryer. i wonder how they manage to come out that idea.
I don't know, but I wish I had thought of it, lol.
Omg that looks so good! I have an air fryer too and I love it! Makes yummy dinners so easily
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Yes I didn't expect to find it so handy. Have you tried a grilled cheese in there? My granddaughter loves grilled cheese and it made the best one I've ever made.
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That looks total yum, a friday treat