Air fried chicken

Air fryers have only recently gained popularity, as appliance manufacturers fulfilled the dreams of home cooks and health enthusiasts by creating a machine that produces crispy, fried food without the use of oil. Air fryers work by blowing hot air around food in an enclosed container quickly and hotly enough to crisp the food as if it had just come out of a deep fryer. However, instead of oil, all this machine requires to create that crunchy layer is air.

Making fried chicken in an air fryer is similar to deep frying — except for the frying part, of course. When air frying chicken, you should still coat it in flour to achieve the breaded crust that you would get with regular fried chicken. The Food Network suggests combining flour, paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder. From there, you can pretty much leave the air fryer to its own devices.