Crispy Air-Fryer Chicken Thighs

 

Ingredients 

1 lb bone-in chicken thighs 

2 cups buttermilk 

1 tablespoon hot sauce 

1cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups panko crumbs

¼ cup Smokehouse seasoning or your favorite chicken seasoning 

Olive oil cooking spray

Directions

In a large bowl with a cover, combine the buttermilk and hot sauce. Cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight.

The next day combine the salt and flour in a shallow dish. In another shallow dish combine the panko with the seasoning.

Place a wire cake rack on top of a plate. 

Take a chicken thigh out of the buttermilk and dredge in flour. Coat with buttermilk again and then place in the dish with the panko mix. Press the crumbs onto the chicken on all sides. Place the coated chicken on the wire rack. Repeat the process with the remaining chicken.

Place the chicken on the wire rack plate in the refrigerator for at least one hour.

When ready to cook, set the air-fryer temperature at 400 degrees and preheat for 5 minutes.

Spray the chicken with olive oil cooking spray.

Place the chicken in the air-.fryer basket. Cook for 15 minutes.

Turn the chicken pieces over and spray with cooking spray. Cook for 15 minutes.

I served this entre with leftover Macaroni and Cheese and Green Beans. See recipes with this link:

https://jovinacoughlin.blogspot.com/2024/04/oven-baked-fish-filets-and-stove-top.html