Quick & Easy Air Fryer Korean Fried Chicken
Seasoned chicken drumsticks battered and air-fried to golden, crispy perfection. This quick and easy air fryer Korean fried chicken recipe is ready in 30-minutes with simple ingredients. Great as a main dish for all the chicken-lovers!
Ingredients
- 6 chicken drumsticks
- ½ cup water cold
- 2-3 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- lemon juice to serve with chicken (optional)
Chicken Marinade:
- 1 tablespoon white wine or rice vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
Dry Batter:
- 1 ½ cup potato starch or tapioca starch / cornstarch
- 2 teaspoon curry powder Japanese kind recommended
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Season chicken drumsticks with the marinade ingredients as listed above, massaging it into each piece with clean hands. Set aside to marinate for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the dry batter ingredients and whisk well.
- Then take 1 cup of dry batter and transfer to a separate bowl and set aside.
- Then to your REMAINING dry ingredients (the bowl with less dry batter), whisk in ½ cup cold water to create a wet batter. You should now have a dry and wet batter in two separate bowls.
- With clean hands, evenly coat and dredge the drumsticks into dry batter first.
- Give the wet batter another whisk and dredge chicken into wet batter. If the wet batter becomes too stiff, which is normal, mix in another ¼ cup cold water to loosen it.
- Then dredge the chicken back into dry batter.
- Evenly spray the air fryer basket with vegetable oil. Place battered drumsticks into the air fryer basket giving each piece enough space. You'll need to air fry in small batches. Then generously spray vegetable oil over the chicken drumsticks. Important Tip: When positioning the drumsticks in the air fryer basket, angle them, so that the least amount of the chicken touches the basket as this can cause for the crispy coating to peel away.
- Air fry at 375 degrees F for 11 minutes. Then gently flip over, being careful not to remove any coating. Generously spray the drumsticks again and air fry for another 11-14 minutes until golden brown and crispy, with an internal temperature of 165°F.
- Gently remove with tongs. Serve & enjoy with fresh lemon juice!
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Nutrition
Calories: 276kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 673mg | Potassium: 607mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 42IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 1mg