How to make air fried chicken drumsticks
It’s super easy! Follow these steps we perfected through testing, and you’ll have crispy, delicious drumsticks ready in 30 minutes!
- Preheat your air fryer if yours does
- Mix the seasonings in a small bowl
- Coat the drumsticks with avocado oil
- Rub seasoning all over drumsticks
- Place drumsticks in air fryer so they are in an even layer
- Cook for 10 minutes
- Flip and cook for another 10-15 minutes until chicken reaches 165° internally
What our readers are saying
This recipe is definitely added to the repeat list for weekly dinners! The seasoning is so simple yet flavorful and the chicken is crispy and juicy from the perfection of the air fryer. Amazing dish, a must have!
J. Cook
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What to serve air fryer drumsticks with
You’re probably wondering what side dish to serve with these drumsticks. Our favorite is probably these garlicky sautéed mushrooms and asparagus, or simply cut up and roast any veggies you have on hand!
Simple Keto, low carb chicken drumsticks
If eating Keto or low carb, these air fryer chicken drumsticks are for you! Drumsticks are the perfect Keto protein.
In addition, the fat helps to keep the chicken from drying out. You get perfectly crispy chicken skin with tender and juicy meat!
We hope you love this recipe as much as we do!
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Easy, Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks
Ingredients
- 2 lbs (907.18 g) chicken drumsticks, (6-8 drumsticks)
- 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) avocado oil
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) sea salt
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) ground pepper
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) garlic powder
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) chili powder
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) onion powder
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 400° if required.
- Mix the salt, pepper, chili powder, garlic powder and onion powder together in a small bowl.
- Lightly coat the chicken drumsticks with oil. Rub the seasoning mix all over the chicken to coat.
- Place drumsticks in air fryer basket and cook for 10 minutes.
- Flip and cook for another 10-15 minutes, or until chicken reaches 165° internally.
- Once done, serve and enjoy!
Notes
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These came out perfect. Really good flavor. Definitely will make again.
Happy to hear that Michael, we need to make these again soon!
Excellent! Tender, juicy and flavorful. I used Organic drumsticks, which were much larger than regular drumsticks so I added a few minutes to the cooking. I cooked them for 28 minutes, flipping halfway through. Definitely will be making these again.
Sounds perfect, glad you enjoyed them and will be making the recipe again 🙂
This is my new favorite way to prepare chicken! Made it tonight for the third time, and my visiting mama agreed that it’s the tastiest chicken she’s had. So quick to make, also! We paired it with fried greens (sukumawiki) and roti. Yummm!
So happy to hear you both enjoyed it so much! I think this is our favorite way to do chicken now, too! Thanks coming back to share how it went! 🙂
This recipe is definitely added to the repeat list for weekly dinners! The seasoning is so simple yet flavorful and the chicken is crispy and juicy from the perfection of the air fryer. Amazing dish, a must have!
Thank you for the amazing rating and review 🙂
Very juicy and flavorful!
Yay! Glad you like this one, too! We just made it again for dinner over the weekend! 🙂