A buttermilk and pickle brine and a well-seasoned slurry mix combined with the air fryer make for a quick easy and fantastically juicy and crispy "fried" chicken.
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The Crispiest Airfryer Fried Chicken Recipe // EASY Airfryer Recipe // Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Serious Eats / Photographer: Jen Causey Food Stylist: Ana Kelly Props Stylist: Josh Hoggle
I grew up mostly in North Carolina and a little bit in Louisiana and even though I lived in the Northeast for almost 30 years I still miss the truly excellent fried chicken you get in the South: Perfectly juicy extra crispy flavorful fried chicken in every bite is just too hard to find here. And sure I could make it myself but frying it in my studio apartment was a one-time event for me. When your kitchen is also your living room and bedroom the cost-benefit analysis doesn’t often fall on the side of “fry it!”
Luckily for me—and all fried chicken lovers out there—you can make a killer version of fried chicken in your air fryer without the need for a vat of oil thanks to this air fryer fried chicken recipe from our colleague Marianne Williams of Birmingham Alabama. Read on to learn how through tons of testing and tweaking Williams created a recipe that yields air fryer fried chicken that’s juicy and flavorful on the inside and super crispy on the outside. Then use our tips and the full recipe below to make it in your own kitchen.
