Air Fryer Chicken Drumstick Fillets Recipe

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Air Fryer Chicken Drumstick Fillets Recipe

These Air Fryer Chicken Drumstick Fillets are a quick and easy way to cook these economic chicken fillet pieces. The air fryer ensures that they cook evenly and stay perfectly juicy whether you plan to season and serve as is or add them to another dish.

5 from 4 votes

Prep Time: 3

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 18

Servings fillets

Author Chloe

Equipment

Ingredients

8 Boneless Chicken Drumstick Fillets - around 60g/2oz each
2 tsp Vegetable Oil - - see notes
1 tsp Seasoning - - see notes

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Thoroughly dry 8 Boneless Chicken Drumstick Fillets.
Use scissors or a small sharp knife to remove any residual pieces of bone or cartilage that might remain. Also remove any flappy bits of skin or fat.
You don't need to trim off every spot of fat etc, this is just to tidy them up and prevent any rogue bits catching and burning.
Drizzle over 2 tsp Oil and 1 tsp Seasoning and toss to thoroughly coat the chicken.
Fold each of the fillets under itself so they're more their original drumstick shape.
Place the drumstick fillets into the air fryer basket. Leave a little space between each so the air can circulate.
Cook for 15 minutes at 200c/390f. There is no need to turn them
Check the chicken is cooked through, you can see this by making a cut and checking that the meat is white in the centre of the thickest part. If there are any pink juices showing, continue cooking for 2 minutes at a time.

To Air Fry From Frozen

Cook for 15 minutes at 200c/390f.
Check that the chicken is cooked through in exactly the same way as if you are cooking from fresh.

Notes

Oil - Choose your oil to match your flavouring. For example use garlic, salt and rosemary with olive oil or for a more neutral flavour, sea salt and black pepper with vegetable oil.
Seasoning - Choose any seasoning mix, spices or dried/fresh herbs. Make sure that salt is included in the mix. You can also add a little citrus juice.
I used vegetable oil with a 50/50 mix of garlic salt and paprika.
The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a Corsori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can easily fit 8 chicken drumstick fillets in the basket at a time. This gives more than enough room to allow air to circulate - I could probably squeeze in a couple more.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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