How to Air Fry Chicken Leg Quarters

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How to Air Fry Chicken Leg Quarters

Make a baby roast chicken dinner with my simple How to Air Fry Chicken Leg Quarters recipe. Or chicken and chips. Or take the chicken off the bone and use it in soups, sandwiches or any other way your heart desires. What I'm saying is that chicken legs are super versatile and amazing air fried with perfectly crispy skin every time.

5 from 3 votes

Prep Time: 3

Cook Time: 25

Total Time: 28

Servings legs

Author Chloe

Equipment

Ingredients

2 Whole Chicken Leg Quarters - roughly 250g/9oz 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 2 Whole Chicken Legs.
Trim any loose pieces of skin, gristle, bone or sinew - you don't need to go overboard, just cut off anything superfluous that is likely to catch and burn as it's cooking.
Drizzle over 2 tsp Oil and 1 tsp Seasoning and toss to thoroughly coat the chicken.
Place the chicken legs into the air fryer basket with the exposed flesh and bone side up. Leave a little space between each leg so the air can circulate.
Air fry for 10 minutes at 200c/390f.
Use tongs to gently turn the thighs over so the skin side is now facing up.
Air fry for a further 15 minutes at 200c/390f.
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 is any pink showing, Continue cooking for 2 minutes at a time.

To Air Fry From Frozen

Cook for 15 minutes at 200c/390f with the flesh side up. Turn and then air fry for a further 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 Cosori 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 2 chicken legs in the basket at a time. This gives plenty of room to allow air to circulate - I could probably squeeze in one more if I really needed.
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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