Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Thighs. One bite, and you'll want to bump this to the top of your ever-growing list of ways to cook chicken. You can use either boneless skinless chicken thighs, but I prefer air fryer chicken thighs bone in and with skin. Place the chicken thighs skin side down in the basket of the air fryer.
Place the chicken thighs skin side down in the basket of the air fryer.
Air Fried chicken thighs are so simple and easy to make.
Pat chicken dry with a paper towel.
You can cook Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Thighs using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Thighs
- You need 4-5 of boneless skinless chicken thighs (rinsed and patted dry).
- It's 1 tsp of garlic powder.
- It's 1 tsp of smoked paprika.
- It's 1/2 tsp of dried oregano.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of black pepper.
Combine the brown sugar, smoked paprika, cumin, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a bowl and sprinkle half the seasoning mixture evenly over the chicken thighs. Place the chicken in the basket of the air fryer. Continue to cook in batches until all the chicken has been cooked. You need space around the chicken so the air can circulate and cook it to nice crispy perfection.
Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Thighs step by step
- Pat chicken thighs dry with a paper towel, then transfer to a bowl..
- Combine all the seasonings together in a bowl, then pour them into the bowl with the chicken and use your hands to coat the chicken with the spices..
- Might sound crazy but... Preheat your air fryer to 380° (I did mine for 5 minutes for preheating). Then, place chicken smooth side down into the air fryer, spray with nonstick spray/olive oil spray on the top of chicken and cook at 380° for 12 minutes..
- Once the air fryer beeps, use kitchen tongs to flip the chicken over, and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes on the second side, or until chicken is cooked through. ***(Excuse our Air Fryer... we use this thing A LOT! and it is clean and does get clean after each use. I promise!).
Place chicken thighs, skin side up, in a single layer in your air fryer. Skin should be golden brown and very crispy. Only use thawed chicken thighs and pat them dry very well. Although you can use frozen thighs, the skin won't get as crispy! But if you don't care about crispness, it will take about double of the time to cook compared to thawed chicken.