Air Fryer Sunday Dinner Chicken–use your Instant Pot Duo Crisp or your air fryer to make flavorful, juicy, crisp-skinned chicken drumsticks or thighs.
Air Fryer Sunday Dinner Chicken
I recently got an Instant Pot Duo Crisp and Air Fryer*. It is an Instant Pot that has 2 lids. One for pressure cooking and one for air frying. My first use of it was to make this Sunday dinner chicken. I was impressed. the chicken was flavorful and had crispy brown skin. I was able to fit 6 pieces of chicken on the multi layered air fryer basket. I will definitely be using this new toy a lot! It is handy.
What if I don’t have an Instant Pot Duo Crisp? If you have an air fryer of any sort you can make this recipe. If you don’t have an air fryer you can bake the chicken in the oven for 35-40 minutes at 400ยฐ F on a foil lined baking sheet.
What kind of chicken? For this recipe I opted for bone-in chicken drumsticks (you can also use bone-in thighs). I think you’ll really love this chicken and I definitely recommend using juicy bone-in chicken. If you’d like to try another cut of chicken (say chicken breasts), please let me know how they turn out. I haven’t tried them myself so I’m hesitant to say how it would go.
What should I serve with Sunday Dinner Chicken? Try serving this chicken with potatoes of any sort (mashed is good!) and some green beans. If you’re trying to eat low carb serve this with a side of cauliflower rice and green salad.
Can I cook more chicken? The thing with the air fryer is that it does better if the food is not crowded and stacked on top of each other. It is able to crisp up the food better. So, personally, I would not cook more than what I recommended in the recipe card (unless you want to cook in batches).
Do you have an air fryer lid? What are your favorite ways to use it?
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More Chicken Recipes…
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Instant Pot Smoky Mountain Chicken
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Air Fryer Sunday Dinner Chicken
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Total Time: 27 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 4–6 chicken legs or chicken thighs
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Add chicken pieces to a bowl. Drizzle with the olive oil.ย
- In a small bowl stir together the paprika, Italian seasoning, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Sprinkle the mixture over the chicken and toss well so that the chicken is coated in oil and spices.ย
- For the Instant Pot Duo Crisp + Air Fryer*: Place the multi-level air fryer basket into your Instant Pot liner. Place half chicken pieces on the bottom level of the air fryer basket and the other half on the top level. Place the air fryer lid on top of the Instant Pot securely. Press the air fryer button and change the temperature to 380ยฐ F and the timer to 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes flip the chicken on the top rack (don’t worry about the bottom rack) and cook for an additional 7 minutes. Check that the internal temperature is 165ยฐ F. For another type of air fryer*: Try to arrange the chicken pieces in a single layer, without overlapping in the air fryer basket. Cook for 10 minutes at 380ยฐ F, flip the chicken pieces and cook for an additional 7 minutes, or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.ย
- Eat and enjoy!
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Air Fryer
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I was looking for a recipe to use up some thawed chicken drumsticks & this was absolutely terrific! Nice & flavorful and the skin was good and crispy. This is a keeper for sure! (can’t wait to try more – have been collecting them!)
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I’m so glad you liked this recipe. It is so tasty!
I have the Duo Crisp and am learning to use it. What do you put in the air fryerpot to make it multi level? I canโt wait to try your recipes!!
I put in the trivet and the dehydrator rack
Just got my I-P air fryer lid and of course, did one of your recipes first! The Sunday Chicken Dinner did 4 drumsticks just perfectly! I also saw how you baked pasta in another video. Hope you do more with Air Fryer lid, as I am sold on it!
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Yesss! It is so fun! I love it.
Thanks Karen. will try the air fryer recipes.
Jo-Ann
You’re welcome Jo-Ann!
I used boneless, skinless chicken thighs and smoked paprika for this recipe, and in a regular air fryer – it came out flavorful and juicy! Very easy recipe, we’ll definitely do this again.
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Awesome! Thanks for the 5 stars Winona!
I have a air fryer not used it yet but wanting to with your help please .
Give it a go! I think you’ll really love it.
Looking forward to more Duo Crisp recipes! I won one in a drawing but haven’t done a lot of experimenting. I do use it often for thick boneless pork chops (Costco) with a spicy dry rub. Delicious!
That is fun that you won one! I am liking it so far and will post more recipes for it!
LOL Karen, I bought the large Cosori air fryer (basket type) about a month ago and am in love – and just made the almost identical chicken drumsticks recipe two days ago – just without the Italian seasoning since not a fan, but added onion and garlic powder. Itโs great with thighs too. And several times Iโve thought how nice it would be if you added air fryer recipes. I hope you continue!
Another version is to spray the basket lightly with oil instead of the chicken (and never an aerosol). I use olive, grape seed or avocado oil. Thereโs less fat on the chicken but it crisps up amazingly. For thighs skin side down first so more fat can drain, then up. Iโm such a convert!
My IP canโt use an air fryer lid and we decided to get the squarish Cosori instead of a different IP.
It’s fun to experiment with these new toys! I’ll be posting more air fryer recipes soon!