Air Fried Buttermilk Chicken

The Air fryer buttermilk fried chicken ultra crispy, simple, less unhealthy than deep-frying, and only 15 minutes cook time to prepare! Air Fried Buttermilk Chicken A Healthier Take on a Southern Classic

Buttermilk fried chicken recipe in an air fryer? Yes please! That beautiful golden, super crispy and crunchy coating is so simple to attain while using an Air Fryer, besides, it gives far less mess than deep-frying.

Now at our house, Mark reigns supreme as the “Fried Food Master”—he insists on it that way. Honestly, large pans of boiling hot oil aren’t my idea of comfort cooking!

(but really the food is delicious, and it tastes so unreal – it is only the method which I do not like, I do not like all the washing after).

But since we got an air fryer… I can’t get enough of foods coated in shiny golden breading. Today, it’s my air fryer buttermilk fried chicken recipe!

What’s changed? Well, making it in an air fryer is just entirely another story, which is very unique in its way. This is quite easy, rapid, and everything can be done in two bowls besides the air fryer components, I only spend fifteen plus minutes plus cooking time to make this.

Why make my Air fryer buttermilk fried chicken?

It’s much healthier than preparing buttermilk chicken that must be fried out in a deep fryer. With the chicken you only have to spray on enough oil to cover it and no more!

It also leads to a lot fewer instances of spilling food, and clean up of oily pans or other surfaces.

I know people are amazed when they taste my food and they wouldn’t believe that my fried chicken is not deep fried. There is truly no evidence as to that, although one might have thought that it was so!

I don’t think it could be any crispier, the coating is very crunchy and the chicken beneath is very tender.

The skin is all crunchy while there is a lot of moist and juicy chicken meat below. I think the texture of the batter is so out of this world real; I still can’t come to terms with it.

The coating bursts with flavor and gets a slight heat from the pepper, along with a blend of harmonizing seasonings. For a moment I thought it was online fried… but I can reassure you that it is not at all!!

This is the best air fryer buttermilk fried chicken you’ll ever find, and it’s also easy to prepare.

Buttermilk fried chicken using the air fryer drips with taste, does not require the use of much oil as compared to deep frying, and will only take about 15 minutes plus the cooking time!  A Healthier Take on a Southern Classic

Prep Time: Total Time: 35minutes minutes Generous Planning time: 10minutes minutes

AIR FRYER Buttermilk Fried Chicken Recipe

The absolute best, easiest, comfort food any home cook can prepare; Chicken that tastes fried. But it isn’t – this is much healthier and can contain less oil than you may imagine!

Want to try buttermilk fried chicken recipe using air fryer? Yes please! Oh, that beautiful, shiny, oh so crispy crunchy skin is really, really simple to make in an air fryer, and it produces about half as much mess as deep-frying.  A Healthier Take on a Southern Classic

Now in our house, Mark rules the roost when it comes to fried food—he prefers cooking it that way. To be honest, large pans of hot sizzling oil aren’t everyone’s cup of tea!

(though the food does taste absolutely unreal – it’s just the method I’m not fond of especially all the washing up after).

But since we got an air fryer… I absolutely love preparing food with a crispy and crunchy golden layer. Specifically buttermilk fried chicken using my air fryer although I do love all the recipes I shared.

What has changed? Well, making it in an air fryer is just a completely different ball game in fact, it’s another experience altogether. It is simple, fast and there’s only two bowls and all the air fryer stuff to wash up after which only took me 15 minutes plus cooking time to make this as well as the video below shows.

Why should I prepare my Air fryer buttermilk fried chicken?

It is way healthier than buttermilk chicken that you would need to fry in deep fryer. It is even better because you only need to spray the oil to cover the chicken and that’s it.

Now it also leads to a lot less mess and less oily pans/surfaces for me to clean once it’s time to pay the price.

You’ll never guess my fried chicken isn’t deep-fried. I believe one of them would have thought that it was really like that at first.  A Healthier Take on a Southern Classic

Super crunchy, crispy on the outside but the chicken in the inside: soft and tender.

Therefore, what does my buttermilk fried chicken made with Air fryer taste like?

It is incredibly crunchy on the skin while, beneath it is a lot of moist chicken meat. I really do not think I’ve ever come across a batter with such an unreal texture before.

The, the coating is packed with flavour and a mild heat from the pepper, and lots of harmonious seasoning. This has a kind of crisp that makes you assume that it is fried to perfection in hot oil… but actually, it isn’t.

If I can make this the we can surely you make the same.  If I can do this one then you can do it for sure So, let’s warm up our air fryers and get to it …

(ok, maybe should not preheat it at such an early time!).

Here’s a list of things you will require for this recipe, please do scroll down until you see the recipe card for quantities and instructions

For the marinading

chicken, bone in, skin-on

buttermilk (or use dairy-free substitute described in the ‘Frequently asked questions’ section and at the end of this recipe)

For the coating

gluten free plain flour

corn flour or potato starch

smoked paprika

oregano

marjoram

sage

white pepper

salt

oil in a spay bottle – not the 1cal kind!