These Air Fryer Chicken Legs are a delicious way to make healthy drumsticks with crispy skin and juicy meat. Such a quick and easy dinner!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword air fried, air fryer, chicken, chicken legs
Prep Time 35 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 55 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 392kcal
Ingredients
4chicken legsdrumsticks or sub with 6-7 chicken wings, or 4 thighs
Marinade
3tablespoonsolive oil
2garlic clovelarge - if garlic is not strong enough, use 3 or even 4 cloves - I used 2 large
1lemonjuiced - large
lemon zest from one larger lemon
3teaspoonbrown sugarregular brown sugar or muscovado sugar for more intense caramel sweet flavor
1teaspoonoregano
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonblack pepper
Instructions
Marinade
Mix the olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, brown sugar, oregano, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
Chicken
In a large bowl (or you can use a zip lock bag for this) massage the chicken legs with the marinade and leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes or 1-2 hours if you have more time.
Preheat the air fryer to 375 F for 5 minutes.
Once the air fryer is preheated, transfer the chicken into the basket and air fry for 10 minutes, flip the chicken and cook for another 10 minutes. Total air frying time 20 minutes.
Chicken should be darkened, browned and very crisp on the outside.
Discard the leftover marinade.
You can garnish the chicken with extra lemon zest, lemon slices/wedges, and fresh oregano or parsley.
Enjoy with dipping sauces.
Notes
If you have air fryer basket liners, use them so your air fryer basket can serve you longer.
Fried food generally doesn’t reheat well. But with an air fryer, you can reheat the chicken once (on the same day of making it). Reheat in a preheated air fryer at 375 F for 5 minutes.
Oregano - best combination with lemon and garlic but other alternatives would be rosemary, basil, and thyme. Dried or fresh.