Description
Chicken drumsticks are breaded with a cornflake crust and cooked in the air fryer for a quick and easy mid-week dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- ½ cup cornflake crumbs
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- 6 large chicken drumsticks
- salt to taste
- 1 serving no-stick cooking spray
Instructions
- Mix together egg and water in a shallow bowl. Combine cornflake crumbs
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Cajun seasoning
- chili powder
- and paprika in a second shallow bowl.
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Season drumsticks on both sides lightly with salt. Dip each drumstick into the egg mixture
- followed by the cornflake mixture
- rolling drumsticks and pressing down to ensure all surfaces are coated.
- Spray the top of the chicken with cooking spray and place
- sprayed side down
- into the air fryer basket. Spray top of the drumsticks – you may need to put the drumsticks on their side depending on how large they are.
- Air-fry for 10 minutes and carefully turn them over. Lower the temperature to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Cook for an additional 10 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken is at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Check doneness after 5 minutes as drumstick size will determine time.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 2