{"id":6245,"date":"2026-06-27T19:33:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=6245"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:33:49","slug":"kfc-air-fryer-chicken-legs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/kfc-air-fryer-chicken-legs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"KFC Air Fryer Chicken Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>KFC Air Fryer Chicken Legs<\/h1>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<h3>For the Chicken<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>8 chicken drumsticks (skin on)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>Cooking oil spray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Seasoned Coating<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp paprika<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp garlic salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp celery salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp dried mustard<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp dried thyme<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp dried basil<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp ground ginger<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp white pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Marinate the chicken in the buttermilk for at least 1 hour, or overnight for the best flavor.<\/li>\n<li>Preheat the air fryer to <strong>375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, mix all the coating ingredients.<\/li>\n<li>Beat the egg and stir it into a few tablespoons of the buttermilk marinade.<\/li>\n<li>Remove each drumstick from the marinade, coat it in the seasoned flour, dip it into the egg mixture, then coat it again in the flour for an extra crispy crust.<\/li>\n<li>Lightly spray the coated chicken with cooking oil.<\/li>\n<li>Arrange the drumsticks in a single layer in the air fryer basket without overcrowding.<\/li>\n<li>Air fry for <strong>22\u201325 minutes<\/strong>, turning halfway through and spraying lightly with more oil if needed. Cook until the coating is golden brown and the internal temperature reaches <strong>165\u00b0F (74\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Serving Suggestions<\/h2>\n<p>Serve with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mashed potatoes and gravy<\/li>\n<li>Coleslaw<\/li>\n<li>Biscuits<\/li>\n<li>French fries<\/li>\n<li>Corn on the cob<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This recipe gives you crispy, flavorful chicken legs with a crunchy coating and juicy meat, inspired by KFC but made with much less oil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFC Air Fryer Chicken Legs Ingredients For the Chicken 8 chicken drumsticks (skin on) 2 cups buttermilk 1 large egg&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6247,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245\/revisions\/6247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}