Bone in Air Fryer Chicken Thighs
Best bone in air fryer chicken thighs with dry rub for chicken to make sweet and crispy chicken in Ninja Foodi that's tender and juicy inside. Yum!
Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 air fryer or ninja foodi
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs approx 2 lbs, bone-in with skin on is what we used
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Chicken Thigh Dry Rub
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/4 c brown sugar optional if you want sweetness, can omit
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
Instructions
- Mix brown sugar and all spices together well in a bowl. (or if you want to just sprinkle with salt and pepper, skip this step)Preheat your air fryer to 375 degrees for at least 5 minutes.
- Trim any excess fat hanging off the sides of your chicken thighs (ours were bone-in with skin on).
- Rub olive oil on each thigh and put herbs and spices on top and bottom. Any you'd like. If you want to try our brown sugar mixture shown above then: Pour spice mixture on to a plate. Rub olive oil on outside of each chicken thigh, top and bottom.
- Press thigh on to plate so spice mixture sticks, do this on both sides. Place thigh on to trivet that has been sprayed with non stick spray turned upside down, with skin side down.
- Do this for all 4 thighs. Try not to overlap in the air fryer.
- Set to 375 degrees again and cook for 15 minutes. Then open lid and flip all chicken thighs over so skin side is now facing up. Cook at 375 degrees for an additional 8-12 minutes. Check at 8 minutes to see if you want it browner and/or chicken is done inside.
- ** You can brush on bbq sauce the last few minutes to caramelize if you like.
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Nutrition
Serving: 3oz | Calories: 368kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 1260mg | Potassium: 268mg | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 260IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg