Thursday, January 5, 2023

Air Fryer Dill Pickle Chicken


 This is one of my new and all time favorite recipes! It started with another recipe that I have adapted to better fit my tastes and sustainability. The first couple of times I made it, I bought a jar of dill pickles, dumped them out, and brined the chicken in the sauce. That leaves a lot of pickles to be worked with with out the brine to keep them in. I mean you could make Molly Yeh's Fried Cheesy Pickles (recipe is in her first cookbook) with them, but I discovered that I could buy pickle juice on Amazon. Problem Solved! The best tweak to this recipe has been my recent Christmas Gift: A Ninja Air Fryer. It's a brilliant bad ass of a genius kitchen device I highly recommend. Anyway, enough talk and story telling, here is the recipe. 

Ingredients

1 lb Chicken Breast, cut into tenders (you may want to make more like literally for lunch the next day or snacks. It's addictive!)
1/2 to 1 cup Flour seasoned with salt and pepper (more as needed)
Pickle Juice (from a jar or bottle, enough to cover the chicken)
1 large egg (or more as needed)
1 cup unseasoned Panko (again more as needed)
2 Tablespoons Trader Joe's Seasoning in a Pickle (Trader Joe's has currently discontinued it but you can find more options here)
Dill Dip for serving (there's lots of recipes out there but we bought Marzetti's)


 

 

 

 

Process

  1. Prepare chicken tenders and soak in pickle juice for several hours if not overnight. 
  2. When ready to make dinner, combine the Panko with the seasoning in a glass pie plate. 
  3.  Place flour in a pie plate. 
  4. Place the egg in a bowl and beat with a whisk. 
  5. Working one piece of chicken at a time, drench the chicken in the flour, then the egg, and then the Panko. 
  6. Place chicken pieces on rack chosen from your air fryer.  
  7. Lightly spray with Canola or vegetable oil. 
  8. Bake in Air Fryer, set at 400 degrees, for 5 to 6 minutes. 
  9. Flip chicken and air fry for another 5 to 6 minutes. 


  10. Serve with dill dip and a side salad. Enjoy!
 

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