Who else is looking for a delicious chicken legs recipe? These amazing Garlic Parmesan Chicken Legs come together in no time, and taste amazing! Garlic and Parmesan are some of the most mouthwatering ingredients, that you can use in any recipe. And when you use both garlic and Parmesan with chicken, magical things happen. The meat becomes so delicious, and so flavorful!
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But don’t just stop with garlic and Parmesan! These chicken drumsticks have extra crispy skins to, thanks to making them in the Air Fryer. When you cook them in the Air Fryer, you crisp up the skin. And then, when you add butter, garlic and Parmesan to them, you get super flavorful chicken dish!
Everyone is going to love this air fryer drumsticks recipe! You can serve this quick recipe for dinner, whenever you are looking for a delicious new main dish to try. If you are looking for the best way to cook chicken legs, here is the easy and very yummy recipe.
How To Make Extra Crispy Chicken Drumsticks
Are you wondering how to make chicken drumsticks extra crispy? It is actually pretty simple! When you cook them using the Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid, you will make the chicken legs yummy, crispy and flavorful every time.
But that’s not all! Once you make these Air fryer chicken legs, you will also use the Basting Brush to brush the chicken drumsticks with butter, garlic and Parmesan mixture. Just imagine crispy skin, all covered with butter, garlic and Parmesan. What a celebration of flavors and textures this is going to be!
What Ingredients Do You Need For Making Best Chicken Legs?
There are just a few ingredients that you will need, chances are you already have all of them:
– Chicken legs
– Chopped Garlic
– Butter
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– Extra Crispy Instant Pot and Air Fryer Lid Chicken Wings (Fresh or Frozen), start with frozen chicken wings, and end up with extra CRISPY wings. Find out how to make them!
Are Garlic Parmesan Air Fryer Chicken Legs Keto?
Are you looking for Keto chicken recipes? Great news, this air fryer chicken drumsticks recipe is both Keto and low carb!
As all the flavor for this yummy chicken is provided by using butter, Parmesan and garlic, these delicious airfryer chicken legs are low carb and Keto friendly.
This recipe is also Gluten free.
Garlic Parmesan Air Fryer Chicken Legs No Breading
Looking for Air fryer chicken legs no breading recipe? Breading usually adds more calories, and more work when making a dish!
Since delicious recipe uses no breading — no flour, no bread crumbs, nothing! The Air Fryer makes the skin extra CRISPY, while keeping the meat juicy and delicious. There is no need for any more ingredients, than the few ones that we have in this recipe.
How To Cook Garlic Parmesan Chicken Legs
Here are the simple steps for cooking butter, Parmesan and garlic chicken drumsticks. For timing, and for information on chicken legs calories, consult the recipe card on the bottom of this post.
Spray the Air Fryer and the chicken with Cooking Spray. Sprinkle with Garlic Powder.
Next, spray the air fryer basket with Cooking Spray. Put the seasoning drumsticks into the air fryer basket.
Cook the chicken legs in the air fryer, and then turn and cook them until they are done. Use the Meat Thermometer to make sure that the chicken is cooked through.
While the chicken cooks in the air fryer, make the quick and easy Garlic Parmesan Sauce, by combining butter, Grated Parmesan and Garlic Powder.
Use a Basting Brush to spread the Butter Garlic Parmesan Sauce on the cooked air fryer drumsticks. Serve with Easy Mediterranean Pasta Salad, Easy Cucumber Lemon Mint Water and Microwaved Frozen Broccoli for a delicious dinner.
Serving Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid Garlic Parmesan Chicken Legs
Wondering what you should be serving these Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks with? Here are some easy and delicious side dishes that you can serve with them:
– Watermelon Salad Recipe With Blueberries, yummy side dish, a perfect salad to serve with chicken.
– Red, White and Blue Potato Salad, simple and delicious potato salad.
– Low Carb Cauliflower “Potato” Salad, looking to eat low carb, but still want potato salad? No problem, this salad tastes just like potato salad, but it doesn’t have any potatoes!
– Instant Pot Cabbage Recipe, the easiest side dish ever, and will go amazingly well with the chicken legs.
– Vegan Panzanella Salad With Asparagus, simple, healthy and delicious, this simple asparagus salad is exactly what you should serve with chicken!
Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid Garlic Parmesan Chicken Legs Made Easy
Here are pro tips to help you with making this delicious main dish.
– Don’t crowd the chicken in the air fryer, as it won’t cook as fast, and it won’t be as crispy.
– If you want to make more chicken legs, cook them in batches. Make sure that when you put them in the air fryer, they don’t overlap. Depending on the air fryer, you will be able to cook 3 or 4 chicken drumsticks at a time.
– The measurements in the recipe card below are for 3 chicken drumsticks. If you are making more, make sure to make more sauce, so that there is enough yummy Garlic Parmesan Sauce for all the chicken legs.
– The sauce can be used for lots of other recipes as well. You can use it on Roasted chicken, fish, and even Air Fryer Fries and Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes. Wherever you want to add some delicious garlic flavor, you can use this sauce.
– You can use the sauce on the Extra Crispy Instant Pot and Air Fryer Lid Chicken Wings as well! Just baste them with the sauce, once they are done air frying.
– You can add some chopped fresh garlic to the sauce as well. Make sure to still add some garlic powder for some extra flavor as well.
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Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid Garlic Parmesan Chicken Legs Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Chicken Drumsticks
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder divided
- 1.5 tbsp Unsalted Butter
- ½ tbsp Grated Parmesan
Instructions
- Use the
Cooking Spray and spray theInstant Pot Air Fryer Lid and the chicken legs. Season the chicken - sprinkle ¼ tsp ofGarlic Powder all over the chicken legs. 
- Preheat the air fryer, if needed. Put chicken legs in the air fryer, and make sure that they don't overlap. Cook at 400F for 14 minutes. Flip them, and cook for 10 more minutes.With the
meat Thermometer , make sure that the chicken is cooked through. The temperature should be at least 165F. If the chicken legs are not done, cook it for a few more minutes.
- White the chicken legs are cooking, make the sauce. Melt the butter. Add
Grated Parmesan and the remaining ¼ teaspoon ofGarlic Powder and mix everything together.
- Once the drumsticks are air fried, and they cooled for a bit, use a
Basting Brush to brush on the sauce. Serve with Rainbow Roasted Vegetables, Cucumber Tomato Salad and Strawberry Blueberry Infused Water.
Notes
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Such an easy and simple way to prepare chicken. I love the addition of parmesan for the basting sauce.
Okay, so now I NEED to buy an air fryer!! This looks too good!
So easy to make and love garlic parmesan on chicken.
Love the recipe and this air fryer version. Cant wait to try this out. Yum!
Yummy! We eat lots of chicken and are always looking for new ways to prepare them. Parmesan and garlic sound like a winning combination.
The air fryer cooks chicken perfectly, doesn’t it. The flavours in this sound great.
I never thought of making chicken drumsticks in the airfryer. Will try it out. And the combination with garlic and parmesan sounds lovely.
Yay! I’m all for more ways to use my Instant Pot and we happen to have some chicken to work with! :] Can’t wait to try making this!
Thank you for the recipe, it was absolutely delicious and we all loved it!
Made this recipe tonight, it was spot on. Thank you so much for sharing!
I love your step by step process! I don’t have food thermometer, I guess I need one to make sure everything is cooked through.
Yummy! So excited to make these! My family is going to love this! Looks so tasty and delicious!
I doubt there is a better recipe out there than garlic parm chicken legs… That flavor is simply outstanding!
Hi, can I try this recipe with chicken breast instead of chicken legs?
I just bought an air fryer and I’ve been looking for good chicken recipes. This one is so simple and sounds delicious!
I’ve been using the air fryer more and more these days, and I think this recipe looks right up my alley! Love new ways of cooking chicken. Bookmarked to make this weekend!!
These chicken legs were so easy to make and turned out so crispy! My family loved them!
I made this tonight and turned out amazing!! so much flavor.
I’ve honestly never tested out my Instant Pot yet, however, I need to with this recipe. These chicken legs look amazing and are perfect for weeknights!
Super tasty chicken legs 🍗 love the added parmesan.
I made this recipe using chicken legs. Then I used a similar idea but made air fried chicken breasts instead. Both came out pretty good!