Today, I am giving you my foolproof Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Drumsticks Recipe. This is a great and easy recipe for anyone who forgot to thaw the chicken. Below I will give you some great easy and delicious ways to season your chicken legs.
The air fryer does an amazing job at frying up some drumsticks or legs. You will end up with a tender, juicy, and delicious drumstick. And the best thing about it is this recipe is almost effortless.
Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Drumsticks
These air fryer chicken drumsticks cooked from frozen are jam-packed with flavor, yet they are so simple to prepare. This is one of my go-to meals when I don’t know what is for dinner, and I forgot to take out the freezer’s meat. You can cook these drumsticks or legs directly from the freezer.
They are great for a quick and easy dinner, and you can have them any day of the week. And best yet, you can season them with anything you have in the house. I will give you some of my favorite seasonings at the end of this post.
Here is why you will love this meal–
- Easy
- Delicious
- Family Favorite
- Kid-Friendly
How Long To Make Frozen Chicken Legs In The Air Fryer?
The air frying time will take you between 25 to 35 minutes, at 360 degrees F. The exact time will depend on your air fryer and the size of the chicken thighs.
Are Air Fried Chicken Drumsticks healthy?
They are so much healthier than fried, as they are not sitting in the oil, that is traditional used in frying chicken.
Can you Air Fry Chicken Legs Frozen?
Yes, although it will take longer to air fry, they can certainly be air fried frozen. However it is very hard to bread frozen chicken, so if you are looking to bread them, they are best done defrosted.
Easy Chicken Drumstick Seasonings
You can season a chicken drumstick with any spice combinations that you like. For frozen chicken legs, I recommend seasoning them. When you flip them, and they are defrosted, rub the seasoning on them. Here are my favorite combinations-
- Lemon and Garlic: 1/4 cup lemon juice and 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- BBQ Sauce-use your favorite BBQ sauce, apply in the last 5 minutes of cooking, otherwise it will burn.
- Sriracha Sauce
What to serve with Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks?
I love seving a traditional chicken side, with my meal, some of my favorites are:
How long do Baked Chicken Legs keep?
Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks can keep for about 4-5 days in the refrigerator.
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Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Drumsticks
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 35
- Total Time: 40
- Yield: 4 Servings 1x
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: American
Description
Today, I am giving you my foolproof Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Drumsticks Recipe. This is a great and easy recipe for anyone who forgot to thaw the chicken. Below I will give you some great easy and delicious ways to season your chicken legs.
Ingredients
- 4–6 frozen chicken drumsticks
- Your favorite seasonings
Instructions
- Place your frozen chicken legs (drumsticks) into the air fryer basket,
- Set the temperature to 360 degrees F for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, use a pair of tongs, flip the drumsticks, and air fry for another 10-15 minutes more.
- Use a meat thermometer to make sure the chicken is fully cooked before removing it from the air fryer basket.
- Plate, serve, and enjoy!
Trevor
Not a comment so much as a question: When do you use the lemon juice/minced garlic seasoning in the cooking process?
Pelin
Our frozen drumsticks came out perfectly crispy and juicy! Added BBQ Chicken sauce at the end as suggested and my 8 year old son loved them as did my husband. It’s one of our favourite weekly recipes 😊
Patty B
Forgot to rate definitely 5 stars.
Patty B
Delicious and super easy. Loved the seasoning suggestions. Loved that I could cook from frozen. Thank you!
Janine
Was once again scrambling for something for dinner as I saw I was out of leftovers, everything was frozen & couldn’t do breakfast for dinner again & found this! YEAH because frozen chicken I had if nothing else. Doused it with Old Bay seasoning, threw it in 2 batches, made salad, a butter pasta & everybody was happy… especially the cook. Can go ahead & make dinner without freaking out everything is still frozen! Thank you
Maureen
Tried this today for lunch, very tasty loved that you didn’t need to defrost the chicken. Thank you for your post, will be making this again!⭐️
Cherie
Easy!! Thank you!!
Zoe
Super quick, crazy easy. Sprayed some olive oil on the tops to get them extra crispy and brushed on some bbq sauce in the last 3 minutes. A+
Josiah
Really good! Saved me a lot of time from defrosting chicken! Kudos worked so well
Nena
Absolutely delicious and extremely easy and from frozen .. thanks for the post
Jake
:Burrrrrp:
Whaf hey sayed!!! :Nom: :Nom: ??
Lexi
I second with Frank. I’m shocked that there were only two reviews when I clicked on this recipe. I’m glad I tried this though! My chicken was delicious. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Laurie
I have learned that the only time people comment is when they do not like something, lol.
Leilah
Ain’t that the truth I give it 5 stars I added some sauce and cooked 5 minutes more delicious bbq chicken!
JENNIFER L SNAVELY
My husband is on his way home from work I just now cooked my 1st round and theyre absolutely delicious, perfect, I forgot to pull the drum sticks out of the freezer but I’ll have dinner done by time he gets home thank you amazing
Frank
How are there no ratings for this easy and delicious recipe? Straightforward cooking with great seasoning options. I’m pretty much a salt, pepper, garlic powder guy so I was looking for a “how to” and this did the trick perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to perfect and publish this recipe.
Theodore Williamson
My taste exactly. Not fancy, just good. Returned home after last bit of Xmas shopping. Wife asked me to fix something guick. Stumbled upon this chicken recipe.
Made a quick salad while the chicken was cooking.
About an hour later we sat down to dinner. WOW!!!
What a tastey chicken, much better than the 50 or better chicken restaurants near us.
Unfortunately the wife now thinks I’m a good cook, at least for chicken, and belong in the kitchen.
This and slight variations is now our go to chicken dish. We stared off wih frozen chicken so I increased the time about 20 minute, checking occasionally for doneness.
Thank to all involved.