Air Fryer Salt-and-Pepper Chicken Thighs

Ingredients

• 4 / 772 g Skin-on chicken thighs
• to taste Salt
• to taste Black pepper
• to taste Garlic

Method

1. Pat the thighs dry. Season both sides with salt, pepper, and garlic. The post says salt, pepper, and garlic and does not give a measure, so that salt, pepper, and garlic are not in the count. The post is bone-in thighs with the skin on. It did not count them and did not weigh them. Four thighs is the cut used here. The post said to season them before they go into the fryer.
2. Heat the air fryer to 360°F / 182°C. Set the thighs in one layer, skin side up. Cook 20 minutes. If the basket is crowded, cook the rest in a second batch. A crowded basket steams the skin.
3. Flip the thighs and cook 5 minutes. Flip them again so the skin is on top. Raise the heat to 400°F / 204°C and cook about 2 minutes more, until the skin is crisp and the thickest part of a thigh reads about 170°F / 77°C. The post pulled them when the thermometer read 170°F. If a thigh is still cold in the center, give it more time. The post said the grease drips into the drawer. Leave that fat in the drawer. It is not a weighed discard, so the count keeps the raw meat and skin.
4. Rest the thighs a few minutes. Four thighs is four servings, one thigh each. Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for a few days. Reheat them until the chicken is hot in the center again.

Nutrition

Kitchen estimate only, not lab-verified. Counted as 1 of 4 thighs: the skin-on chicken thighs. Salt, pepper, and garlic are to taste in the post, so they are not in the count. The post did not count the thighs and did not weigh them. Four thighs is the cut used here. The row is thigh, meat and skin, raw. One USDA thigh with skin is 193 g of meat and skin, so 4 are 772 g. That weight does not include the bone. One serving is one thigh, 193 g. The post said grease drips into the drawer. That drip is not weighed, so the raw meat and skin stay in the count. A plate that leaves the skin behind would be lower in fat. Added sugars are 0. The post did not list a sweetener.

Guest diet / allergy swaps

Short kitchen notes for guests. A fuller gluten-free or dairy-free ingredient list, when we have one, is in the panels below.

• Dairy-free

  The plate is chicken, salt, pepper, and garlic. It has no milk and no butter. It is already dairy-free as written. Read a seasoning blend if you add one. This is a kitchen note, not a dairy-free certification.

  • United States: There is no milk or butter on the plate. It is already dairy-free as written.
  • United Kingdom: The same note. This chicken does not call for dairy.

• Gluten-free style

  The chicken, salt, pepper, and garlic do not call for wheat. It is already gluten-free as written. Read a seasoning blend if you add one. This is a kitchen note, not a gluten-free certification.

  • United States: There is no flour and no breading. It is already gluten-free as written. Read a seasoning blend if you add one.
  • United Kingdom: The same note. This chicken does not call for wheat.

• No chicken

  This plate is built on chicken thighs. It is not written for another meat. A different cut would be a different plate.

  • United States: This plate is chicken thighs. It is not written for another meat.
  • United Kingdom: The same note. This is a chicken plate.