How to make air fryer chicken in a simplified and hassle-free way?

drywall_dan

I asked the AI assistant if it's okay to coat raw chicken with breadcrumbs and egg wash, but it said it's possible but not recommended to put wet meat directly in. The steps it described were a bit complicated. Is there a simpler method? The following steps are given by the AI assistant: Simply haphazardly applying egg wash and breadcrumbs to raw chicken will result in the breadcrumbs easily falling off or becoming soggy. The most classic...

Originally asked by mathrm alpha on Stack Exchange (cooking) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The three-stage flour/liquid/breadcrumbs coating is standard, and each of the stages is there for a reason. You can skip the pre-dust if you like (the initial dredge in flour) but the coating won’t adhere as well. If those steps are too complicated, you should be able to find frozen pre-coated chicken pieces at big-box grocery stores and restaurant cash-and-carry places. Those can simply be cooked in the air fryer.

Full answer by Sneftel: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/137097 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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