Description
Enjoy fried pickles at home with these Easy Air Fryer Fried Pickles! Dill pickle spears with a crispy buttermilk dill coating, fried to perfection in the air fryer in just 8 minutes!
Ingredients
1 24oz jar dill pickle spears
1 large egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup white all-purpose flour
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp dry dill weed (divided)
1 tsp onion powder (divided)
1 tsp salt (divided)
2 cups Panko bread crumbs
olive oil cooking spray
ranch dressing (optional for dipping)
Instructions
Drain the pickles
Lay the pickles on paper towel and gently blot to dry*, set aside
In a large, shallow bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, flour, mustard, 1/2 tsp dill weed, 1/2 tsp onion powder and 1/2 tsp salt
Add the bread crumbs to a rimmed plate
Add the remaining dill weed, onion powder and salt to the bread crumbs, toss
Preheat the air fryer to 400°F for 5 minutes
Get out a large clean plate
While the air fryer preheats, prep the pickles
Working 1 pickle at a time, dredge in the buttermilk mixture, make sure the pickle is coated completely
Transfer the pickle to the bread crumbs and roll to coat entirely
Place pickle on the large, clean plate
Repeat the 3 steps above with remaining pickles
When air fryer is preheated, spray the basket throughly with olive oil spray
Place pickles in the basket – as many as you can fit without them touching**
Spray the pickles generously with olive oil spray
Air Fryer for 8 minutes at 400°F
Carefully remove the pickles from the air fryer and place on a clean serving dish
Repeat the 4 steps above with remaining pickles
Serve pickles immediately with a dipping sauce***
Notes
*This is an important step, the pickles need to be dry for the fry coating to stick.
**Depending on the size of your air fryer you will need to work in batches. I can fit 6 in my fryer so for 12 pickles I need to do 2 batches.
***The pickles get hot so be careful not to burn your mouth when you bite into them. I like to serve them with ranch dressing as the dipping sauce.
- Prep Time: 12 minutes
- Cook Time: 16 minutes
- Method: Air Fryer
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