Air Fryer Fried Pickles

These air fryer fried pickles are golden, crispy, and easy to make with pre-sliced pickles and a simple coating in minutes for a crunchy appetizer.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 178 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce
• 1 (16 ounce) jar dill pickle chips
• 0.25 teaspoon paprika
• 0.5 cup all-purpose flour
• 0.125 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.5 cup cornmeal
• 0.5 cup mayonnaise
• 0.25 teaspoon garlic powder
• 0.5 teaspoon seasoned salt

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Drain pickles and dry them on paper towels.

Step 2

Mix egg and milk together in a bowl. Mix flour, cornmeal, seasoned salt, paprika, garlic powder, and black pepper together in another bowl.

Step 3

To make the dipping sauce: Mix mayonnaise and sriracha sauce together in a small bowl until well combined. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Step 4

Dip sliced pickles in egg mixture, then in flour mixture, coating both sides and lightly pressing flour mixture into each pickle.

Step 5

Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray. Place pickles in the basket in a single layer; split into 2 batches if necessary.

Step 6

Gather all ingredients. Heat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 7

Cook for 4 minutes; carefully flip pickles. Cook until desired brownness, about 4 minutes more.

Step 8

Serve with sriracha mayo.