These air fryer fried pickles are cooked to a crispy golden brown and use no hot oil! A much easier option for fried pickles that takes only 7 minutes to make.
Why this recipe works
We love a good deep fried appetizer, but we definitely don’t enjoy all the oil involved with making them.
That’s why air frying is such a great option for making your favorite fried appetizers like our air fryer mozzarella sticks, and these air fryer fried pickles! It eliminates the hot oil, and even the batter needed to make them. Cutting time, fat count, and grease is a bonus in my book.
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Ingredients you will need
Get all measurements, ingredients, and instructions in the printable version at the end of this post.
COATING – To give air fryer fried pickles a nice crunchy coating we’re dipping them in an egg, all-purpose flour, and panko bread crumbs that’s seasoned with garlic salt, black pepper, and smoked paprika. For a keto-friendly alternative, you can substitute your flour with almond flour, as well as substitute the panko bread crumbs with pork panko.
PICKLES – We’re using Bread and Butter pickle chips which lean on the slightly sweeter side, however, dill pickle slices are also great when it comes to fried pickles. It’s important to note that if you choose to use spears instead of slices, your cook time will be longer.
How to Make Air Fryer Fried Pickles
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- Drain and dry pickle chips on a few paper towels. Dry as best as possible.
EXPERT TIP: Drying your pickles is an important step, if you don’t soak up the excess juice from the pickles, your coating may not stick well. - Add the garlic salt, black pepper, and smoked paprika to the flour bowl and mix. In a separate bowl, beat the egg. In a third bowl, add the panko breadcrumbs.
- Dredge the pickles in the flour mixture, then into a bowl with the beaten egg, and lastly into the panko breadcrumbs.
- Spray the air fryer grate with cooking spray. Lay the pickle chips in the basket so as not to overlap. You may need to do this in batches. Lightly spray with cooking oil.
- Air fry at 385F for 5-7 minutes. Serve with your choice of dipping sauce.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can make these air fryer fried pickles keto-friendly by swapping out your panko breadcrumbs with finely ground pork rinds (pork panko). You can also opt for almond flour, coconut flour, or chickpea flour instead of regular all-purpose flour.
These air fryer fried pickles are best served immediately after air frying. However, if you’d like to store your leftovers, place them in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Reheat in the air fryer at 375F for 2-3 minutes. Add a light spray of cooking oil to help with the crispiness if needed.
There are many different sauces that complement fried pickles. Some great options include ranch, bleu cheese, southwest ranch, fry sauce, cajun sauce, spicy mayo, and thousand island dressing.
This crispy crunchy air fryer fried pickles recipe is a great alternative to deep frying. Saving you time, oil cleanup, and calories!
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Air Fryer Fried Pickles
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Print It Rate It Text ItIngredients
- 16 oz bread and butter pickle chips or dill slices
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
Things You’ll Need
Instructions
- Drain and dry pickle chips on a few paper towels. Dry as best as possible.
- Add the garlic salt, black pepper, and smoked paprika to the flour bowl and mix. In a separate bowl beat the egg. In a third bowl add the panko breadcrumbs.
- Dredge the pickles in the flour mixture, then into a bowl with the beaten egg, and lastly into the panko breadcrumbs.
- Spray the air fryer grate with cooking spray. Lay the pickle chips in the basket so as not to overlap. You may need to do this in batches. Lightly spray with cooking oil.
- Air fry at 385F for 5-7 minutes. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
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Expert Tips & FAQs
- You can make these air fryer fried pickles keto-friendly by swapping out your panko breadcrumbs with finely ground pork rinds (pork panko).
- Some great dipping sauce ideas include ranch, bleu cheese, southwest ranch, fry sauce, cajun sauce, spicy mayo, and thousand island dressing.
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Nicole says
Amazing. I’ve tried other fried pickle recipes and this is by far the best tasting one, annnnd it’s easier than most!! Perfect tang, perfect crisp, A+++
Tammy says
My family loved these. They had a great crisp. I will make them again.
Debbie K says
Made this up using my pampered chef air fryer….I did two trays at a time, we loved how crunchy they were and we paired them with a garlic aioli dipping sauce. Only thing I found was I needed to double my pinko bread crumbs , I had enough seasoned flour ( you could also add your seasoning to the bread crumbs ) and my egg was an XL so I had enough.
Daniel says
This recipe turned out to be so terrible to make and the product itself was very mediocre. On top of that, the amount of things I needed was wildly inaccurate, as I found myself continuously adding more egg and bread crumbs because I just kept running out of them. Overall, not a very fun nor worthwhile experience.
Megan says
Very great base recipe to have. 5 min in my Air Fryer was perfect. I seasoned my panko crumbs as well.
Sandy says
If you’re looking to make fried pickles like you would get from a restaurant please do not use bread and butter chips. They will be nauseatingly sweet. Use the dill pickle chips or spears and it works just the same.
Chuck says
These were awful. They were dry and bland. Even doubled the spices once I had mixed in the recommended and it was still tasteless. They didn’t taste anything like any fried pickles Ive ever had.
Aimee says
Hello ,
I don’t have the same type of air fryer ( I have the ninja foodie ( looks like a toaster oven) ) i don’t have that type of pan only a pan that looks like a cookie sheet and a basket pan . Which would you recommend I use ?
Thank you
Kim says
Can I still deep fry the pickles with these ingredients
Amanda Formaro says
We have not tested that, but I would imagine you could!
Ams says
Yes, this is how you would bread them to be deep fried as well
Pip says
What are bread and butter pickle chips? What can I use in London?
Amanda Formaro says
Bread and butter pickles are more on the sweet side. Sweet pickle slices or dill pickle slices will work.
Malinda Scott says
To make them keto, you need to sub out the flour for maybe almond or coconut flour. I think they would be awesome and can’t wait to try them.
Amanda Formaro says
You could also use pork rinds or parmesan as a substitute :)
Kathy Harris says
I’m a “grazer” and these sound fantastic! Can’t wait to try them! LOVE