I have a Vortex. Love it. Yes, I've done fried chicken. Pretty good. I've spatchcocked a small chicken and roasted it and I liked that better.

Do you just dip it in egg, put the coating on and put it in the fryer?

spatchcock

I love learning interesting uncommon new words. They say if you use a new word in conversation 3 times, it's yours. It may be tough to sneak this one in.

It was difficult to find a chicken that would fit in the fryer. Hence the need to spatchcock.

For the fried chicken, I soaked it in a buttermilk mixture for about an hour, then coated with flour and seasonings, back into the liquid, then once more into the flour. This is the recipe I used: Chicken

I've never heard that word before, spatchcock, and have been around a long time. lol

"Spatchcock" turns up fairly often on the cooking forum.

Re: fried chicken in an air fryer, I 'fry' thighs or leg quarters quite often in mine, and occasionally wings. But I don't coat it with anything. Just whatever seasoning I'm inclined to use at the moment, and maybe a very light spritz of olive oil, but it really doesn't need the olive oil, most of the chicken I get is fatty enough without it. One of the reasons for using an air fryer is to cut the fat and calories of fried foods. Coating the chicken just adds unnecessary calories.

Rusty

Instead of the larger pieces, my daughter makes fried chicken tenders in her air fryer. If regular pieces don’t work well for you, that might be another alternative to try.

I have frozen chicken breasts at the moment, so will cut them into tenders. I want the taste of fried chicken so I think I will need a bit of coating. Will try with seasoning and no coating the next time I get leg quarters.