Ninja Foodi Chicken Quarters

Ingredients:

4 chicken leg quarters, skin intact

Salt

2 cups water

Sauce of choice or 3 Tblsp. vegetable oil

Preparation:

1. Lightly salt the front and back of each piece of chicken.

2. If sauce is desired, rub sauce onto all sides of chicken. If not, rub chicken with oil on all sides.

3. Turn on the Ninja Foodi, and press the PRESSURE button.

4. Put cook & crisp plate into cooking pot.

5. Pour water into the Foodi.

6. Place chicken onto cook & crisp plate, standing pieces up. It's ok if they touch. 

7. Place the pressure lid on the Ninja Foodi, and lock the lid in place.

8. Turn the pressure valve to SEAL.

9. Turn on the Ninja Foodie, and press the PRESSURE button.

10. Set the TIME to 20 minutes, then press START (leave temperature on HIGH).

11. The Ninja Foodi will take several minutes to pressurize, then will cook for 20 minutes. Once the 20 minutes of cooking is completed, allow the pressure to natural release for 8 minutes.

12. After 8 minutes of natural release, open the pressure valve to release the remaining pressure.

13. Once the lid unlocks, use tongs to remove (carefully, as they will be tender), and coat with additional sauce or seasonings, as needed. You do not need to empty the water.

14. Close the crisping lid, press the AIR CRISP button, and set the temperature to 400 for 5 minutes, and press the START button.

15. After 5 minutes, open the lid, and use tongs to turn the chicken over.

16. Repeat step 13 a second time -- air crisp the chicken for 5 more minutes.

17. Once the second set of 5 minutes of crisping is done, verify that the chicken is crisp enough for your liking. If not, repeat for several minutes until chicken reaches desired crispness, then serve.

NOTE: The internal safe serving temperature for chicken is 165 degrees. When testing the temperature of bone-in meats, be sure that thermometer probe is not touching a bone.