Air fryer salt & pepper chicken

Name: Air fryer salt & pepper chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 32 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 400 g boneless, skinless chicken thighs roughly chopped; 1 1/2 tsp cornflour; 3/4 tsp Szechuan pepper crushed (or use black pepper); 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder; 1 red chilli finely chopped; 2 red peppers roughly chopped; 6 spring onions 4 roughly chopped, 2 sliced on the diagonal; 1 1/2 tsp olive oil; 2 pak choi leaves separated; 1/2 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine; cooked rice and soy sauce, to serve

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Make this salt and pepper chicken in your air fryer for an easy midweek meal for the whole family. Serve with rice, spring onions and soy sauce

185 kcal /serving 32 min Serves 4 Medium Asian

Ingredients

Metric Imperial

400 g boneless, skinless chicken thighs roughly chopped
1 1/2 tsp cornflour
3/4 tsp Szechuan pepper crushed (or use black pepper)
1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
1 red chilli finely chopped
2 red peppers roughly chopped
6 spring onions 4 roughly chopped, 2 sliced on the diagonal
1 1/2 tsp olive oil
2 pak choi leaves separated
1/2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine
cooked rice and soy sauce, to serve

Preparation

Not specified

Cooking

Heat the air fryer to 200C.
Combine the chicken with the cornflour, ¾ tsp salt, the Szechuan pepper and five-spice powder.
Tip into the air fryer basket and cook for 15 mins until cooked through.
Tip onto a plate and set aside.
Tip the chilli, peppers and roughly chopped spring onions into a bowl and toss with the olive oil, then tip into the air fryer basket and cook for 10 mins.
Add the pak choi leaves and cook for a further 5 mins.
Scoop everything from the air fryer into a bowl along with the chicken, honey and rice wine.
Stir together, then return it all to the air fryer and cook for 2 mins.
Scatter over the remaining spring onions and serve with the cooked rice and soy sauce.
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Plating & Serving

Not specified

Suggested Sides

Nutrition per Serving

185 Calories

21.7g Protein 18% DV

10.1g Carbs 3% DV

6.3g Fat 8% DV

2.3g Fiber 6% DV

5.9g Sugars

450mg Sodium 30% DV

94mg Cholesterol 27% DV

Health Labels

Dairy Free Egg Free Milk Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Fish Free Shellfish Free Pork Free Red Meat Free Crustacean Free Celery Free Mustard Free Sesame Free Lupine Free Mollusk Free Kosher

* Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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