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Air fryer salt & pepper chicken

Name: Air fryer salt & pepper chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 32 min
Total time: 47 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 400g boneless, skinless chicken thighs roughly chopped; 1½ tsp cornflour; ¾ 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; 1½ tsp olive oil; 2 pak choi leaves separated; ½ tbsp honey; 1 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine; cooked rice and soy sauce, to serve

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 32 mins

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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

Gluten-free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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400g boneless, skinless chicken thighs

roughly chopped
1½ tsp cornflour
¾ 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
1½ tsp olive oil
2 pak choi

leaves separated
½ tbsp honey
1 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine
cooked rice and soy sauce, to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal206
fat10g
saturates2g
carbs9g
sugars7g
fibre3g
protein20g
salt1.2g

Method

step 1

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.
step 2

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.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2025

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