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

Air fryer salt & pepper chicken

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

47 min total 15 min prep 32 min cook 4 206 cal

Instructions

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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.
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.
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