Air Fryer Salt and Pepper Chicken

    15m prep time
    45m total time
    Easy level
    13 ingredients

Craving your favourite Chinese takeaway but want something quicker and healthier? This Air Fryer Salt and Pepper Chicken delivers all the crispy, savoury goodness, without the deep-frying. Perfect for the whole family.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

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.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 1.5tsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
  • 0.5tbsp Honey 1 x Sainsbury's Runny Honey 340g
  • 1tbsp Shaohsing Rice Wine 1 x Yutaka Shaoxing Rice Wine 15cl
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Dark Soy Sauce 150ml
  • 6 Spring Onions, sliced on the angle 1 x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g
  • 2 Red Peppers, roughly chopped 2 x Sainsbury's Red Pepper
  • 1 Red Chilli, finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Red Chillies 65g
  • 0.75tsp Szechuan Pepper, crushed (or use black pepper) 1 x Sainsbury's Black Peppercorns 45g
  • 1.5tsp Cornflour 1 x Sainsbury's Cornflour 500g
  • 1tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder 1 x Sainsbury's Chinese 5 Spice
  • 2 Pak Choi Leaves, separated 1 x Sainsbury's Pak Choi 250g
  • 440g Cooked Rice, to serve 2 x Ben's Original Classic Long Grain Microwave Rice 220g
  • 640g Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs, roughly chopped 1 x Sainsbury's 640g British Fresh Skinless & Boneless Chicken Thigh Fillets
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