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Air Fryer Salt And Pepper Chicken

Chinese Salt and pepper chicken got an air fryer makeover in this air fryer salt and pepper chicken recipe. No cornflour, just simple ingredients that come together fast in your air fryer and are perfect for a Friday night Chinese fakeaway.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
18 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 258 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: International

Ingredients

  • 450 g Salt and Pepper Chicken Strips
  • 1 medium red pepper
  • 1 medium green pepper
  • 1 bunch spring onions
  • ½ Tbsp Chinese 5 spice
  • salt & pepper
  • 1 chilli pepper optional
Kitchen Gadgets
  • Philips Air Fryer

Instructions

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  1. Load your frozen salt and pepper chicken strips into the air fryer basket and cook for 8 minutes at 180c/360f.
  2. Whilst the air fryer is cooking, slice your peppers and spring onion, discarding the pepper seeds as you go.
  3. Load them into your bowl with the Chinese five spice, along with salt and pepper. Mix with your hands.
  4. When the air fryer beeps, add the peppers and onions, and shake the air fryer basket.
  5. Cook for another 5 minutes at 180c/360f before serving.

Notes

  • Quantity. Avoid overfilling your air fryer, otherwise the chicken won’t be as nice and will require a lot more cooking time.Reheat. If you have leftover salt and pepper chicken, air fry for 4 minutes at 160c/320f.
  • Fakeaway. Our salt and pepper chicken air fryer recipe is also fantastic paired with our air fryer salt and pepper chips.
  • Thanks for reading our air fryer salt and pepper chicken recipe on Recipe This. We have many more air fryer recipes for you to check out next. Though if you would like to try more delicious frozen chicken recipes, I recommend you try our air fryer frozen sweet and sour chicken balls.

Nutrition Information

Serving 100g Calories 258kcal (13%) Carbohydrates 19.8g (7%) Protein 17.2g (34%) Fat 11.9g (18%) Saturated Fat 2.2g (11%) Fiber 1.1g (4%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 258

% Daily Value*

Serving 100g
Calories 258kcal 13%
Carbohydrates 19.8g 7%
Protein 17.2g 34%
Fat 11.9g 18%
Saturated Fat 2.2g 11%
Fiber 1.1g 4%

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