Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Chop with Air Fryer

The ingredients for marinating grilled lemongrass chicken chop for this recipe are the same as Lemongrass Fried Chicken Drumsticks. If you lemongrass chicken but don’t like deep-frying, you may grill the marinated chicken instead of deep-frying it.

CHINESE VERSION: 烤香茅鸡扒 (空气炸锅版)

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Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Chop with Air Fryer | MyKitchen101en

Yields: 4 pieces

Ingredients:

4 pcs boneless chicken whole legs

Ingredients for marinade:

6 stalks lemongrass
1 sprig of curry leaf
15 g garlic
20 g shallot
40 g onion
½ tsp ground pepper
1 tsp curry powder
2 ¾ tsps fine salt
3 ½ tbsps fine sugar
200 g water

Instructions:

1 Dry cleaned boneless chicken whole legs with kitchen towels.

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2 Pierce chicken whole legs with holes using a fork.

3 Combine ingredients for marinade in blender, blend until fine.

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4 Pour marinade over chicken whole legs, coat each well with marinade.

5 Keep refrigerated to marinate for at least 5 hours or overnight. (Reminder: Marinate longer for better taste.)

6 Set aside marinated chicken at room temperature for 30 minutes before grilling.

7 Transfer marinated chicken to a large pan (discard excess marinade), coat both sides with cooking oil.

8 Put wire rack into air fryer basket, coat with cooking oil.

9 Arrange chicken whole legs on wire rack (skin-side down).

10 Put into air fryer, bake at 180°C for 10 minutes.

11 Turn the chicken whole legs over, bake again at 180°C for 10 minutes.

12 Bake at 200°C for another 5 minutes.

13 Cut chicken chops into small pieces.

Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Chop With Air Fryer

The ingredients for marinating grilled lemongrass chicken chop for this recipe are the same as Lemongrass Fried Chicken Drumsticks.

4 pcs boneless chicken whole legs

For marinade:

6 stalks lemongrass
1 sprig curry leaf
15 g garlic
20 g shallot
40 g onion
½ tsp ground pepper
1 tsp curry powder
2 ¾ tsps fine salt
3 ½ tbsps fine sugar
200 g water
2 tbsps cooking oil

Dry cleaned boneless chicken whole legs with kitchen towels.
Pierce chicken whole legs with holes using a fork.
Combine ingredients for marinade in blender, blend until fine.
Pour marinade over chicken whole legs, coat each well with marinade. Keep refrigerated to marinate for at least 5 hours or overnight. (Reminder: Marinate longer for better taste.)
Set aside marinated chicken at room temperature for 30 minutes before grilling. Transfer marinated chicken to a large pan (discard excess marinade), coat both sides with cooking oil.
Put wire rack into air fryer basket, coat with cooking oil.
Arrange chicken whole legs on wire rack (skin-side down).
Put into air fryer, bake at 180°C for 10 minutes.
Turn the chicken whole legs over, bake again at 180°C for 10 minutes.
Bake at 200°C for another 5 minutes.
Cut chicken chops into small pieces.