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.

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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.

2 Pierce chicken whole legs with holes using a fork.

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

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.

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Prep Time 35 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Marinate 5 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Total Time 6 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Air Fryer, Chicken

Servings 4 large pieces

Calories 141 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 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

Instructions

 

• 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.
  

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Notes

This recipe yields 4 pieces of chicken. 

The nutritional value for reference is for 1 piece of chicken depending on the size and does not include other side dishes. 

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 141kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 1611mgPotassium: 222mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 28IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 2mg

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