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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)

Grilled lemongrass Chicken
 

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.

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
 

2 Pierce chicken whole legs with holes using a fork.

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
 

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

12 Bake at 200°C for another 5 minutes.

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

13 Cut chicken chops into small pieces.

Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

Grilled lemongrass Chicken

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.

Rate

5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Marinate 5 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Air Fryer, Chicken
Servings 4 large pieces
Calories 141 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 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.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Pierce chicken whole legs with holes using a fork.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Combine ingredients for marinade in blender, blend until fine.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • 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.)
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • 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.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Put wire rack into air fryer basket, coat with cooking oil.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Arrange chicken whole legs on wire rack (skin-side down).
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Put into air fryer, bake at 180°C for 10 minutes.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Turn the chicken whole legs over, bake again at 180°C for 10 minutes.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Bake at 200°C for another 5 minutes.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop
  • Cut chicken chops into small pieces.
    Air Fryer Lemongrass Chicken Chop

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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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