My air fryer candy and bitter hen bowls characteristic tremendous crispy hen, vibrant veggies, and a home made candy and bitter sauce! I really like making this recipe on busy weeknights after I need one thing that tastes like takeout 🥰🥰. The candy and bitter sauce is so so yummy and solely requires a couple of substances. Bonus, my kiddos love this recipe, too!
- Entire meal in a single bowl: Sauté peppers and onions whereas your hen is air frying, and serve it throughout a mattress of rice.
- Tremendous crispy hen: I’ve been creating air fryer recipes for years, and this one is one in all my favorites! I really like each alternative to make further crispy hen (and not using a deep fryer!), and this one critically slays. Toss the hen in my wonderful candy and bitter sauce, and ENJOY.
- Tastes like takeout: I loveeee candy and bitter hen, however don’t at all times love the ingredient checklist after I order it for takeout. My candy and bitter sauce for this recipe is of course sweetened with honey and orange marmalade, and spiced up only a bit with chili garlic sauce (sriracha additionally works!).
Featured Substances
- Rooster: I like utilizing boneless skinless hen breasts for this recipe, however boneless skinless thighs can even work.
- Panko bread crumbs: Panko helps offers the breading for the hen its further CRUNCH when air fryed.
- Orange marmalade: My secret sauce ingredient! It offers this candy and bitter hen wonderful candy taste and thickens the sauce a bit, too.
- Cornstarch slurry: The slurry is essential to thickening up the sauce! Don’t need to use cornstarch? Simply omit it, however know your sauce might be a bit thinner.
- Chili garlic sauce: Distinction the candy marmalade and honey with just a little chili garlic sauce (sriracha can even work!). I prefer to go just a little lighter on the spice after I’m serving this to my kiddos, after which add just a little further to mine earlier than serving 😋.
- Rice vinegar: Provides the right of “bitter” taste to steadiness out the sweetness within the sauce.
Discover the checklist of full substances within the recipe card under.
Tips on how to Make Air Fryer Candy and Bitter Rooster
- Put together the sauce: Add all of the substances for the sauce right into a small saucepan and simmer. Make the cornstarch slurry in a separate bowl after which add it to the simmering sauce to thicken it up
- Sauté the veggies: Add your chopped veggies to a skillet with sesame oil, and prepare dinner for 5-7 minutes.
- Put together the hen: Dredge the hen by means of flour, then egg wash, after which panko. This order of operations will assist the breading stick further nicely to the hen (which yields an excellent crispy hen after its air fried!).
- Air fry the hen: Make sure that the hen chunks aren’t touching and air fry to crispy perfection.
- Toss the hen within the candy and bitter sauce.
- Assemble into bowls, and ENJOY!
Discover the total recipe directions within the recipe card under.
Serving Ideas
My on the spot pot white rice recipe is a go-to! It makes excellent rice each single time. Merely make a batch of rice within the on the spot pot when you’re making ready the remainder of these bowls. Simple peasy.
Storage Directions
Retailer this air fryer candy and bitter hen in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days. I prefer to heat my hen and veggies again up within the air fryer as a result of it crisps up leftovers so nicely 🙌🏻. The microwave additionally works!
Extra Simple Air-Fryer Recipes
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Start by making ready the candy and bitter sauce. Add the honey, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce, orange marmalade, and chili garlic sauce to a saucepan. Whisk to mix. Deliver the combination to a delicate boil over medium/excessive warmth. Flip the warmth to low and simmer.
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In a separate bowl make the cornstarch slurry, whisk collectively the cornstarch and heat water. When the cornstarch dissolves, pour the combination into the saucepan. Whisk the slurry into the candy and bitter sauce. It ought to start to thicken fairly rapidly. Take away from warmth and put aside.
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Put together the veggies by heating the sesame oil in a big skillet over medium/excessive warmth. Add the onion and peppers to the oil and season with salt. Saute for 5-7 minutes or till they attain the specified texture. Cowl and take away from warmth.
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Subsequent, put together the hen. In three separate bowls, add the flour to 1, whisked eggs to the second, and panko bread crumbs and salt to the third bowl.
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Dredge a chunk of hen by means of the flour, then egg, after which the panko. Ensure it’s absolutely coated. Put aside and repeat till all of the hen has been coated.
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Switch the hen to the air fryer and spray with avocado oil. Ensure the hen items are usually not overcrowded. Prepare dinner at 400º for 5-8 minutes (relies on what sort of air fryer you’re utilizing) or till the hen is golden brown and crispy. You could must prepare dinner the hen in batches. We’re searching for an inner temperature of 165ºF.
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Switch the cooked hen to a big bowl and toss with the sauce till coated. Serve the hen and peppers over rice or on their very own.
- We used orange marmalade, however you’ll be able to change that with any sort of jam. Be aware that in the event you use a distinct fruit, it should change the flavour of the sauce.
- Choice to exchange the orange marmalade with orange juice. Be aware that you could be want so as to add a bit extra cornstarch to thicken the sauce.
Energy: 449 kcal, Carbohydrates: 63 g, Protein: 32 g, Fats: 8 g, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 35 g
Diet data is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Pictures: images taken on this put up are by Erin from The Picket Skillet.