Air Fryer Chicken with Peppers, the classic chicken with peppers with grandma’s recipe but in a much lighter and equally tasty version! The air fryer allows for healthy and tasty cooking with the use of very little oil or even, in the case of the chicken, without oil! Now follow me to the kitchen and you’ll prepare a fabulous crispy on the outside, tender on the inside chicken with peppers in no time!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2 People
- Cooking methods: Air Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for Air Fryer Chicken with Peppers
- 1.21 lbs chicken drumsticks (of equal size)
- 1 red bell pepper (about 14 oz cleaned weight)
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 spray extra virgin olive oil
- to taste fine salt
- to taste black pepper (freshly ground)
Useful Tools for Perfecting the Recipe
- Air Fryer
- Oil Sprayer
- 2 Bowls
- 4 Spoons
- Knife
- Air Fryer Paper
- Tongs
- Baking Tray
Preparation of Air Fryer Chicken with Peppers
In a bowl, place the chicken drumsticks, season them with salt (a pinch), sweet paprika, and freshly ground pepper. Mix well with the help of two spoons until all the chicken pieces are well flavored. Set aside.
Clean the bell pepper from the discardable parts, wash it, dry it, and cut it into medium-sized pieces. Then put it in a clean bowl, season it with a puff of oil and a pinch of salt, and mix with two clean spoons.
Turn on the air fryer, preheat it, then set it to 392°F for 20 minutes. Insert a perforated parchment paper sheet in the basket and place the chicken drumsticks in it. Reinsert the basket and turn halfway through cooking with the help of tongs. Once 20 minutes have passed, remove the chicken drumsticks and place them in a baking tray.
Now, without preheating, place the peppers in the air fryer basket, set it to 356°F, and set the cooking time for 15 minutes. Stir halfway through cooking, and in the last 3 minutes, put the chicken drumsticks back in. After the 15 minutes are up, take out, serve, and enjoy this fabulous air fryer chicken with peppers!
Tips
You can also add other seasonings like garlic and rosemary.
You can cook chicken wings in this way as well.
You can add pitted black olives as well.
