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Air-fried chicken wings with potatoes

60 minutes, requires preparation the day before

This is one of our favorite air fryer recipes. Apart from marinating the chicken overnight, it doesn’t take a lot of time to prepare, and you could start eating while the second and third batches are still cooking. This is a perfect Monday dinner recipe (we usually buy a full chicken on Saturday, so we have marinated legs and wings ready to be fried on Monday).

Ingredients

Yields 2 portions

For the chicken

  • 6 chicken wings
  • 2 teaspoon achiote paste
  • 1–2 limes  juice
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • salt

For the potatoes

  • 1 kg floury potato
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • 1 pinch cumin seeds
  • 1 pinch coriander seeds
  • ½ pinch fennel seeds
  • ½ pinch chile flakes

You will need

  • air fryer or oven

Directions

To cook the chicken

  1. Rinse the chicken wings.
  2. Chop achiote into small pieces.
  3. Juice the lime, and mix it with the achiote until the achiote is fully diluted.
  4. Peel the garlic, and press it into the mix.
  5. Liberally season with salt.
  6. Rub the chicken parts with the marinade mixture.
  7. Refrigerate in an airtight container for at least 4 hours, better overnight.
  8. If using an oven, preheat it to 210 ˚C.
  9. Roast in an air fryer at 210 ˚C for 20 minutes, turn the wings after 10 minutes. (Or roast in the oven at 210 ˚C for about 40 minutes.)

To cook the potatoes

  1. If using an oven, preheat it to 210 ˚C.
  2. Cut the potatoes into chunky wedges (don’t peel them).
  3. In a large wide bowl, put the potatoes, and liberally sprinkle them with olive oil, and a couple of pinches of salt.
  4. Grind the spices: 1 pinch cumin seeds, 1 pinch coriander seeds, ½ pinch fennel seeds, and ½ pinch chile flakes. Add the spices to the bowls with the potatoes.
  5. Thoroughly mix everything using your hands.
  6. Roast in an air fryer in two batches (to avoid overcrowding and steaming instead of baking) at 210 ˚C for 18 minutes, and give it a shake in the middle. (Or roast in the oven at 210 ˚C for about 40 minutes.)

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