Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Bites Recipe
Delicious air fryer buffalo chicken bites recipe, the perfect nibble featuring a blend of hot and tangy flavours, with a hint of sweetness!
Equipment
- 1 Air Fryer
- 1 Kitchen Tongs
Ingredients
- 500 g Boneless Chicken Thighs cubed
- 2-3 tbsp Sunflower/Vegetable Oil
Marinating the chicken:
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 cup Buttermilk*
Coating:
- 1½ cup Cornflour
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 Egg beaten
Buffalo Sauce:
- ½ cup Frank's Hot Sauce
- 4 tbsp Butter melted
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 1 tsp Brown Sugar
Instructions
- Season the chicken with all the dry ingredients for the marinade. Marinate the seasoned chicken pieces in buttermilk for a few hours or overnight.
- Mix together all the seasonings with the cornflour.
- Dip marinated chicken pieces into the beaten egg. Then drench them in the coating mixture until fully coated.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Shallow-fry chicken pieces until golden in colour. Set aside.
- Make buffalo sauce by mixing all the sauce ingredients together.
- Remove pan from heat. Transfer sauce into the still-hot pan. Add in the chicken and toss in sauce until thoroughly coated. Serve immediately.
Notes
*If you don't have buttermilk at hand, simply follow this ratio: 1 tablespoon of lemon juice/vinegar to every 1 cup of regular milk. Let it sit for about 5 minutes until tiny curdles form.
Other recipe notes:
- Prep time doesn't include time for marinating the chicken.
- Ideally, it'd be best to marinate the chicken overnight. But if you're short on time, we recommend marinating for at least 3 hours.
- You can substitute the chicken thigh with chicken breast. However, chicken thigh is a lot juicier and flavoursome, whereas chicken breast tends to be dry out easily and less tender to bite.
- I used Frank's Hot Sauce for this recipe, which I find most fitting for the flavours. But you can replace it with any other American hot sauce of your choice.
- Seasoning the cornflour coating really gives an extra punch of flavours to the chicken bites. Feel free to play around with more or less of the seasoning/spices.
- If you don't have an air fryer, you can also deep-fry the chicken bites.