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chicken glazed with barbecue sauce served with potatoes
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Air Fryer Bbq Chicken

Delicious air fryer bbq chicken: juicy, sweet, smoky, and flavorful. Ready in less than 30 minutes, all you actually have to do is to stir the ingredients for the bbq sauce.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Poultry
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 324kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken thighs Note
  • a few dashes olive or vegetable oil spray
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1-2 sprinkles cayenne pepper to taste
  • fine sea salt and pepper
  • Bbq sauce:
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  • 2-3 teaspoon balsamic vinegar to taste
  • 2 teaspoon lime juice
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper to taste
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • fine sea salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the air fryer to 190 degrees Celsius/ 375 degrees Fahrenheit, if required by its instructions.
  • Dry the chicken pieces with kitchen paper. Spray with a little oil on both sides.
  • Season: Mix the smoked paprika, cayenne, salt, and pepper, and rub the chicken with the mixture on both sides.
  • Cook: Place in the basket of the fryer, skin-side down. Cook for 18 minutes.
  • In the meantime, make the bbq sauce. Mix all the ingredients. Adjust the taste with salt, pepper, more sugar, vinegar, or lime juice. Taste until it's exactly to your liking.
  • Brush the thighs with bbq sauce, flip and brush the upper side with more sauce.
  • Continue cooking, this time skin-side up for 3 minutes or until the meat is cooked through. Check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer, it should be 74 degrees Celsius/165 degrees Fahrenheit. Or insert a toothpick in the thickest part of the thigh, the juices should run clear.
  • Brush with more sauce if desired and serve immediately.

Notes

  1. You can use chicken breast instead. Cook for 15 minutes, flipping halfway and brushing with the sauce during the last 3 minutes of the cooking time. Check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer; it should be 74 degrees Celsius/165 degrees Fahrenheit.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Calories: 324kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 166mg | Sodium: 596mg | Sugar: 5g