Air Fried Thai Style Kaffir Lime Chicken Wings
Another super delicious and crispy Thai style wings with air fryer recipe creation is here! These wings are marinated with fragrant kaffir lime leaves powder, cilantro roots and a few other ingredients to enhance the flavor of the wings. The wings are then air fried to crisp perfection in an air fryer. Yes, enjoy crispy air-fried wings without the need for deep frying with lots of oil! Why not?! If you want to try another style or flavor of fried chicken wings, this recipe is a must-try on your next wing night
Ingredients:
- 11-12 Chicken Wings
- 1 Tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Fish Sauce
- ½ Teaspoon Kaffir Lime Leave Powder
- 3-4 Coriander Roots/Cilantro Roots
- ¼-½ Tablespoon Salt (-/+ adjustable according to your taste preferences)
- ¼ Teaspoon White Granulated Sugar
- ⅛-¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper
- ⅛ Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 3 Tablespoons Cornstarch (For coating)
- Grapeseed Oil (Or your choice of cooking oil)
Instructions:
- Clean and pat dry the wings with a kitchen towel and set them aside.
- Clean cilantro/coriander roots and pound them with a mortar and pestle. You can use a food processor as well. Set aside.
- Add salt, garlic powder, cilantro roots, kaffir lime powder, sugar, light soy sauce, fish sauce and black pepper to the wings.
- Stir to combine and let them marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour before airfrying them in the air fryer.
- Coat them with some cornstarch and spray with some cooking oil of your choice.
- Place the wings on the air fryer plate, basket, or tray. We lined them with foil, but it is completely up to you how you want to do it with your own favorite methods.
- No preheat needed.
- Air fried the wings for 20 minutes at 140 degrees C.
- Flip the wings and air fry for another 2-3 minutes at 160 degrees C.
- Flip the wings again and air fry them at 160 degrees for 2-3 minutes or until they reach your desired crispness and brown. Use a meat thermometer if you have to.
- Serve warm.
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Tips & Notes:
- Double up the ingredients for a big batch.
- Air fry them in batches if you have to for big servings.
- You can use the flat or the joint part of the wings.
- The temperature setting and timing above are based on our air fryer model. All air fryers work differently. Please adjust the temperature and time accordingly until the wings are cooked through.
- If kaffir lime powder is not available to you, you can substitute it with finely chopped 6–8 fresh kaffir lime leaves.
- You can purchase kaffir lime leaves powder online or at your local Asian grocery store. The link to the kaffir lime leave powder is provided under ingredients in bold letters on our website as well as under the description box below on our Youtube video for this recipe. We purchased the kaffir lime leaves powder online.
- You can use fresh garlic purée if you prefer fresh garlic vs garlic powder. When it comes to air-fried chicken, we prefer to use garlic powder most of the time.
- We used grapeseed oil spray, but you can use your choice of cooking oil.
- This recipe uses fish sauce, but if you dislike fish sauce, you can omit it (if you don’t mind, the taste may be slightly different from the original with fish sauce).
- Adjust salt according to your taste buds because fish sauce and light soy sauce contain salt. We only used a little bit, but if you prefer a little salty wings, just add more salt.
- If you don’t have an air fryer, you can deep fry them over the stove with enough cooking oil for deep frying.
- Of course, you can use this recipe with other parts of chicken other than wings. However, you may need to adjust or experiment with the temperature and time accordingly.
- You can prepare the wings ahead of time and air fry them the next day. Just store them in an airtight container in the fridge.
