Air Fryer Piri Piri Chicken Thighs with Corn Salsa

Name: Air Fryer Piri Piri Chicken Thighs with Corn Salsa
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 36 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Latin American cuisine
Ingredients: 1 Packet Maggi Air Fryer Piri Piri; 1 tablespoon Olive Oil; 600 grams skinless boneless chicken thighs; 3 tablespoons Lime Juice; 180 grams Sweetcorn; 3 Mediums Tomato; 1 teaspoon Chipotle Paste; 4 large spring onions sliced; 20 grams fresh coriander leaves finely chopped; 160 grams Mixed Leaf Salad; 180 grams watermelon diced; 240 grams Basmati or long grain rice (uncooked); 10 grams Pumpkin Seed

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Piri Piri flavours were made for the Air Fryer in our humble Maggi opinion! We love this recipe using our NEW Maggi Air Fryer Piri Piri Chicken served with a smoky corn salsa. So quick and truckloads of flava flava flava!

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Ingredients

Maggi Air Fryer Piri Piri

1 packet

Olive Oil

1 tablespoon

skinless, boneless chicken thighs

600 g

Lime

3 tablespoons

Baby Corn

180 g

ripe salad tomatoes, diced

3 Mediums

Chipotle Paste

1 teaspoon

spring onions, sliced

4 large

Fresh Coriander

20 g

Mixed Leaf Salad

160 g

watermelon, diced

180 g

Basmati or long grain rice (uncooked)

240 g

Pumpkin Seed

10 g

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Nutritional Information

Carbohydrate

71.74 g

Energy

600.33 kcal

Fat

19.82 g

Protein

35.91 g

of which: saturates

4.71 g

Sodium

490.27 mg

of which: sugars

10.56 g

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HEAT: Preheat the air fryer to 190˚C.

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COAT: Put the chicken into a bowl, add the oil and mix. Add the seasoning and mix again until coated.

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COOK: Place the thigh fillets as flat as possible onto the air fry basket in one layer and cook for 15-18 minutes, turning 2-3 times during cooking for an even, crispy finish. Ensure the chicken is piping hot throughout before serving.

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Make the salsa: boil the sweetcorn then char in a dry frying pan until some of the kernels on each side blacken slightly. Allow to cool then cut all the kernels off the sweetcorn using a sharp knife. Tip the sweetcorn into a bowl and mix with the chopped tomatoes, chilli paste, lime juice, olive oil and chopped herbs.

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Cook the rice according to the pack instructions. Serve the hot chicken with the rice, corn salsa and green salad topped with the watermelon and seeds, if using.

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