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Golden air fryer chicken breast bites with roasted garlic cloves, sesame seeds and green onion in the air fryer basket

Air Fryer Chicken Breast Bites with Garlic

Diced chicken breast in a soy, egg white and barbecue-spice marinade, air fried with whole garlic cloves.
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Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 1 batch
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • chicken breast cut into dice
  • green onion and ginger shredded
  • light soy sauce
  • cooking wine Shaoxing wine, or dry sherry
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 spoonful barbecue seasoning a dry barbecue spice mix
  • 1 spoonful starch cornstarch or potato starch
  • 1 handful garlic cloves peeled, whole
  • oil a light spray
  • white sesame seeds and chopped green onion to finish

Method
 

  1. Cut the chicken breast into dice.
  2. Put it in a bowl and add the shredded green onion and ginger, a splash of light soy sauce and a splash of cooking wine.
  3. Add one egg white and a spoonful of barbecue seasoning.
  4. Mix, stirring in one direction, until the chicken is coated.
  5. Add a spoonful of starch and stir well.
  6. Put the chicken in the air fryer basket and add a handful of garlic cloves on top.
  7. Spray the surface lightly with oil.
  8. Air fry at 180°C (356°F) for 20 minutes.
  9. Sprinkle with white sesame seeds and chopped green onion and serve.

Video

Notes

The video doesn't weigh the chicken or measure the soy sauce and cooking wine. They are added as a splash each. Start with about a tablespoon of each per breast and adjust next time.
The garlic cloves roast soft and sweet in the same 20 minutes. Eat them with the chicken.
Stirring in one direction is a Chinese marinating habit. It helps the egg white and starch cling to the meat so it stays juicy.