Air Fryer Firecracker Chicken

This spicy sweet chicken recipe is bursting with flavor from tangy hot sauce, honey and umami coconut aminos for a gluten free air fryer recipe with zero oil.

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 21

Total Time: 36

Course: dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: American, Asian

Keyword: air fryer, Chicken

Servings: servings

Calories: 456kcal

Author: Meal Prep on Fleek

Equipment

Air Fryer

Ingredients

1 ½ lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-2 inch pieces
¼ cup gluten-free flour
½ cup hot sauce
2 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoon coconut aminos
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoon chopped green onion

For Serving

1 cup dry white rice
3 cups steamed edamame
¼ teaspoon flaky sea salt

Instructions

Cook rice according to package directions.
Heat hot sauce, honey, coconut aminos and red pepper flakes over medium-low heat until steaming. Pour into a small bowl.
Blot chicken pieces dry with paper towel and place in a medium mixing bowl. Add gluten-free flour and toss to coat chicken pieces. Spread chicken evenly in basket of air fryer. Close and air fry at 390ºF for 8 minutes. Shake basket and fry for 8 minutes longer. Spoon ½ of sauce mixture over chicken and shake to evenly coat. Fry for 5 minutes longer.
Divide the remaining sauce between 4 small sauce cups. Add firecracker chicken to large compartments of 4 white MPOF containers and sprinkle with green onion. Divide rice between one of the smaller (1 cup) compartments of each container and edamame in the other. Sprinkle edamame with sea salt. Drizzle remaining sauce on chicken before enjoying.

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