Air Fryer Salt And Pepper Chips

Use the air fryer to cook up a batch of our AMAZING salt and pepper chips with chilli sauce. These are so good, you won’t want eating them to end!

Our air fryer salt and pepper chips recipe is just delicious! Great for a weekend dinner, when you want to make something just a bit extra nice!

Air Fryer Chilli Chips Ingredients

Everything you’ll need to make our delicious take on Chinese salt and pepper chips

For the chips

• 1.5kg potatoes – skins washed and any dirt or soil removed

• 2 tbsp olive oil – you can swap this for rapeseed or sunflower oil if you prefer.

For the salt and pepper seasoning

• 1 green pepper – chopped into bitesized pieces

• 1 red pepper – chopped into bitesized pieces

• 1 brown onion – peeled and chopped into bitesized pieces

• 1 red chilli – finely sliced (remove the seeds if you want less heat)

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp dried onion powder

• 1/2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder

• 1 tsp Szechuan peppercorns – bashed in a pestle and mortar

• 1 tbsp sesame oil

• 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

• Bunch spring onions – trimmed and sliced

How To Make Air Fryer Chilli Chips

Okay it may seem a lot or steps, but it’s actually really straightforward and you’ll love the chips!

Step One – prepare and cook the homemade air fryer chips

• Prepare and cook the air fryer chips – grab our instructions for homemade air fryer chips here.

• Once cooked, set aside whilst you prepare the salt and pepper seasoning and toppings.

Step Two – prepare the vegetables and salt and pepper seasoning

• Chop the onion, red and green pepper into bitesized pieces.
• Put them into the tin foil baking tray. Scatter over the garlic powder, onion powder, Szechuan pepper, five spice and a sprinkle of salt. Give everything a mix together.
• Drizzle over the sesame oil, give everything another mix together.

Step Three – air fry the seasoned vegetables

• Cook the seasoned vegetables in the air fryer on 200C for around 7-10 minutes or until they’re softened.

Step Four – make the salt and pepper chips in the air fryer

• Line the air fryer basket with a sheet of tin foil, if you’ve got thin foil, double line so it doesn’t rip when you lift the chips out.
• Scatter the cooked chips back into the air fryer basket, scatter over the air fried seasoned vegetables, drizzle over a good glue of sweet chilli sauce, and gently give everything a mix together.
• Cook the salt and pepper chips in the air fryer on 200C for around 5 minutes or until re-heated through.

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