Air Fryer Lemon Chicken Bites (no breading, keto, paleo, whole30)

Air Fryer Lemon Chicken Bites (no breading, keto, paleo, whole30)

from iheartumami.com
50 min
4 servings

Air Fryer Lemon Chicken Bites with marinated chicken thighs air fried to golden crispy! No breading and starch and totally lemony delicious!

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. Chicken Thighs (skin-on)
  • 1.5 tsp coarse sea salt
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • ¼ tsp white pepper
  • ¼ cup lemon juice (about 1 to 1 ½ whole lemons)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2-3 sprays avocado oil (for the air fryer basket)
  • 2 tbsp chopped chives
  • Sprinkle Furikake (optional)
  • Extra lemon wedges on the side (about quarter to half of one whole lemon)

Directions

  1. 1

    Debone the chicken thighs and dice them to slightly larger than bite sizes. Please see how to debone chicken thighs in the blog post with photos, if you aren’t sure how to do that. Or check out this web story. Transfer them to a container that’s just big enough to hold all the pieces.

  2. 2

    Lightly spray the air fryer basket with avocado oil. Place-in the chicken skin-side up. Try not to let the pieces touch each other too much (a little snuggle is fine just don’t overlap them) so each piece gets crisp up.

  3. 3

    Transfer the chicken bites to a medium size serving plate. Sprinkle with chives and furikake, if using, and serve with lemon wedges on the side. Serve hot and immediately.