Fried boneless chicken whole legs

This can be served western style with salad or cooked vegetables like mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli, cauliflower. Alternatively, you can use it as a side dish with your Chinese meals.

Ingredients

1 de-boned chicken whole leg per person if cooking as a meal on its own

2 de-boned chicken whole legs if cooking as a side dish

Marinade

½ tsp sugar

1 tbsp Shaoxing wine

Salt and pepper   

½ tsp sesame oil

Combine chicken leg with the marinade and leave for 30 minutes

Heat some oil in the fry pan and place the chicken skin side down

Turn the chicken over when the skin is nicely browned

When the chicken is cooked, transfer to a plate

Cover and leave for 10 minutes so that the juices can be reabsorbed into the meat

Serve with salad if having it western style

Transfer to a cutting board if using it as a side dish

Cut into bite size pieces

Transfer the cut pieces to a plate and serve

If you don’t want to have oil all over the kitchen, then use the air fryer to cook the chicken.

Set the cooking time to 22 minutes and let it warm up for 2 minutes.

The food will not stick to the basket if it is hot.

Brush the skin with some olive oil

Put the chicken skin side down into the air fryer basket and start cooking

After 10 minutes turn the chicken over and continue cooking until done

When the chicken is cooked, transfer to a plate and let it sit for 10 minutes