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Spicy Air-Fried Chicken Tacos with Quick Slaw

March 14

These Spicy Air-Fried Chicken Tacos are everything you need in a quick, fiery, and fun meal. The air fryer brings the perfect crisp to the chicken, while the chipotle hot sauce adds smoky heat that’ll make your taste buds dance. Paired with a zesty, hand-massaged slaw and gooey mozzarella, each bite packs flavour and crunch. Serve them with a squeeze of lime, and you’ve got yourself a taco night to remember. Quick, bold, and irresistible! Makes 6 tacos!

Serves 3
30 mins

Method

1. Place the sliced chicken into a bowl along with fajita or taco seasoning, oil and a good pinch of salt and pepper
2. Place into an air fryer basket and cook at 180°C for 16 minutes
3. While the chicken cooks, shred the white cabbage and place into a bowl. Add the juice and zest of ½ a lime and a pinch of salt then massage everything together with your hands, really working the acid and salt into the cabbage. Set aside
4. Finely dice the onion and mix with the juice of the remaining ½ a lime and some chopped coriander.
5. When the chicken is cooked, remove from the air fryer and roughly slice so you have pieces that will fit into your tacos. Add to a bowl and mix with the hot sauce, stirring to coat the chicken.
6. Brush the tortillas with a little olive oil on both sides and sprinkle the cheese over the tortillas. Place the spicy chicken on one half of each tortilla then fold each tortilla in half to seal, making a half moon shape. Place back into the airfryer for 4 - 5 minutes to crisp the tacos and melt the cheese.
7. Serve tacos to the table, stuffing with the slaw and the onion/coriander mix. Serve with a few lime wedges for squeezing and some extra hot sauce if you want.

For the chicken:

6 chicken thighs, boneless, skinless, cut into strips

1 tbsp fajita or taco seasoning

2 tbsp olive oil

2.5 oz hot sauce (about 5 tbsp) of your choice, like a chipotle one such as Cholula

6.3 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded

6 mini flour tortillas

Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

For the quick slaw:

¼ head white cabbage, thinly sliced

1 onion, peeled

Juice & zest of 1 lime, plus wedges to serve

Handful of coriander, roughly chopped