Name: Salt And Pepper Chips In Air Fryer
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1.5kg potatoes; 2 tablespoon olive oil; 1 green pepper - chopped into bitesized pieces; 1 red pepper - chopped into bitesized pieces; 1 brown onion - chopped into bitesized pieces; 1 chilli - finely sliced; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon dried onion powder; 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder; 1 teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns - bashed in a pestle and mortar to a rough powder; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 2 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce; 8 spring onions - sliced; handful of coriander - chopped

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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!

I usually make these with sticky chilli chicken, slow cooker meatballs with garlic and chilli sauce or just with some spicy air fryer halloumi.

Making our homemade salt and chilli chips in the air fryer is a total dinner win! Here’s why!

The air fryer costs less than the oven to use, as it’s only heating a tiny space in comparison, so it’s saving money on fuel!

Our air fryer chips are healthier than take out chips as we only use a small amount of olive oil, we don't deep fry.

You can add or sprinkle in any extras you like – like more herbs, more chillies, extra sauces, whatever you fancy.

They’re easy to make and completely delicious to eat!

air fryer salt and pepper chips served with slow cooker meatballs in garlic and chilli sauce

Equipment Needed

Chopping board

Vegetable knife

Tin foil tray - or other suitable baking insert for air fryer. We buy tin foil tray multipacks from Amazon. They're really handy to have if you do a lot of air fryer cooking.

Teaspoon

Tablespoon

Pestle and mortar

Colander

Mixing bowl

Paper kitchen towel

Air fryer – we use a Tefal air fryer (little update - we've swapped to a Ninja Foodi Max Dual Zone Air Fryer - the 9.5 litre two drawer cooking space is BRILLIANT when you're cooking for a family or making larger portions. And it makes cooking meat, chicken or fish and potatoes at the same time super easy!

Tongs – to help remove the tin foil tray. I recommend getting some silicone tongs for air frying. They're really useful and don't scratch the air fryer non-stick coating.

Cooks Note! Now, you can make this entire recipe in the air fryer or you can fry your veggies on the hob and then add them to the chips later. It's up to you!

Air Fryer Chilli Chips Ingredients

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

air fryer salt and pepper chips scattered with onions and coriander

For the chips

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

2 tablespoon 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 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon dried onion powder

1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

1 teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns - bashed in a pestle and mortar

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce

Bunch spring onions - trimmed and sliced

handful of coriander - finely chopped

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.

homemade chips in air fryer basket cooked

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.

chopped peppers and onions on a white plate next to a tin foil tray

chopped peppers and onions in a tin foil tray

Drizzle over the sesame oil, give everything another mix together.

chopped peppers and onions in a tin foil tray tossed with sesame oil, Szechuan pepper, garlic, onion powder, and five spice

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.

chopped peppers and onions being cooked in the air fryer

cooked peppers and onions coming out of the air fryer

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.

lining the air fryer basket with tin foil sheet

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.

loading the air fryer with cooked chips, cooked peppers and onions

Cook the salt and pepper chips in the air fryer on 200C for around 5 minutes or until re-heated through.

Step Five - serve the salt and pepper air fryer chips

To serve, scatter the chopped coriander, spring onions and chillies over the chips.

What To Serve With Air Fryer Salt and Pepper Chips

Our air fryer chilli chips are delicious just as a snack, but they're also great served alongside spicy meats or curries. Try any of the following.

Slow cooker meatballs in sticky garlic and chilli sauce

Firecracker chicken - a delicious spicy chicken dish, perfect with chips!

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Air Fryer Chilli Chips Recipe Variations

We get it, sometimes you need to make things differently, use bits up, add bits in, skip bits altogether, so here's some delicious ideas for mixing things up a little in the kitchen!

Use Frozen Chips

Can't be bothered with the faff of cutting your own chips, grab a bag of frozen chips and make this recipe with them. You can still cook them in the air fryer. Grab our air fryer frozen chips tips here.

Add More Vegetables

If I'm adding extra veggies, I'd choose mushrooms, peas or baby corn (just from a tin is great as they cook quickly)

Switch The Sweet Chilli Sauce

You could use plum sauce or any Chinese style dipping sauce you like to eat.

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Salt And Pepper Chips In Air Fryer

Yield: Serves 4

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Oh these homemade salt and pepper chips are just so good, you're going to want to make them ALL THE TIME!

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