Air fryer chicken with baby potatoes and bell pepper
Chicken thigh, baby potatoes and bell pepper from the air fryer, with a smoked paprika oil and a cool sauce of yoghurt, garlic and parsley. The potatoes go in the basket 10 minutes earlier, then the chicken and bell pepper join them. On the table in 35 minutes.
- Easy
- Little chopping
- Meat
- Air fryer
Recipe by Lydia Louter · Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 35 min

Method
Step 1: Set the air fryer to 190 °C. Halve 400 g baby potatoes and cut 1 bell pepper into strips.
Step 2: In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp olive oil, 2 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp salt and pepper into a spiced oil. Pat the potatoes dry, put them in the basket and stir through half of the spiced oil. Cook for 10 minutes.
Timer 10 min
Step 3: Pat 300 g chicken thigh fillet dry and toss it, together with the bell pepper, in the rest of the spiced oil. Give the basket of potatoes a shake, add the chicken and bell pepper and cook everything for 15 minutes. Turn the chicken and shake the potatoes halfway.
Timer 15 min
Step 4: Meanwhile, finely chop 1 handful parsley and 1 clove garlic. Stir the garlic and half of the parsley into 100 g Greek yoghurt.
Step 5: Cut through the thickest piece of chicken: the meat should be white all the way through, with no pink, and the juices clear. If the chicken is not quite done, give it 2 to 3 minutes more. Scatter the rest of the parsley over the chicken, potatoes and bell pepper and serve with the yoghurt.
About this recipe
Everything goes in the same basket: the potatoes with a 10-minute head start because they need the longest, then the chicken and red pepper. The yoghurt with parsley adds something cool, and the oven stays off.
next time a squeeze of lemon in the yoghurt
Tips
- No chicken thigh fillet? Chicken breast works too, but it dries out faster. Check the thickest piece a few minutes earlier.
- Cooking for a lot more people? Do it in two rounds. In a full basket the hot air can't get between the pieces, so nothing crisps.
- No smoked paprika? Ordinary paprika works too, it just tastes less smoky.
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