Airfry Pandan chicken

Saw this in a FB post bestie shared and decided to try it out..
Turns out to be not bad but I dun think I will be making it anytime soon cuz it is simply too troublesome to prepare.

 I did not follow the recipe strictly as I didnt have all of the required marinating ingredients. Instead, I used what I had at home.

Brought 3 thighs and got the uncle to de-bone for me. Came home and further cut them up.

I brought 2 stalks of panda leaves and since I could not find bigger leaves, the chicken was cut into smaller pieces to be able to fit into the leaves.

I also cut away the bottom of the pandan leaves and soak it for a while to get rid of the soil in between the leaves. Then, I rinse and leave them to dry.

Marinating:

2 Tablespoons of Oyster sauce
1 Tablespoon of sesame oil
1 Tablespoon of dark soy sauce
1 Tablespoon of light soy sauce
Pepper(I put quite a lot since I like it spicy)

Mix the chicken pcs in and marinate at least for 2 hrs.

Pandan leaves

Taking a leave at a time, I start to wrap it ard the chicken. I had a hard time trying to secure the leaves around the chicken as I forgot to buy toothpicks which can be used to secure the leaves. The leaves are also pretty fragile and would tear easily if you use too much force.


After wrapping, I sprinkled 1 tablespoon of olive oil on top of the wrapped chicken. Then, air fry them at 200 deg for 8mins and flipped them to the other side to air fry for another 8mins.

You can smell the pandan leaves half way through the air frying which makes the whole kitchen smell of pandan. Great if you like the smell.

Verdict: We liked the marinating sauce though it is nothing special. Air frying the pandan leaves gives the chicken a pandan taste (duh!) which is surprisingly nice and fragrant.

But since I didnt do a good job in the wrapping, was quite dishearten by the dish, guess it will be a long while before I will try to make this again...

Da-tah!! End product