Air Fried Lemon Chilli Padron Peppers Recipe

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Air Fried Lemon Chilli Padron Peppers Recipe

Air frying these Lemon Chilli Padron Peppers makes them not only super quick and easy but hands off too. Adding seasonings to this popular Spanish bar snack isn't traditional, but I love the zing of fresh lemon zest and added slight heat from the chillies as most padron peppers are really very mild.

5 from 4 votes

Prep Time: 4

Cook Time: 8

Total Time: 12

Servings

Author Chloe

Equipment

Microplane - Fine (or Fine Grater)

Ingredients

200 g Padron Peppers
2 tsp Olive Oil - see notes
½ tsp Garlic Salt - see notes
1 tsp Dried Chilli Flakes
½ tsp Lemon Zest

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, start this setting now.
Wash and thoroughly dry roughly 200g Padron Pepper.
Drizzle over 2 tsp Olive Oil, ½ tsp Garlic Salt, 1 tsp Dried Chilli Flakes and ½ tsp Lemon Zest.
Toss to make sure all the peppers are well coated.
Move the peppers into the air fryer. I do this with tongs or a spatula rather than tipping them in as you don't want any excess oil to drip everywhere.
On the same note, don't scrape out the bowl or discard it. Put it to one side.
Air fry for 8 minutes at 200c/390f. Toss once or twice if you wish although you don't really need to.
Tip the cooked peppers back into the mixing bowl and toss in the remains of the oil and seasonings.
Serve with the dip of your choice or on their own!

Notes

The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a Cosori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can easily fit 400g raw padron peppers in the basket at a time. This gives plenty of room to allow air to circulate.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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