The biggest headache I face in the gluten free journey is that there are so few ready made food in the supermarket that cater to this group of people. Something that is so readily available like the seaweed chicken is a luxury for my child. The only way is… to make it myself.

There are many recipes online but the problem is, not all taste nice, even though the pictures look yummilicious. The other hurdle is, they are usually not made of gluten free ingredients. When some ingredients are replaced, they simply do not taste the same. After some trial and error and tweaking, I finally have one that is… gluten free AND yummy. (Well, that’s according to my children and hubby whose views may be heavily biased.)

You can try it out and see if it works for you. I hate frying in the wok as I certainly hate cleaning the cupboards, the stove, the floor, well, EVERYTHING. So this is an air fryer recipe.

Gluten Free Seaweed Chicken Recipe (Air Fryer)

Ingredients :

• 500g Chicken Thigh (with skin removed. I usually make crispy chicken skin which the kids love!)
• 3tsp gluten free soy sauce (I used the kikkoman one)
• 3tsp sugar vinegar mixture (1tsp sugar to 1tbsp vinegar)
• 1/2 tsp salt (to taste)
• 2tbsp gluten free self raising flour
• 2tbsp potato starch
• 3 sheets of seaweed

Method :

1. Cut the chicken thigh into rectangular pieces.
2. Marinade the chicken thigh pieces with the soy sauce, sugar vinegar mixture and salt. Let it marinade for at least 45 mins or more.
3. Cut the seaweed into rectangular strips that are big enough to go round the chicken pieces.
4. Mix the self raising flour and potato starch in a separate bowl.
5. Mix the chicken pieces into the flour-starch mixture and make sure that all pieces are evenly coated. Dust off extra flour from the chicken pieces.
6. Wrap each chicken piece with a piece of seaweed and place them neatly in the air fryer. You can choose to use the basket but I find it too tiring to wash the chicken bits off the mesh… so I use the grill basket. line them up so that they don’t overlap.
7. Set the temperature to 180 deg C for 15 mins.
8. And Ta.. da…!! Gluten free seaweed chicken and NO OIL SPLATTERS!!