These Air Fryer Chicken Skewers are sweet, spicy and delicious. They include crisp air fryer boneless and skinless chicken thighs seasoned with bbq chicken rub and steak seasoning. Then, I top them with a 3-ingredient hot honey sauce. Make this hot honey chicken in 30 minutes for an easy appetizer or main dish.
Why Make Hot Honey Chicken Skewers
- Easy recipe: this air fryer chicken skewer recipe uses less than 10 ingredients, including what’s needed for the hot honey sauce recipe
- Versatile chicken main dish: whether you want chicken for lunch or dinner, these chicken skewers taste great for any meal of the day.
Ingredients Needed
Here’s what you need to know about the ingredients in this recipe to make it successfully:
Air Fryer Chicken Skewers
- Chicken Thighs: I’m using raw, boneless, and skinless chicken thighs. I cut them into bite-sized pieces to help them cook evenly on the skewer sticks
- Steak Seasoning: I use this in place of sea salt since the combination of spices gives the meat layers and layers of flavor. Your favorite steak seasoning (like a Montreal steak seasoning) would work best for this recipe.
- BBQ Chicken Rub: This is a homemade brown sugar dry rub. It includes spices like garlic powder and smoked paprika.
- Avocado Oil: this is a neutral-tasting oil with a high smoke point. You can substitute this for something like olive oil if that’s what you have on hand.
Hot Honey Sauce
This is an optional add-on for this recipe. You can also make these air fryer chicken skewers with buffalo sauce or bbq sauce.
- Honey: Your favorite honey from the grocery store would work for this.
- Sriracha Sauce: I prefer this over something like hot sauce because it includes ingredients like garlic.
- Rice Vinegar: This is optional. I use it because it gives the sauce a bright, acidic taste.
Tools
- Metal Skewers: I link to the one that I use in the recipe card below. I prefer these because they are dishwasher-safe, reusable, and durable.
How To Make Air Fryer Chicken Skewers
- Season the chicken pieces: Add the chicken pieces, seasoning, dry rub, and the avocado oil to a large bowl. Use tongs to evenly coat the chicken.
- Lace the chicken pieces onto the skewers: Avoid stuffing them since it makes the chicken harder to cook. I use about 5-6 chicken bites per skewer.
- Air fry the chicken skewers: I preheat my air fryer before starting
- Add the skewers to the air fryer basket in a single layer.
- Air fry at 400 for 8 minutes
- Add the hot honey ingredients to a small bowl. Whisk to combine.
- Use a basting brush to coat both sides of the skewers with hot honey sauce
- Air fry at 400 for 5-6 more minutes to cook the chicken skewers through and char some of the edges.
Recipe Tips & FAQs
- Sauce near the end: this keeps the sauce from burning
- Preheat the air fryer: You want to get the cooking pot hot so that it will start to cook/sear the chicken skewers as soon as they are placed inside.
Recipes to Serve with Chicken Skewers
Air Fryer Chicken Skewers
Hot Honey Air Fryer Chicken Skewers are easy, sweet, spicy and delicious! Ready in 30 minutes with hot honey sauce recipe.
Equipment
Ingredients
Air Fryer Chicken Skewers
- 1.25 lb chicken thighs boneless and skinless, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 tsp steak seasoning
- 2 tbsp bbq chicken dry rub click for my homemade recipe
- 2 tbsp Avocado Oil
Hot Honey Sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 tbsp sriracha sauce
- 1 tbsp Rice Vinegar
Instructions
- Add the chicken pieces, seasoning, dry rub, and the avocado oil to a large bowl. Use tongs to evenly coat the chicken.
- Lace the chicken pieces onto the skewers. Avoid stuffing them since it makes the chicken harder to cook. I use about 5-6 chicken bites per skewer.
- Preheat the air fryer at 400 degrees for 5-6 minutes. You want to get the cooking pot hot so that it will start to cook/sear the chicken skewers as soon as they are placed inside.
- Add the skewers to the air fryer basket in a single layer.
- Air fry at 400 for 8 minutes.
- Add the hot honey ingredients to a small bowl. Whisk to combine.
- Use a basting brush to coat both sides of the skewers with hot honey sauce.
- Air fry at 400 for 5-6 more minutes to cook the chicken skewers through and char some of the edges.
Nutrition
Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 184mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 96IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg
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