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Air-fryer chicken wings

If I hadn’t followed the path of a potato obsession, I think I may have gone for chicken wings. I love how versatile they are. A different sauce or flavour topping and you’ve got a whole different dish each time. Like potatoes, you can get messy with them, dunk them, lick your fingers and eat endless amounts. Wings in the air fryer make sense because it’s efficient, there’s no mess and the results are just how you’d want your wings to turn out. Flavoursome on the outside and succulent on the inside, this recipe comes with my three favourite ways to eat chicken wings.

100-200g plain flour (dependingon how many wings)
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp cayenne pepper
6-10 chicken wings per person,separated into drums and flats vegetable oil, for spraying

1 Heat the air-fryer to 190C. Mix together the flour, all the spices and 2 tsp salt in a large mixing bowl. Tip the chicken wing pieces into the flour mixture and give them a good toss.

2 Spray the air-fryer basket with some oil. Dust off any excess flour from your wings and put them in the air fryer basket (do this in batches of up to 10 wings at a time, depending on the size of your air-fryer) and cook for 15 mins, until golden and cooked through.

3 Either enjoy them plain and crispy, or try one of the saucy variations. Just toss your cooked wings in the sauce of your choice (see recipes in Poppy's Extras, right).

POPPY'S EXTRAS

BUFFALO HOT SAUCE

■ Combine half a 150ml bottle of hot sauce with 1 tbsp butter and 1 tsp honey. Heat it up until melted together, then toss the cooked chicken wings in the sauce.

STICKY SWEET SOY SAUCE

■ Bring 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tsp rice wine vinegar, 1 finely grated garlic clove, 1 tsp finely grated fresh ginger and 1 tbsp tomato ketchup to the boil in a pan. Once boiling, remove from the heat and toss the chicken wings in.

LEMON & BLACK PEPPER

■ Grab 1 lemon, zested and juiced, 1 tsp cracked black pepper and 1-2 tbsp melted butter. Mix the lemon zest, black pepper and butter together, then add 1 tsp lemon juice at a time until you are happy with the sourness. Season and toss in the wings.

Air-fryer corn ribs

Corn ribs were a trend on TikTok – but, unlike many other TikTok fads, this one had legs … or ribs. They are actually delicious. It’s a beautiful veggie side, starter or even main, and enters the land of food I love – fun to pick up and eat as much as is tasty.

■ Serves 4

1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp cori