Spicy, Cheesy Air Fryer Baked Chicken & Chorizo Gnocchi

By Jen's Food Blog on July 3, 2025

Well, it's not TECHNICALLY pasta, haha... but here's a new recipe I loved making recently and therefore wanted to share it with you. I still can't get over how easy this was to make and how delicious it turned out 😋 Please give it a try and let me know what you think! Calories = approx. 550 per person.

Ingredients (for 2 people);

500g gnocchi
Olive oil
Salt + pepper
1 small red onion, finely diced
1/2 a red pepper, finely diced
100g chorizo, finely sliced
1 diced chicken breast
1 tbsp paprika
200g passata or tinned tomatoes
2 tbsp hot sauce (we used @yorkshirepreserves Habanero Chilli Sauce)/ or chipotle paste
1 tbsp honey
60g grated cheese (we used a cheddar & mozzarella mix)
2 spring onions, thinly sliced

Method (Approx 30 mins in total);

Heat the fryer to 200C.
Add the gnocchi to the air fryer basket with a drizzle of olive oil, season with salt, and mix. Add the onion, pepper, chicken, and paprika into the basket and stir to coat.
Cook for 20 minutes, shaking every so often.
Combine the passata, hot sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
Once gnocchi is cooked, stir the sauce into the air fryer along with 1/3 of the cheese. Mix it together, then top with the remaining cheese and spring onion, and cook for 5 more minutes until melted and crispy.

The gnocchi was slightly crisp, just how it should be. And the cheese was gooey with a crispiness to it also. So yeah, as long as you have an air fryer, there's not a lot of washing up to this one at all! And that's what we like 👍🏼 Please do give this a try and let me know what you think.

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Happy munching!

Jen

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