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Step 1
Place chicken in a bowl. Add salt, ground pepper, and garlic. Grate ginger over chicken.
Step 2
Add Shao Hsing cooking wine, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and sesame oil. Mix well and allow chicken to marinade for 30 minutes.
Step 3
Soak Chinese sausages in a pan of hot water for about 10 minutes. Casings should puff up. Remove casings and slice sausages at a diagonal.
Step 4
Sprinkle five spice powder over taro. Mix well.
Step 5
Divide the pieces of taro into the base of each parchment paper packet. Place 2 pieces of marinated chicken thighs on top of the taro. Divide remaining marinate (if any) from the bowl onto the chicken in each packet.
Step 6
Arrange 3 pieces of Chinese sausage and 2 pieces of green onions on top of the chicken. Close each packet and fold 1 inch downwards to loosely seal the packet.
Step 7
Place air fryer basket in the unit and close the hood. Set air fryer to 375⁰F (190⁰C) for 20 minutes. Press start to begin preheating.
Step 8
When unit beeps, open the hood and arrange chicken packets in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Close hood to let chicken cook.
Step 9
When cooking is complete, remove Chi Pao Kai (Paper Wrapped Chicken) to a dish and serve immediately.