Description
Taiwanese Fried Chicken is westernized as popcorn chicken, is a dish in Taiwanese cuisine commonly found as street snack and is indispensable to the night markets in Taiwan. It consists of bite-sized pieces of chicken, coated and fried with flour and seasoning mixture.
Scale
Ingredients
1/2 kg boneless skinless Chicken Breast
2 cloves Garlic, crushed
1 tbsp. Soy Sauce
1/2 tbsp. Chines Five Spice powder
1/2 tbsp. Garlic powder
1/2 tsp. White Pepper
1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
1 tsp. Salt
1/4 cup Corn Starch
1/4 Potato Starch
Oil for frying
Seasoning Mix
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. White Pepper
1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
1/2 tsp. Chinese Five Spice powder
1/2 tsp. Garlic powder
Instructions
- In a bowl, marinate the chicken in the garlic, soy sauce, five spice, garlic powder, white pepper, and salt for 30 minutes. If you are air frying or baking, add a 1/2 tablespoon oil to the marinade.
- Lightly pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Place the cornstarch and potato starch in a bowl and, working in batches, toss and coat several pieces of chicken, making sure they are well coated. Alternatively, put the cornstarch and potato starch in a bag or container, add the chicken, and shake to coat. The chicken should be well coated and look fairly dry.
- Prepare a wire cooling rack over a paper towel lined rimmed baking sheet. Heat up 2 – 2.5 inches of oil in a deep heavy bottomed pot until it reaches 325°F. It doesn’t need to be too deep, it depends on the size of your chicken. Use a pair of tongs to gently add a couple of pieces of chicken to the hot oil, being careful not to overcrowd. Fry in batches until lightly golden, about 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from the oil and let rest on your prepared wire rack. Repeat with the remaining chicken until all of it has been fried once.
- Turn the heat up to 350°F and fry the chicken a second time around until deeply golden and crispy, another 1-2 minutes. Drain on the wire rack, sprinkle with the extra spice mix if desired, and enjoy immediately!
- Category: Main
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Asian
Keywords: taiwanese fried chicken
