Fried Chicken Skewers
A classic Zhejiang dish, these fried chicken skewers feature marinated chicken pieces coated in batter and fried to a golden exterior with tender, juicy meat.
Ingredients
chicken breast (trim off fat skin and white tendons, slice at an angle into pieces 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, 0.6 cm thick)
600 g
tomato (wash, blanch in boiling water, peel and seed, finely chop)
80 g
minced shallot
60 g
egg white
60 g
sesame oil (for frying)
800 g (about 110 g actually used)
sesame powder
40 g
flour
60 g
white pepper
2 g
ginger juice
1 g
salt (half for marinating, half for seasoning)
2 g
cooking wine
6 g
MSG
4 g
Instructions
1
Cut and Marinate
Trim the fat skin and white tendons off the chicken breast, and slice at an angle into pieces 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, and 0.6 cm thick. Place in a bowl, add water (40 g) and salt (half), and marinate for later use.
2
Prepare the Tomato
Wash the tomato, blanch in boiling water, peel and remove the seeds, then finely chop and set aside.
3
Make the Batter
Combine the remaining salt, cooking wine, ginger juice, MSG, and white pepper...