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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.

40 min
Easy
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Fried Chicken Skewers

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...