Salt Crispy Chicken (Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken)

Name: Salt Crispy Chicken (Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 700 g chicken breast (washed and cut into small pieces); 100 g lettuce (for plating); 200 g sweet potato starch (for coating chicken); 15 g pepper salt powder (for dipping); 15 g soy sauce (for marinating chicken); 15 g scallion (cut into segments); 25 g sugar; 25 g cooking wine; 10 g garlic (minced); 5 g salt (fine salt); 5 g ginger (sliced); 1 g white pepper powder; 1 g MSG; 1 egg; 1000 g oil (for frying chicken)

A Cantonese dish made with chicken breast as the main ingredient, deep-fried until crispy on the outside and tender inside, and served with salt and pepper for dipping.

35 min

Easy

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Salt Crispy Chicken (Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken)

Ingredients

chicken breast (washed and cut into small pieces) 700 g

lettuce (for plating) 100 g

sweet potato starch (for coating chicken) 200 g

pepper salt powder (for dipping) 15 g

soy sauce (for marinating chicken) 15 g

scallion (cut into segments) 15 g

sugar 25 g

cooking wine 25 g

garlic (minced) 10 g

salt (fine salt) 5 g

ginger (sliced) 5 g

white pepper powder 1 g

MSG 1 g

egg 1

oil (for frying chicken) 1000 g

Instructions

Marinating

Wash the chicken breast and cut it into small pieces. In a container, combine the soy sauce, sugar, fine salt, cooking wine, white pepper powder, egg, scallion, ginger, garlic, and MSG, and stir until evenly mixed. Add the chicken pieces and marinate for 10 minutes.

Coating and Frying

Coat each marinated chicken piece with dry sweet potato starch and set aside. Heat the oil and carefully add the coated chicken pieces. Fry over medium heat until golden brown, then remove and arrange on a plate lined with lettuce. Serve with pepper salt for dipping.