Easy Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

Name: Easy Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken
Total time: 3600 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5 lb chicken thigh (breast okay too); 3 tbsp minced garlic; 3 tbsp minced ginger; 20 g oyster sauce; 10 g garlic powder; 3 g salt; 3 g ground black pepper; 3 g five spice powder; 3 g ground white pepper; 10 g sugar; 1 egg; 150-200 g potato starch, for coating; Handful basil leaves; 1 tbsp Sichuan pepper salt, for serving

Kayden @mymellowmenu

A not-so-intimidating dish if you just give it a try :)

Kayden @mymellowmenu

A not-so-intimidating dish if you just give it a try :)

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Ingredients

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1.5 lbchicken thigh (breast okay too)
3 tbspminced garlic
3 tbspminced ginger
20 goyster sauce
10 ggarlic powder
3 gsalt
3 gground black pepper
3 gfive spice powder
3 gground white pepper
10 gsugar
1egg
150-200 gpotato starch, for coating
Handfulbasil leaves
1 tbspSichuan pepper salt, for serving

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Steps

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1

Cut chicken into bite sized cubes. Add to a bowl with garlic, ginger, oyster sauce, garlic powder, salt, ground pepper, ground white pepper, sugar, and egg.
2

Mix chicken with marinade and let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
3

Take chicken out of the refrigerator and coat each piece with potato starch. The chunkier the starch the better.
4

Heat frying oil to around 350 degrees Celsius. Fry the chicken cubes until golden, then strain into a bowl lined with paper towels.
5

If you want it to be crispier, double fry the chicken for another few minutes, and add in basil to fry right before ready.
6

Strain chicken into paper towel lined bowl. While hot, sprinkle on pepper salt. And enjoy!