Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Chicken (盐酥鸡）

Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Chicken

Equipment

  • deep fryer

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp white pepper
  • .5 Tbsp cinnamon
  • .5 Tbsp curry powder
  • .5 Tbsp five spice powder
  • 1 Tbsp salt
  • 2 lbs chicken
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 3 cloves smashed garlic
  • 5 leaves fresh basil
  • sweet potato starch
  • 2 cups oil

Instructions

  1. Mix pepper, cinnamon, curry powder, five spice powder, and salt. Over low heat, cook in a pan for 3-5 minutes. Let it cool.
  2. Wash and cut chicken (into strips or cubes). Marinate chicken in soy sauce, sugar, garlic, and about 1 tsp of the seasoning from step 1 for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
  3. Coat each piece of chicken in the sweet potato starch.
  4. Then deep fry each batch for about 5 minutes.
  5. Deep fry basil (very quick, just a few seconds).
  6. Put basil on chicken. Put some of the seasoning from step 1 on the chicken to taste.

Notes

  • other starch can be used instead of sweet potato starch