Taiwanese Fried Chicken

Name: Taiwanese Fried Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) rice flour or cornflour; 1 large handful Thai or regular basil; 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine; 2 tsp sambal oelek, sriracha or other chilli sauce; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp black or rice vinegar; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) boneless skinless chicken thighs; 1 tsp red chilli flakes; 2 tsp five-spice powder; 3 tsp grated ginger; 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns; vegetable oil, for frying; ½ tsp sea salt; 2 garlic cloves, crushed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

My Asian Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2018

About

Taiwanese night markets are filled with stalls and street hawkers selling their famous ‘popcorn’ chicken. Not just your average fried snack, the five-spice marinade and chilli salt sprinkle separate this fried chicken from the rest of the pack.

Ingredients

1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine
2 ga

Method

In a shallow glass dish or zip lock bag, mix the soy, rice wine, garlic, ginger and five-spice powder. Cut any excess fat off the chicken and slice into bite-size pieces. Place in the dish or bag with the marinade and mix together. Leave for at least 1 hour or overnight, refrigerated.

Drain the chicken and discard the marinade.

Toast the Sichuan peppercorns in a small frying pan