Medium
By Neil Perry
Published 2008
This Sichuan-inspired dish has a lovely fragrance and taste from the tangerine peel. You can buy the dried peel in Chinese food stores, but it’s really nice to make your own by eating the fruit and then drying the peel yourself — it tastes better and is certainly more fragrant. This will also work with mandarins and oranges; use whichever one you have available.
To make the marinade, mix together the ginger, spring onions, sea salt, soy sauce and shaoxing. Add the chicken and toss together. Leave for 15 minutes, then drain.
Heat the oil in a wok or deep-fryer until just smoking (180°C/350°F), and deep-fry the chicken in batches until golden, then drain on paper towel. Pour the oil from the wok and wipe clean.
Reheat the wok with
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