Flavored Crispy Chicken

Name: Flavored Crispy Chicken (Hsiang su chi)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon wine; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 3 tablespoons flour; 8 cups oil; 1 whole roast chicken (about 3 pounds); 2 tablespoons brown pepper corn; 2 tablespoons salt; 3 scallion (4” long); 2 teaspoons flavored peppercorn salt

Hsiang su chi

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 whole roast chicken (about 3 pounds)
2 tablespoons brown pepper corn

Asia
Taiwan
Dinner

Method

Set a Chinese wok or frying pan over low heat. Pour in brown pepper corns and salt. Stir-fry until the salt turns yellowish brown. Remove to a large bowl and let cool. Mix with scallion (crush and cut into 1” long) and wine.
Clean and wipe the chicken. Rub the inside and outside with No.1. Let stand for 4 to 8 hours.
Place the chicken in a bowl in a b