Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, salt and pepper fried chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Salt and Pepper Fried Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Salt and Pepper Fried Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Salt'n'Pepper Chicken (pronounced Yán Sū Jī in Mandarin) is one of Taiwanese people's favorite night market munchies, normally eaten out of a basket or paper bag. The authentic Taiwanese-style salt and pepper chicken uses fried crispy basil leaves to add another flavor dimension to the dish. Salt and Pepper Chicken is a Chinese dish.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook salt and pepper fried chicken using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Salt and Pepper Fried Chicken:

1. Prepare 300 gr boneless chicken thigh, diced
2. Prepare 500 ml vegetable oil for deep frying the chicken
3. Make ready Batter ingredients:
4. Prepare 4 Tbsp all purpose flour and 6 Tbsp ice water, mix well
5. Make ready Coating ingredients:
6. Get 6 Tbsp all purpose flour
7. Prepare 1,5 Tbsp rice flour
8. Prepare 1,5 Tbsp corn starch
9. Get 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
10. Prepare 1/4 tsp white pepper powder or to taste
11. Prepare For the sauce:
12. Make ready 1 Tbsp salted butter
13. Get 2 cloves garlic, minced
14. Prepare 2 red chili peppers, diagonally thinly sliced
15. Take 2 bird eye chili peppers, thinly sliced (optional)
16. Take 4 green onions, thinly sliced
17. Take 1/4 tsp salt
18. Make ready 1/4 tsp white pepper powder

Add the spring onions, chilli, garlic and remaining teaspoon of pepper with a pinch of salt. Salt and Pepper Chicken - Favorite Taiwanese street food. Called 盐酥鸡 in Chinese, salt and pepper chicken are basically fried chicken marinated with five-spice powder and served with fried basil leaves. It's crunchy fried chicken coated in a seemingly boring yet flavorful salt and pepper mixture.

Steps to make Salt and Pepper Fried Chicken:

1. Wash the chicken and pat them with some paper towels to remove the excessive water. Set aside.
2. Dip the chicken into batter ingredients.
3. Mix all the coating ingredients in a bowl. Coat the chicken evenly with flour mixture. Shake the excess flour off. Deep fry the chicken until crispy and golden brown. Remove from the pan.
4. For the sauce: - Heat butter in a pan over medium high heat. Sauté garlic and red chili peppers until fragrant.
5. Add bird eye chili peppers (optional), salt, white pepper powder, and green onions. Mix well.
6. Add deep fried chicken. Stir well with the sauce.
7. Serve warm over steamed white rice! Yum! 😋

The star ingredient is obviously the salt. The salt used in this recipe is toasted until golden brown. It's then sprinkled onto the fried chicken at the very end of the cooking process. This Salt and Pepper Chicken is a staple at our house because it's an easy protein that we use to create different kinds of meals. I've always shied away from cooking chicken breasts in the oven since they always turn out dry and overcooked.

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