Popcorn Chicken 鹽酥雞

created by @big38

Ingredients

13 items

Scale recipe

—Chicken thighs

—Sweet potato starch

—Basil (optional)

—Japanese seven spice

—Sansho pepper

Marinade

1.5tspblack pepper

1.5tspwhite pepper

2tspfive spice

50gbrown sugar

50ggarlic

100gsoy sauce

100gwater

3gsalt

Marinate the chicken overnight.

Cover the chicken in sweet potato starch, rest in the fridge for 20-30min.

Fry the chicken at 375°F until the crust is golden then rest on a rack.

(Optional) air fry or roast 450ºF basil with oil in an oven about 6min until crispy. Alternatively fry in oil if you have it completely dry.

Toss the chicken with Japanese seven spice and sansho pepper.