Salt Pepper Chicken
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A crispy and fragrant chicken dish adapted from a traditional salt pepper pork chops recipe, featuring a double frying technique for extra crispiness.
00:45:00 total
Serves 4
medium
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Ingredients
- sweet peppers - watch the video to see
- dried chili - watch the video to see
- garlic - watch the video to see
- green onion - watch the video to see
- chicken - watch the video to see
- cornstarch - watch the video to see (for marinating and coating)
- baking soda - watch the video to see
- cooking wine - watch the video to see
- oyster sauce - watch the video to see
- light soy sauce - watch the video to see
- water - watch the video to see
- sugar - watch the video to see
- salt - watch the video to see (for marinating and seasoning)
- egg - watch the video to see (beaten, for coating)
- white pepper - watch the video to see
- garlic salt - watch the video to see
Instructions
- Prep Ingredients: Cut the sweet peppers, dried chili, garlic, and green onion. Prepare the chicken for marinating.
- Marinate Chicken: Marinate the chicken with cornstarch, baking soda, cooking wine, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, water, sugar, and salt.
- First Round of Frying: Heat oil in a pot. Coat the marinated chicken with beaten egg and then a layer of cornstarch. Fry the chicken until it's partially cooked.
- Second Round of Frying: Increase the oil temperature and fry the chicken a second time to achieve a crispy texture.
- Stir-Fry Aromatics: Stir-fry the garlic, chili peppers, and green onion.
- Combine and Season: Add the fried chicken back into the pot with the aromatics. Season with a mix of salt, white pepper, and garlic salt. Serve hot.
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