Salt and Pepper Chicken

Crispy Salt and Pepper Chicken Recipe. A flavourful popular dish packed with a whole lots of spices and fresh vegetables. With this recipe you can cook at home better then your local takeaway. Learn our simple techniques and fry your own crunchy salt and pepper chicken.

This is a classic dish you can find in all most all Chinese restaurants and takeaways in UK. These bite-size crispy chicken onions, peppers are so aromatic and addictive.

Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Marinate chicken with salt, black pepper, ginger garlic paste and sesame oil.

Cut carrot, onion, pepper into thin slices(matchstick). Cut spring onion into ¼ inch pieces. And also cut ginger and garlic into thin slices.

Mix all the spice ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.

Coat the marinated chicken pieces well with potato starch(flour). Toss the excess flour out before frying. Preheat wok, fill with oil, heat oil to 350°F.

Add coated chicken and deep fry for 1-2 mins. Once the chicken start floating, remove from oil and set aside. ( Do not over crowd the chicken in wok. Fry 2 batches if needed.) Remove leftover crumbs from oil and make the oil clear.

Reheat oil back to 350°F and fry again the chicken pieces till crispy golden brown. Once all chicken are double fried, strain oil and transfer it to the cooling rack.

In a wok/pan, drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil, start adding ginger and garlic slices and stir fry for few seconds.

Add onion and pepper slices. Stir fry for 1-2 mins.

Add the fried chicken, mix well. Later add the spring onion and sprinkle the spice mix. Transfer to serving plate.

Sprinkle a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.( Optional ) Perfect with steamed rice, stir fry noodle or great on its own as an appetizer.

MY OTHER BETTER THEN TAKEOUT RECIPES :

• Crispy Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
• Sweet and Sour Chicken
• Beef and Noodles Stir Fry
• Crispy Salt & Pepper Beef