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
Watch how to make it
Ingredients
- 500 g Boneless chicken thigh
- 1 cup Potato/Corn flour (starch)
- ½ Sweet Onion
- 1 Red/Green Bell Pepper
- 3-4 Red/Green Chilli
- 3 Garlic Cloves
- 3 Ginger slices
- 2-3 Spring Onion
- Oil for frying
Marinate for Chicken
- ½ tsp Sesame oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
Spice Mix
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- ¼ tsp Chinese Five Spices
- ½ tsp Chicken powder/Dashi powder Optional
Instructions
- Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Marinate chicken with salt, black pepper, ginger garlic paste and sesame oil.
- Cut onion, pepper into thin slices(matchstick sizes). 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.
- Serve immediately! Enjoy!
Notes
- If you want to taste exactly like a restaurant, you can add a bit of chicken powder in the spice mix.
- I've used boneless chicken thigh with skin in this recipe for extra crunch. If you don't like chicken skin you can use skinless chicken thigh.
Paddy says
Wife absolutely loves this recipe and I have to make it quite often now, just using chicken breast instead of thighs to get larger slices will try the thighs soon
Khin says
So glad that you and your wife enjoyed this recipe, Paddy! We love to cook with chicken breast too. Thanks for taking time and sharing feedback.
Tj says
Going to make tonight. What is chicken powder? Is it a stock cube
Khin says
Hi Tj, it's a chicken stock cube in the powder version. You can buy chicken powder at Asian Chinese/Indian grocery stores. Or you can smash the stock cube and add in the salt and pepper powder mixture. Hope this helps.
Jackie Aitken-craig says
Hi can u miss out the ginger??
Khin says
Hi Jackie, yes you can skip ginger if you don't like the flavour.
Anna says
What is the sustitute for potato starch?
Khin says
Hi Anna, you can use corn starch or sweet potato starch instead of potato starch.
Carl says
This recipe has given me a major problem - my family won't order from a takeaway any more and I have to cook it all the time they love it
Khin says
Thank you so much for sharing Carl. I am so happy that your family enjoyed your cook 🙂
Leng says
This looks delicious! I am trying it tonight, but I do not have the Chinese five spice, is it ok without it? Ty
Khin says
You can skip the Chinese five spices, the flavour won't change without five spices.
Darren Fisher says
One of my all time favourites. This recipe is brilliant in every way. Once the prep is done. you can't fail. I added lots of fresh chillis as we like it hot, amazing
Khin says
Thanks for sharing feedback, Darren. So glad that you enjoyed it.
Kay says
Hi I cant wait to make this recipe. Can you let me know if I can make salt n pepper wings using this recipe?
Khin says
Hi Kay
You can use this recipe to make salt and pepper wings. Thank you.
Saul says
This salt and pepper chicken recipe is so easy to make. I love making it again and again. Thank you for the recipe.
Khin says
Thank you so much for taking the time and sharing feedback! Happy that you like our salt and pepper chicken recipe.
Dawn says
making this recipe right now, a little confused, in ingredient list it mentions chilli's but can't see them in method or on video. In the method it says carrots in to matchsticks but they are not on the ingredient list. it looks yummy so just want to get it right, also making sesame chicken which we've had before and is delicious!
Khin says
Hi Dawn, Thank you so much for trying out Khin's Kitchen recipes. Apology for the error in recipe card, we'll fix it. Please omit carrot and chilli for this recipe.
Jordan says
This tastes incredible!
Khin says
Thank you Jordan! Happy that you liked!
Tony Wong says
Fantastic! Made this last night and it was gone in a flash. Tastes just like what you would get at a restaurant.
Khin says
So glad that you enjoyed it Tony. Thank you so much for sharing comment!
Lewis says
Tried this recipe recently after trying quite a few other recipes I'd found online. None had that balance of flavour just right.
This recipe was perfect!! ? I'd even say better than your favourite takeaway salt & pepper, as it's fresh, crispy hot straight out of the wok.
I'll definitely be trying more of your recipes
Khin says
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback Lewis! I am so glad that you enjoyed this recipe.
Nancy says
What exactly is ginger garlic paste consist of?
It is just finely chopped ginger & garlic together?
Khin says
Hi Nancy
Yes it is.
Thanks
helen Carlon says
looking forward to making some of these
Khin says
Hope you like the recipe Helen 🙂