Salt and Pepper Chicken
Crispy Salt and Pepper Chicken Recipe made with crispy coated chicken, chilli pepper and vegetables tossed in Chinese takeaway style salt and pepper seasoning.
Servings: 2
Calories: 629kcal
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 629kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 42g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 245mg | Sodium: 2755mg | Potassium: 788mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 2179IU | Vitamin C: 92mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 2mg
