Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken Recipe
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Bite-sized chicken pieces coated in a crispy batter and fried until golden, flavored with basil and Chinese five-spice. A Taiwanese street food favorite with juicy chicken and crispy coating.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 4- 1 lb Boneless Chicken Thigh (( about 450g ) Or Chicken breast)
- 1½ cup Sweet potato flour ((about 200g) ( or potato/corn starch ))
- Basil leaves (A handful ( Thai/Sweet/Italian Basil ))
- Oil (For frying ( Vegetable or neutral flavoured oil ))
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce (( Light soy sauce/ all purpose soy sauce ))
- 1 tbsp Shao Xing Wine (( Chinese Cooking Rice Wine ) see details in note)
- 1 tbsp Grated garlic (or garlic paste)
- ½ tsp White pepper powder
- ½ tsp Chinese five spices (See details in note)
- 1 Egg white
- 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns (( toasted, finely ground ) See details in note)
- 1 tsp White pepper powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Paprika
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 30M
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Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 15m
- Cook
- 15m
- Sodium
- 521mg
- Total sugar
- 16g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 342mg
- Calcium
- 151mg
- Iron
- 6mg
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- PREP
- 15M
- SODIUM
- 521MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.