Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

  • Prepare: 30M
  • Cook: 15M
Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

Diets

  • Gluten free

Ingredients

  • Meat

    • 1 1/2 lbs Chicken thighs, boneless skinless
  • Produce

    • 1 1 bunch of fresh thai basil, Leaves from
    • 1 medium head Garlic
    • 1/2 inch Ginger
    • 3 Green onions
    • 3 cups Peanut
    • 97 tsp Sweet potato starch
  • Refrigerated

    • 1 Eggs
  • Condiments

    • 1 tbsp Mirin
    • 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  • Baking & Spices

    • 1/2 tsp 5 spice
    • 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
    • 1 Salt and white pepper
    • 1/2 tsp White pepper, ground
  • Liquids

    • 1/2 cup Water
  • Time
  • Prepare: 30M
  • Cook: 15M

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Description

This flavorful fried chicken is made with boneless thigh meat for extra juiciness. You can certainly use boneless breast meat if you want but expect it to be a little less juicy. There are a few ingredients that might be hard to find if you don’t have access to an Asian grocery store. The sweet potato starch (sometimes called yam starch or occasionally mislabeled sweet potato flour) is probably the hardest to find. Asian grocery stores as well as some Latin or Mexican grocery stores carry it. If you find a bag of sweet potato flour, take a look at the color of the powder beforehand. If it’s white and has the texture and feel of cornstarch, it’s probably the starch and that’s what you want in this recipe – squeeze the bag if you can and if it squeaks, then it’s starch. If it’s more yellow or orange and feels more like regular all-purpose flour (no squeak, more soft and puffy in feel), than you actually have sweet potato flour, which will impart the sweet potato flavor and won’t fry up as crisp. Avoid it for this recipe. If you can’t find sweet potato starch, try substituting regular potato starch in its place. I wouldn’t recommend cornstarch though, as it gets kind of dense when fried.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 medium head of garlic
  • 1/2-inch ginger
  • 3 green onions
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon mirin
  • 1 teaspoon sweet potato starch
  • 1/2 teaspoon 5-spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 eggs
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 2-3 cups sweet potato starch
  • 3-4 cups peanut, rice bran or avocado oil
  • Leaves from 1 bunch of fresh Thai basil
  • salt and white pepper to taste

Directions

  • 1. Cut the chicken into 1-inch chunks and place in large bowl. Make the marinade by mincing or forcing the garlic through a press into a small bowl. Add the minced green onions, soy sauce, Mirin, 5-spice, white pepper, sweet potato starch and cayenne pepper, stir to form a paste and then scrape into the bowl with the chicken. Mix to coat all the chicken and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
  • Serves: 6 appetizers servings
  • Prepare: PT30M
  • Cook Time: PT15M
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This Taiwanese popcorn chicken recipe is a flavorful fried chicken marinated in garlic, ginger, 5-spice and white pepper before being deep fried. “I don’t think I’ve ever had Taiwanese popcorn chicken before, but it sounds fantastic!” said AJ when I

Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

  • Meat

    • 1 1/2 lbs Chicken thighs, boneless skinless
  • Produce

    • 1 1 bunch of fresh thai basil, Leaves from
    • 1 medium head Garlic
    • 1/2 inch Ginger
    • 3 Green onions
    • 3 cups Peanut
    • 97 tsp Sweet potato starch
  • Refrigerated

    • 1 Eggs
  • Condiments

    • 1 tbsp Mirin
    • 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  • Baking & Spices

    • 1/2 tsp 5 spice
    • 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
    • 1 Salt and white pepper
    • 1/2 tsp White pepper, ground
  • Liquids

    • 1/2 cup Water

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Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken | Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken Recipe | Eat the Love

This Taiwanese popcorn chicken recipe is a flavorful fried chicken marinated in garlic, ginger, 5-spice and white pepper before being deep fried. “I don’t think I’ve ever had Taiwanese popcorn chicken before, but it sounds fantastic!” said AJ when I