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Breaded, fried chicken strips, Sichuan style

Easy Chinese Fried Chicken

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In China, fried chicken is very popular. This recipe is easy and quick to prepare and can stretch a single chicken breast to serve two or three people. So, what if we fry some food ourselves? We use healthy oils and we use hygienic ingredients.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course, Snacks
Cuisine Chinese Home Cooking
Servings 2 servings
Calories 170 kcal

Equipment

  • Dutch oven

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Cut the chicken breast into slices.
    1 chicken breast
    Start with a fresh, trimmed and skinless chicken breast
  • I cut 5 slices.
    Slice the chicken breast into thin strips, lengthwise
  • Season the chicken with white pepper and marinate it in the cooking wine for 30 minutes.
    2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine, 1 teaspoon white pepper, ground
    Marinate the chicken breast strips in cooking wine for 30 minutes, after seasoning with white pepper
  • After marinating the chicken, beat the eggs, pour the starch on a plate and the bread crumbs on another plate, and set aside.
    1 egg, corn starch, Panko breadcrumbs, plain
    use a plate for the starch, a plate for the breadcrumbs, and beat the eggs in a bowl
  • Pour just enough oil in your wok or skillet to submerge the chicken and heat it to 290-300 F (143-149 C).  Dredge the chicken slices in the starch to coat them evenly.
    Peanut oil
    Dredge the chicken slices in starch, coating evenly
  • Then dip a chicken slice in the egg, coating evenly.
    dip the starch-coated chicken in the egg
  • Finally dredge the chicken slice in the breadcrumbs to coat evenly and set aside. Repeat until all slices are coated. 
    Coat the chicken strips evenly with bread crumbs
  • When the oil reaches 290-300 F (143-149 C) carefully add a piece of chicken and fry for 3 minutes, then turn it over deep fry the reverse side. Remove it after 2 minutes. The total time for frying is 5 minutes.
    Fry the breaded chicken in hot oil
  • You can first fry one piece of chicken, and when you master the technique, you can fry several pieces at the same time. 
    Fry the chicken in hot oil to a nice golden brown color, 3 minutes on one side, 2 minutes on the reverse side
  • Cut the fried chicken strips into pieces and sprinkle with your favorite seasoning. I added cumin powder and Gan Die (Sichuan Dipping Chilies powder).
    cumin powder, Sichuan dipping chilies (Gan Die)
    Sprinkle the fried chicken strips with chili powder and ground cumin for a Sichuan style flavor

Notes

  • When frying, do not let the hot oil come into contact with water, otherwise oil splashing will occur. 
  • Don't let the coated chicken wait too long, otherwise the ingredients will separate from the chicken. It needs to get into the hot oil as soon as possible. 
  • If you do not have a deep-fry thermometer, use a high, dry chopstick (or wooden stick) to insert into the oil. If there are small bubbles around the chopstick, then the current temperature of the oil is appropriate. 

    • Nutrition

    Calories: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 27gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 154mgSodium: 162mgPotassium: 450mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 153IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Chicken Recipes, chili powder (gan die), cooking wine, corn starch, cumin, frying, deep-fry, lard, oil, peanut, Panko breadcrumbs, pepper, white, salt
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