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Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken (Yan Su Ji) — Taiwanese recipe
Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken (Yan Su Ji), photographed for the Kitchen Pantri cookbook.

Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken (Yan Su Ji)

The night-market favorite: bite-size chicken thigh marinated in soy, Shaoxing wine, garlic, white pepper and five-spice, coated in coarse sweet potato starch and fried twice until shatteringly crunchy, then tossed with crisp-fried basil leaves and a tingly salt, white pepper and Sichuan pepper seasoning.

At a glance

Cuisine
Taiwanese
Category
Snack
Prep time
Cook time
Total time
Makes
4 servings
Calories
About 395 kcal per serving
Difficulty
Medium
Dietary
Dairy Free, High Protein

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