The Best Taiwanese Fried Chicken Recipe | Super Crunchy

Taiwanese Fried Chicken is a very popular street food in Taiwan. Tired of regular fried chicken? It’s time to try out this Taiwanese Style Crispy Asian Fried Chicken! Crispy chicken with sweet potato flour coating, tossed with flavorful chili salt and fried basil leaves Easy to make at home and incredibly delicious! Ingredients ▢ 500 g Chicken breast ( 2 large chicken breast about 500-600 g ) ▢ 1 cup Sweet potato starch Or Potato starch/ tapioca starch ▢ ¼ cup Plain flour Or all purpose flour ▢ ½ tsp Baking soda ▢ 2 Egg ▢ handful Basil leaves Thai, Italian or Regular Basil ▢ Oil for frying Marinade ▢ 2 tbsp Soy sauce ▢ 1 tbsp Shao Xing wine ▢ 1 tbsp Garlic Grated garlic/garlic paste ▢ 1 tbsp Sugar ▢ 1 tsp White pepper ▢ 1 tsp Chinese five spices Chilli Salt Mix ▢ ½ tsp Garlic powder ▢ ½ tsp Paprika powder ▢ ½ tsp White pepper ▢ ¼ tsp Fine salt Timestamps: 00:00 The Best Taiwanese Fried Chicken Recipe 00:41 Marinate 00:51 1 tbsp of Shaoxing wine 01:09 1 tsp of Chinese Five spices 01:28 Prepare for Chilli salt seasoning 01:38 Add ½ tsp White pepper 01:41 Make the chicken coating 01:44 Add 1 ½ cup of sweet potato starch 01:40 Add ½ of baking soda 02:34 Fry the chicken 340-350 F 03:04 Fry the basil leaves Instruction Cut chicken breasts into half lengthways. Mix all the chilli salt seasoning ingredients in a bowl and set it aside. Mix the chicken cutlets well with soy sauce, garlic paste, white pepper, Shao Xing wine, Chinese five spices and sugar. Let it set aside. Marinade for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour. Beat two eggs in large tray or bowl and set aside. Mix sweet potato starch, plain flour, and baking soda in a large bowl and set aside. Dip the marinated chicken cutlet in the egg first, then dredge in the flour mix. Heat the vegetable oil to high heat about 340-350° F. and deep fry the coated chicken for 3-4 minutes Double fry it again until crispy golden brown. Remove from oil and place it over the cooling rack. Fry the bail leaves in the oil for 2-3 minutes until crispy. Remove from oil and place it over the paper towel. To Serve the fried chicken, cut the chicken cutlets in the medium bite size slices, or pieces. Sprinkle the chilli salt seasonings and crispy basil leaves on top. #taiwanesefriedchicken #khinskitchen