Salt and Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

• 500 g Boneless chicken thigh
• 1 cup Potato/Corn flour (starch)
• ½ Sweet Onion
• 1 Red/Green Bell Pepper
• 3-4 Red/Green Chilli
• 3 Garlic Cloves
• 3 Ginger slices
• 2-3 Spring Onion
• Oil for frying
• ½ tsp Sesame oil
• ½ tsp Salt
• ½ tsp Black Pepper
• 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
• ½ tsp Salt
• ½ tsp Black Pepper
• ¼ tsp Chinese Five Spices
• ½ tsp Chicken powder/Dashi powder (Optional)

Instructions

1. 1

   Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Marinate chicken with salt, black pepper, ginger garlic paste and sesame oil.

2. 2

   Cut onion, pepper into thin slices(matchstick sizes). Cut spring onion into ¼ inch pieces. And also cut ginger and garlic into thin slices.

3. 3

   Mix all the spice ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.

4. 4

   Coat the marinated chicken pieces well with potato starch(flour). Toss the excess flour out before frying.

5. 5

   Preheat wok, fill with oil, heat oil to 350°F.

6. 6

   Add coated chicken and deep fry for 1-2 mins. Once the chicken start floating, remove from oil and set aside. ( Do not over crowd the chicken in wok. Fry 2 batches if needed.)

7. 7

   Remove leftover crumbs from oil and make the oil clear.

8. 8

   Reheat oil back to 350°F and fry again the chicken pieces till crispy golden brown.

9. 9

   Once all chicken are double fried, strain oil and transfer it to the cooling rack.

10. 10

    In a wok/pan, drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil, start adding ginger and garlic slices and stir fry for few seconds.

11. 11

    Add onion and pepper slices. Stir fry for 1-2 mins.

12. 12

    Add the fried chicken, mix well. Later add the spring onion and sprinkle the spice mix.

13. 13

    Transfer to serving plate.

14. 14

    Sprinkle a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.( Optional )

15. 15

    Perfect with steamed rice, stir fry noodle or great on its own as an appetizer.

16. 16

    Serve immediately! Enjoy!