Chinese Fried Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup sweet potato starch
• 1/4 cup corn starch

For Seasoning:

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 Tbsp garlic powder
• 1 Tbsp 5 spice powder
• 1 tsp white pepper
• oil for  frying

How to make Chinese Fried Chicken:

• To prep the chicken breasts, butterfly them, and pound them with a meat pounder until they’re evenly flat.
  In a large bowl, mix minced garlic, soy sauce, soy sauce , sugar, half of the 5 spice powder, white pepper.
• Marinate the chicken in this sauce overnight.
  Next day, add egg yolk and corn starch into the marinated chicken and mix it well.
• This is what keeps the coating from separating from the chicken.
  On a plate, mix sweet potato starch, rest of the 5 spice powder, and garlic powder.
• This is the coating for the fried chicken.
  Place the marinated chicken breasts on the plate one by one and coat it completely with the mix.
• Let it sit for about 5 mins before frying so that the sweet potato starch has time to stick onto the chicken.
  Heat a pot of frying oil under medium heat.
• Make sure the oil is not bubbling or else it will cook the meat too fast.
• If you’re using a deep fryer, do not exceed 160 C or 320 F.
  Fry the chicken until golden brown and remove from the oil.
• Turn the heat to high or around 180 C or 360 F.
• Dip the fried chicken back in to the hot oil for about 10 seconds to give it crispiness.
• Place it on a metal rack to drain out the excess oil, then cut it up to serve.
• Chinese Fried Chicken is ready to serve.
• Serve hot.