Salt & Pepper chicken

 

Ingredients

▢1000 g Boneless skinless chicken thigh

▢2 cup Potato/Corn flour (starch)

▢1 Sweet Onion

▢2 Red/Green Bell Pepper

▢6-8 Red/Green Chilli

▢6 Garlic Cloves

▢6 Ginger slices

▢4-6 Spring Onion

▢Oil for frying

Marinate for Chicken

▢1 tsp Sesame oil

▢1 tsp Salt

▢1 tsp Black Pepper

▢2 tsp Ginger garlic paste

Spice Mix

▢1 tsp Salt

▢1 tsp Black Pepper

▢0.5 tsp Chinese Five Spices

▢1 tsp Chicken powder/Dashi powder Optional

Instructions

1. Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Marinate chicken with salt, black pepper, ginger garlic paste and sesame oil.
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. Mix all the spice ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
4. Coat the marinated chicken pieces well with potato starch(flour). Toss the excess flour out before frying.
5. Preheat wok, fill with oil, heat oil to 350°F.
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. Remove leftover crumbs from oil and make the oil clear.
8. Reheat oil back to 350°F and fry again the chicken pieces till crispy golden brown.
9. Once all chicken are double fried, strain oil and transfer it to the cooling rack.
10. In a wok/pan, drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil, start adding ginger and garlic slices and stir fry for few seconds.
11. Add onion and pepper slices. Stir fry for 1-2 mins.
12. Add the fried chicken, mix well. Later add the spring onion and sprinkle the spice mix.
13. Transfer to serving plate.
14. Sprinkle a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.( Optional )

Notes

If you want to taste exactly like a restaurant, you can add a bit of chicken powder in the spice mix. 

Source: Khin's Kitchen