Taiwanese Pepper Chicken

Name: Taiwanese Pepper Chicken
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Ingredients: 10 ml fish sauce; 1 g white pepper powder; 2 g sichuan pepper powder; 10 ml soy sauce; 15 ml lemon juice; 10 g chili pepper; 250 g chicken thigh; 15 ml rice wine; 15 g potato starch; 50 g sweet potato starch; 1 cucumber; cilantro, to taste

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Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fried chicken thigh is paired with a tangy, appetizing pepper sauce and refreshing cucumber for a spicy, addictive Taiwanese dish.

servings: 👥 2 servings
time: ⏱ 45 min
Cuisine: 🍽 Taiwanese

by @laicoouu · Original recipe on kangacook.com

English text is machine-translated from the original Chinese and has not been reviewed by a person.

Ingredients

Servings:2 servings

10 mlfish sauce
1 gwhite pepper powder
2 gsichuan pepper powder
10 mlsoy sauce
15 mllemon juice
10 gchili pepper
250 gchicken thigh
15 mlrice wine
15 gpotato starch
50 gsweet potato starch
1cucumber
to tastecilantro

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Nutrition per serving

calories: 313 kcal
protein: 20.5 g
fat: 11.5 g
carbohydrate: 29.5 g

As published by the author; KangaCook estimates these automatically.

Steps

1
Mix the chicken thigh cutlet with rice wine and potato starch until well combined, then marinate briefly.
2
Coat the marinated chicken thigh cutlet evenly with sweet potato starch.
3
Fry in hot oil until golden brown and cooked through, then remove and drain.
4
Mix the fish sauce, white pepper powder, Sichuan pepper powder, soy sauce, chili pepper, and lemon juice until well combined.
5
Line the plate with sliced cucumber, top with fried chicken thigh cutlet, drizzle with sauce, and garnish with cilantro.