# Chicken Skin Chili Crisp

A spicy, fragrant, crunchy and hot chili crisp made with rendered chicken fat and a mix of spices.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 chicken skin
- 1 cup water
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup peanut oil
- 4 slices ginger
- 3 sticks cinnamon
- 3 pcs star anise
- 1 tbsp Szechuan peppercorns
- 3 pcs cardamom
- 2 pcs dried chillies
- 1 tbsp chilli flakes
- 1 tbsp crushed Szechuan chilli powder
- 1 cup chopped peanuts
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp MSG
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp crispy shallots
- 2 tbsp crispy garlic

## Instructions

1. Grab some chicken, remove the skin and add it all to a pan, cover with water and a good pinch of salt.
2. Bring to the boil and cook over a high heat until the water evaporates, leaving the skin to cook in that rendered chicken fat.
3. Once the skin is golden brown and super crispy, strain through a sieve, reserving the schmaltz.
4. Pour the chicken fat back into a clean saucepan, top up with some peanut oil, and add ginger, cinnamon, star anise, Szechuan peppercorns, cardamom, and dried chillies.
5. Gently heat the spices in the fat for about 20 minutes to infuse all those flavours together.
6. Then place chilli flakes, crushed Szechuan chilli powder, chopped peanuts, sesame seeds, sugar, salt, MSG, and soy sauce into a heatproof bowl, and give everything a good mix together.
7. Strain the hot infused oil directly over the chilli mix, and enjoy that sizzle.
8. Mix everything together and leave the oil to cool completely.
9. Once cool, add a little sesame oil, some crispy shallots, some crispy garlic, then grab that crunchy chicken skin, chop it through roughly to create a coarse chicken crumb like this.
10. Then add to the other ingredients in the bowl, mix everything together and your chicken skin chili crisp is ready to go.

## Equipment

- saucepan
- sieve
- bowl
- knife

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1B5xH1T1uq/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/08ed67a4-6b62-48d6-bf2c-506866782506
- Extracted: 2025-01-07

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