# Salt and Pepper Chicken

This recipe shows how to make salt and pepper chicken, a popular takeaway dish.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 g chicken thighs
- 1 egg
- 100 g cornflour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
- 1 onion
- 5 spring onions
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 tsp seasoning
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
- 3 red chillis
- 1 oil

## Instructions

1. Place the diced chicken into a bowl along with some salt and a beaten egg, mix well to coat.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the cornflower and five spice, then dredge the chicken through until fully coated.
3. Tap off any excess then fry the chicken in oil heated to 180 C for about four minutes or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of at least 75c.
4. Stir fry the onion and the white part of the spring onion for a couple of minutes, then add the crispy chicken, spices, chilli and green spring onion.
5. Toss well then serve with a portion of fried rice.

## Equipment

- bowl
- knife
- frying pan
- wok
- tongs
- chopsticks

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdSTnDL6/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9d46e4cc-54c9-4a17-bb70-26ff5c430e58
- Extracted: 2025-01-17

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