Course Main dishes Region or state Hong Kong, Guangdong Main ingredient Chicken | Place of origin China Main ingredients Chicken Origin Hong Kong | |
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Similar Chicken meat, Chicken fingers, Fried chicken, Ranch dressing, Buffalo wing | ||
Kfc style fried chicken recipe crispy fried chicken like kfc at home
Crispy fried chicken is a standard dish in the Cantonese cuisine of southern China and Hong Kong. The chicken is fried in such a way that the skin is extremely crunchy, but the white meat is relatively soft. This is done by first poaching the chicken in water with spices (e.g. star anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, Sichuan pepper, ginger, fennel, and scallions), drying it, coating with a syrup of vinegar and sugar, letting it dry thoroughly (helps make skin crispy), and deep frying.
The dish often served with two side dishes, a pepper salt (椒鹽) and prawn crackers (蝦片). The pepper salt, colored dark white to gray, is dry-fried separately in a wok. It is made of salt and Sichuan pepper.
Traditionally, it is to be eaten at night. It is also one of the traditional chicken dishes used in Chinese weddings and other Asian weddings.
