Chinese style fried chicken
There are many kinds of fried chicken, do you know how to make Chinese fried chicken? In addition to the Orleans flavor its. It can also be savory, spicy, sweet and sour. Today's Chinese fried chicken is easy to learn and make crispy and juicy chicken!
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In Europe and the United States, as early as the fourth century A.D., there have been relevant records, the Roman cookbook Apicius recorded a recipe for fried chicken called Pullum Frontonianum. The English word for "fried chicken" can be found in an American dictionary from the 1830s. In recent times, fried chicken has become a popular food culture and a symbol of modern fast food culture.
1、What is Chinese fried chicken?
Fried chicken is a general term for a series of chicken dishes made by deep-frying in oil. There are many different types of deep-frying, and different countries and regions have their own unique characteristics of fried chicken. Popular fried chicken in the world includes American fried chicken, Korean fried chicken, Thai fried chicken, Japanese fried chicken, Cantonese fried chicken, Hong Kong style fried chicken and so on.
Chinese fried chicken is a kind of deep-fried food made on the basis of traditional cooking, and then adding modern Chinese people's needs and concepts for a healthy diet.
2、What are the nutritional benefits of fried chicken?
The main nutrients in fried chicken are: carbohydrates, protein, fat, cholesterol and minerals such as sodium, potassium and phosphorus.
Chicken is rich in protein but lacks dietary fiber and other water-soluble vitamins. Fried foods are usually high in calories, and fried chicken is coated with a layer of flour to keep the chicken soft and tender, making it even more calorie-dense.
3、What should you pay attention to when eating fried chicken?
1. Eat fully cooked: fried chicken must be fully cooked to ensure that there is no raw part, so as to ensure the taste of fried chicken as well as the degree of health.
2. Moderate consumption: fried chicken is a high-calorie food, so eat fried chicken must control the amount, do not eat too much at once, to avoid leading to obesity, for the obese people, daily life is more to control the amount of fried chicken consumption.
3. with vegetables: eat fried chicken with some of their favorite vegetables, such as lettuce, cauliflower, which will be more healthy.
4、What are the tips for marinating chicken?
Marinate the chicken with a variety of seasonings, the following a few precautions to understand:
1. When marinating chicken, you need to slash the chicken on both sides, to facilitate the chicken flavor, so that the chicken is delicious.
2. Marinate chicken time must be enough, generally recommended marinating about 2 hour, the minimum can not be less than 30 minutes. Time is too short marinade is not flavorful.
INGREDIENTS
MAIN INGREDIENTS
- 500 g chicken thighs
- 1 egg
- 130 g flour
- 30 g cornstarch
ACCESSORIES
- 10 peppercorns
- 1 star anise
- 1 cinnamon
- 3 grams pepper
- Onion, Ginger and Garlic
SEASONINGS
- 10ml of cooking wine
- 3g salt and chicken essence
- 10ml Soy Sauce
DIRECTIONS
STEP 1
Wash the chicken thighs well.
Tips:
I used chicken thighs here, or you can substitute a whole chicken.
STEP 2
Cut and wash the leg meat, marinate it with the ingredients of the ingredient list one night in advance, seal and refrigerate it overnight, take it out and use it directly the next day.
Tips:
1. Prepare 10 peppercorns, 1 star anise, 1 piece of cinnamon, 3g pepper, 10ml cooking wine, 3g salt and chicken essence, 10ml soy sauce, and a moderate amount of green onion, ginger and garlic, mix with the chicken thigh meat and marinate.
2. 2 hours of marinating time for the chicken is fine, I marinate a day in advance.
STEP 3
Prepare the batter: Take 100g of flour, add 1 beaten egg and mix well.
STEP 4
Prepare Crispy Flour: Prepare 30g of low gluten flour and 30g of corn starch, just mix well according to the ratio of 1:1.
Tips:
If you don't want the fried chicken to be too crispy, then you can put in less cornstarch because cornstarch determines the crispiness of the outer skin of the fried chicken.
STEP 5
Take out the refrigerated and flavored chicken thighs and put them into the batter and mix well, making sure to coat each piece of chicken thigh with the batter.
STEP 6
Put the batter-coated chicken legs into the crispy flour so that the surface of the chicken legs is covered with flour.
STEP 7
Heat a frying pan over medium-low heat, put the chicken thigh meat in and fry until the surface is lightly browned, remove and set aside, this process takes about 7 minutes.
Tips:
The cooking time of fried chicken is related to the size of the chicken, if it is a small piece of chicken, the cooking time is usually around 5-7 minutes; if it is a large piece of chicken, the cooking time needs to be longer, usually around 10-12 minutes. My chicken pieces were smaller and the first frying took about 7 minutes.
STEP 8
Heat the frying pan again on medium-low heat and re-fry all the chicken pieces once more, just until they are golden brown on both sides. You only need to fry for about 5 minutes the second time.
STEP 9
After frying the fried chicken, it’s ready to be plated.
Recipe analyzer
- Recipes: Chinese style fried chicken
- Main Ingredients:9
- Servings per recipe:1
- Servings size:1.1 kg
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Energy (calories)：1929 kcal
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Protein：107.78 g
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Fat：94.25 g
Why gray?
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Carbohydrates：154.12 g
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Protein: 24%454 kcal
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Fat: 44%849 kcal
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Carbohydrates: 33%628 kcal
The ratio shows whether the proportion of both fatty acids in your diet is optimal. Red color means too much of Omega 6 or too little of Omega 3. The data are rounded off and approximate.
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