When we first bit into this Cantonese Salt and Pepper Chicken, it was a rare moment of kitchen substitutions where you feel that literally NOTHING is lost. Now, normally this is a dish you're probably more familiar with: fried crispy Salt and Pepper Pork Chops (see also, Salt and Pepper Squid, Salt and Pepper Shrimp, etc.). Shoulder blade pork chops are marbled with plenty of fat, and sliced or pounded thin so that they cook in a flash and are still juicy and yet crispy once they hit the table.
It’s a recipe we had to immortalize in our cookbook (Check it out at the link below!). But for those of you who don’t eat pork, this version with chicken is simply spectacular. As soon as we bit into it, we were all hooked! The same white peppery taste, bits of fried garlic, shallot, and spicy green peppers. That perfect balance of baking soda in the batter, and juicy dark meat chicken that is a perfect stand in for thin shoulder blade chops.
This had us flipping out over our bowls of rice and reaching for more. In fact, this whole plate was literally GONE 10 minutes after photographs and filming wrapped.
You can find the full pork chop recipe in our cookbook here:
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And the recipe for the Salt and Pepper Chicken live on our blog:
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If you don't eat pork OR chicken:
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0:00 Intro
0:21 What is Salt and Pepper Chicken
2:29 Cutting the chicken
4:04 Frying the garlic bits
7:47 Frying the chicken
10:44 Frying the chicken a second time for extra crispy chicken
14:40 Preparing the pepper shallot and garlic topping
15:52 Plating
16:30 Beauty shots
17:27 Taste test!
20:00 Blooper :)
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- Bill, Judy, Sarah, and Kaitlin ❤️👨👩👧👧
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19 июн 2024
