Bang Bang Chicken
Crispy, juicy chicken in a creamy, sweet-hot sauce, featuring Bang Bang Chicken as a favorite recipe.
Equipment
- frying pan
- mixing bowl
Ingredients
Chicken
- 4 thighs chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Shaoxing Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons minced ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon white or black pepper
- corn starch for coating
- neutral oil for frying
- diced green onions for garnish
Bang Bang Sauce
- ½ cup mayo
- ¼ cup sweet chili sauce
- 3 tablespoons sriracha or chili sauce
Instructions
Preparation
- Combine chicken with soy, shaoxing, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, salt, pepper and egg white in a bowl and mix really well, refrigerate at least an hour.
- Mix the mayo, sweet chili sauce and sriracha until combined - set aside.
Cooking
- When ready to cook, heat oil to 350 degrees.
- Coat the chicken pieces in the corn starch, shake off any excess then deep fry 5 to 6 minutes until golden brown and crispy. Do this in batches to avoid overcrowding.
- When all the chicken is done, get the oil back to 350 degrees and fry once more for 45-60 seconds for a final crisping.
- Toss fried chicken with the sauce, a little at a time until coated the way you want.
- Plate and garnish with green onions.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 450kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 30gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 80mgSodium: 800mgPotassium: 300mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg
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