Taiwanese Air Fried Chicken

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound chicken thigh

  cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 tablespoon shaoxing cooking wine
• 3 garlic cloves

  minced
• 1 tablespoon ginger

  minced
• 1.5 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon 5 spice powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ¼ teaspoon white pepper
• 1 egg white
• 1 cup tapioca flour

  mix with 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon 5 spice powder
• ¼ teaspoon white pepper

Instructions

• 1 Cut chicken thigh in 1 inch cubes. Start marinating chicken by adding the 1
  tablespoon shaoxing cooking wine, 3 cloves of minced garlic, 1 tablespoon minced
  ginger, 1.5 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon 5 spice powder, 1 teaspoon sugar,
  and ¼ teaspoon white pepper. Mix all ingredients together until all ingredients
  are mixed evenly.
• 2 Cover chicken and marinate for minimum of 30 minutes. I recommend to marinate
  overnight for the best flavor!
• 3 After marinating, add 1 egg white to the chicken and mix well. Mix ½ teaspoon
  salt in the tapioca flour. Then, dip (lightly press) the chicken in the tapioca
  flour until the chicken is well-coated.
• 4 Grease the plate or tray with oil before putting the battered chicken on it. The
  chicken with the tapioca flour can be pretty sticky and will be hard to take off
  the resting plate later.
• 5 Rest the chicken (battered with egg and tapioca) for at least 15 minutes for the
  starch to dry up.
• 6 Next, spray oil generously on top of the chicken to ensure that the chicken with
  be golden brown when air-fried.
• 7 Place chicken in the air-fryer at 375F for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn
  the pieces over and turn the temperature up to 400F and heat the chicken for 5
  minutes until it’s golden brown.
• 8 The chicken is done! Sprinkle some seasoning salt on the chicken while hot ◡̈
  Hope you enjoy!!

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