Crispy fried chicken () is a standard dish in the Cantonese cuisine of southern China and Hong Kong."39World.com ." 炸子鸡. Retrieved on 2008-11-19. The chicken is fried in such a way that the skin is very crunchy, but the white meat is relatively soft.Guangzhou Cuisine . Retrieved 2009-10-20. 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 it with a syrup of vinegar and sugar, letting it dry thoroughly (which helps make the skin crispy), and deep-frying it.
The dish is often served with two side dishes, a pepper salt () and prawn crackers ().The Same Restaurant Twice . Retrieved 2009-10-20. The pepper salt, colored dark white to gray, is dry-fried separately in a wok.Pictorial Recipe: Cantonese Fried Chicken (炸子雞) . Retrieved 2009-10-20. It is made of salt and Sichuan pepper.
Traditionally this dish is eaten at night. It is also one of the traditional chicken dishes served at Chinese weddings and other Asian weddings.Macau Wedding Packages - Chinese Wedding Dinner Menus . Retrieved 2009-10-20.
See also Chicken fingers Chicken fries Chicken nugget Fried chicken Korean fried chicken List of chicken dishes White cut chicken
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