Taiwanese salty chicken is one of the very famous hawker foods in the night markets in Taiwan. It is very great when you make it as a starter, some snack for your drink or a main course in your veggie menu.
Ingredients
- Oyster king mushroom (medium size) – 3-4 pieces
- Olive oil – 1 teaspoon (for marinating)
- Olive oil – 8-10 teaspoons (for frying)
- Sesame oil – 1 teaspoon (for marinating)
- Basil leaves – 5-6 pieces (for marinating)
- Basil leaves – 2-3 pieces (for decorating)
- Garlic – 5 cloves (for marinating)
- Soya sauce – 2 teaspoons (for marinating)
- Five spice powder – 1 teaspoon (for marinating)
- Rice wine – 2 teaspoon (for marinating)
- Corn powder – 1 teaspoon (for marinating)
- Sugar – 1/4 teaspoon (for marinating)
- Cake flour – around 80 g
Food preparation
- Boil water. Blanch oyster king mushroom for 2 minutes. Squeeze the excessive water out of the mushrooms
- Mince garlic
- Cut the oyster king mushroom into triangle shape
- Slight scratch it like tic-tac-toe on the two surfaces
- Marinating them into the marinating sauces by mixing olive oil, sesame oil, basil leaves, garlic, soya sauce, five spice powder, rice wine, corn powder, and sugar
Direction
- Put the mushrooms on the cake flour in a plate so that the surface of mushrooms are put with all cake flour. Then, put the them back into marinating sauce and put them on the cake flour again.
- Heat olive oil in a deep fry pan
- Fry them into golden yellow colour with medium fire
- Put them into a beautiful plate once it becomes golden yellow colour. Put a basil leaves on the top of them. It is done. Ready for serving.
