Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

🧺 Ingredients

• 400 g chicken thigh, small bites, marinated in soy + five spice
• Sweet potato starch (the secret) or potato starch
• A handful of basil leaves, salt-pepper mix

👩‍🍳 Steps

1. 1

   Marinate 10 minutes, then coat thickly in starch.

2. 2

   Fry at 175°C for 3–4 minutes until deeply crunchy.

3. 3

   Flash-fry the basil leaves for 5 seconds — they turn to glass.

4. 4

   Toss everything with salt-pepper. Eat by the fistful.