Crispy seasoned chicken, fried up with crunchy onions and spicy chillies – this salt and pepper chicken recipe is a real flavour explosion. I love to serve this Chinese takeaway classic alongside fried rice and a nice cold beer.
You can modify the amount of heat in this recipe by using milder or hotter chillies (or even replacing the chillies with chopped bell peppers if you like it mild).
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Ingredients for the Salt & Pepper Chicken:
ā¢60 g (Ā½ cup) cornflour – (cornstarch)
ā¢1 tbsp table salt
ā¢1 Ā¼ tbsp ground black pepper
ā¢1 tbsp Chinese five-spice
ā¢6 skinless chicken thigh fillets – quartered
ā¢Vegetable oil for frying – (around 240ml/1 cup)
ā¢1 onion – peeled and chopped into large chunks (about 1.5-2cm across)
ā¢1 red chilli – chopped into small pieces (I use relatively mild fresno or serrano chillies)
ā¢1 green chilli – chopped into small pieces (I use relatively mild fresno or serrano chillies)
ā¢2 garlic cloves – peeled and minced
ā¢3 spring onions – (scallions) roughly chopped
Method:
1. Mix together the 60g (Ā½ cup) of cornflour, Ā¾ tbsp of the salt, 1 tbsp of the black pepper, and the 1 tbsp of Chinese five-spice.
2. Sprinkle over the chicken thigh fillets and toss together to coat.
3. Take the 240ml (1 cup) of oil, and put one tablespoon of it to one side.
4. Add the rest of the oil to a large frying pan and heat over a high heat until hot (you can test by sticking the end of a wooden spoon or chopstick in the oil ā if bubbles form around it, itās hot enough).
5. Add the chicken to the oil a piece at a time (to ensure the oil doesnāt boil over). Youāll probably have to work in two batches altogether.
6. Fry for about 5-7 minutes, turning once until cooked through and golden brown all over.
Turn off the heat and, using a set of tongs, transfer the chicken to a plate lined with kitchen paper.
7. Repeat with the second batch of chicken.
8. As soon as the second batch of chicken is cooking, heat the reserved 1 tablespoon of oil in a separate frying pan over a medium-high heat.
9. Add the chopped onion, the chopped red and green chillies, the remaining Ā¼ tbsp of salt and the remaining Ā¼ tbsp of black pepper to the pan.
10. Fry for about 2-3 minutes, stirring often, until the onion starts to soften slightly, then turn down the heat to medium and add in the 2 cloves of minced garlic and 3 chopped spring onions.
Fry for a further minute, stirring often.
11. By now both batches of chicken should be cooked. Add the chicken to the frying pan with onion and chillies in and toss everything together for 1 minute.
12. Turn off the heat and serve.
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44 Comments
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Fabulous recipe
I will try this tonight it looks delicious
Your channel is one of my best ever finds on YouTube. I discovered you last week looking for a recipe for salt and pepper chicken. I tried this recipe and it worked fantastic!!! Wow! Just wow! We will never order salt and pepper chicken from the takeaway again. Tonight were having it again with your fried rice recipe.
I made this last night. Family wolfed it down. Thank you so much chef. It was utterly delicious!!!
The coating is so good I made a huge tub worth of it for the kitchen cupboard, boyfriend still doesn't know what my "secret topping is" and asks for it all the time! I'm back watching this video because we've eaten through it all now and I'm about to make more! OBSESSED. Absolutely love your channel!
Ma'am simple and effective cooking thanksš
Cooked this last night.. Absolutely delicious. easy…. I won't be using the takeaway again for this dish š
I used to be a heavy drug addict but now thanks to you I have got a new cooking passion and I'm feeling so healthy, thank you xxx
I only have 1 frying pan is it possible to use a deep fat fryer for the chicken pieces.?
Just imagine my seven children coming all at once in the kitchen asking āwhat smells soo good?ā š
I made a 3kg chicken portion šŖš» Delicious!š
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You're missing the golden ingredient that makes salt and pepper anything so moreish. MSG! Pfft.
You are the voice in the Materlan advert.
Looks so delisious!
Hiya, I love your channel, and I know my food and I'm a good cook too. I LOVE the fact that you are up for serving your oven baked chips (they're great!)š„…………With your lasagne! #OldSkoolinnit!š
She is making me so hungy
Blimey Iām making this ASAP š
I would add some msg, but other than that, great recipe
I made this for my husband and he loved it. They thought id got a takeaway. Very tasty!
Absolutely fantastic as per usual š. I followed the alternative advice and used bell peppers in stead of chillies and it was delicious šš
Could I switch out the corn starch for potato starch? I find it tends to be even crispier than corn starch.
you missed a main ingrident ginger a must have for salt and pepper dishes
I'm always chuffed to I see salt & pepper chicken on a Chinese buffet and looking forward to making it at home. Thanks for showing us how it's made. Cheers.
You need to get yourself on āthis morningā. You are better than most chiefs that are on there. I have cooked and served only a quarter of your meals. You are just brilliant. Keep going . Get your own tv show
Could I make the chicken in an air fryer , I have an induction hob and I donāt think my oil stays hot it goes cool quickly
Can't wait to try this ā¤ I made crispy chilli beef tonight it was delicious š šš
Damn, this looks like my kinda thing! Definitely guna try this!! Thank you!!
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Absolutely love your Chinese dishes š
No sugar?
legend has it shes still adding the link for the chinese 5 spice
Add a egg to the chicken before frying, makes thicker batter
Can I use chicken breast for this recipe?
Would it not be healthier to oven cook rather than fry?
Your recipes never fail me! First time making this and itās amazing thank you!!!
Just cooked it tonight was absolutely unreal
Big fan of the channel
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Ohhh going to try this for my daughter as she loves s&p chicken xxx thanks xxx
Morning! Made these a couple of times and it's bloody amazing (and better than my local takeaways). As corn flour seems to be twice the price it used to be, would a gluten free one (made up of a blend of Rice, Potato, Tapioca, Maize and Buckwheat flours) give a similar crisp? It's a quid less, for twice as much!
Looks like a nice appetizer but not the Chinese takeaway it claims to be.
Just had this tonight, so good! Definitely adding it to the regular menu šš
You folks call ordering food to go as take away, and we call it take out š¤
I've spent a couple of years trying and tweaking various recipes for S&P Chicken to try and get it somewhere near the takeaway. This is absolutely the best one, it's the simplest but it works perfectly. Love it!