Best 3 Chinese Brandy Fried Chicken Recipes

BRANDY FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine chicken pieces, salt, pepper, granulated garlic and onion mix, ginger, sugar, brandy, soy sauce and oil and blend together and pour into a heavy duty zip loc bag. Place into the refrigerator overnight.
• In a mixing bowl add eggs, flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Blend the dry ingredients together and slowly add cold water to form a heavy batter. May use more or less water.
• In a wok add oil to a halfway point and turn on the heat and when the oil is at 350° and in the batter chicken pieces and deep fried to a golden brown. Remove from oil and place onto a sheet pan with paper towel and a rack. Repeat this step until done.

FRIED CHICKEN WINGS, CHINESE TAKEOUT-STYLE

Steps:

• Combine chicken wings, black pepper, white pepper, garlic powder, salt, sugar, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sesame oil and egg in a large mixing bowl. Mix everything until the wings are well-coated. Next, add the cornstarch and all purpose flour and mix again until the wings are coated.
• Let the wings marinate for 2 hours at room temperature or in the refrigerator overnight for best results. (If you refrigerate the wings, be sure to let them come to room temperature again before cooking).
• After marinating, if it looks like there is liquid in the bowl, be sure to mix them thoroughly again. The wings should be well coated with a thin batter-like coating. If it still looks too watery, add a bit more cornstarch and flour.
• Fill a medium pot about 2/3 of the way up with oil, and heat it to 325 degrees F.
• Fry the wings in small batches for 5 minutes and remove to a sheet pan lined with paper towels. After all of the wings are fried, return them in batches to the oil and fry again for 3 minutes.
• Drain on paper towels or a cooling rack, and serve with hot sauce!

CHINESE BRANDY FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine chicken and marinade ingredients in a shallow dish & place in the refrigerator; let marinade for 24 hours.
• Preparation of batter:.
• Place dry ingredients in a small bowl & mix well. Place the ice water and egg in another bowl and slowly add the dry ingredients to the water. Mix lightly but do not over beat. There should be a few small lumps in the batter. Dredge the marinated chicken in some flour, then dip into the tempura.
• Deep fry the "dredged" chicken in enough oil to completely sink the breast underneath the surface. The oil must be 350 degrees which is the preferred frying temp of most professional cooks. (Make sure it's not over-used and too dark, or smoking.).
• Note: 400 degrees would fry the surface of the breast too dry, and leave the inside underdone.
• Fry at this temp for either 15-20 minutes, or until the piece has floated at the surface for a minute. Dark meat takes a few minutes longer -- especially legs.