Best 20 Popcorn Chicken Recipes

POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix flour, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Beat eggs and lemon juice together in a separate bowl.
• Heat 1 1/2 to 2 inches of oil in a large pot over medium heat.
• Dip the chicken pieces into the flour mixture, then the egg mixture, and again into the flour mixture.
• Test the oil to make sure it is hot enough: a small amount of flour dropped in should sizzle. Place 10 pieces of chicken into the hot oil; cook until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Remove from the oil and drain on a paper towel lined plate and season with salt. Repeat with remaining chicken.

POPEYE'S POPCORN SHRIMP AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep fryer or in a deep cast iron skillet on the stove to 350 degrees F. Use a digital thermometer to check the temperature.
• Combine the flour, salt, peppers, paprika and cajun seasoning, if using,in a bowl. In another bowl, break eggs and beat until well blended.
• Dip each piece of shrimp/chicken into eggs; then coat generously with the flour mixture. Drop each piece into the hot oil and fry for 15 to 25 minutes or until the shrimp/chicken is a dark golden brown. Drain shrimp/chicken on paper towels and serve warm.

AIR-FRIED POPCORN CHICKEN GIZZARDS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cut gizzards into bite-sized pieces and add to the boiling water. Boil for 30 minutes. Drain.
• Combine flour, seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne in a flat plastic container. Snap the lid on and shake until combined.
• Add gizzards to the seasoned flour. Snap the lid back on and shake until evenly coated.
• Place beaten egg in a separate bowl. Dip each gizzard piece into the beaten egg and then place back in the seasoned flour. Snap the lid on and shake one last time. Let sit for 5 minutes while the air fryer preheats.
• Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place gizzards in the basket and spray the tops with cooking spray. Cook for 4 minutes. Shake the basket and spray any chalky spots with more cooking spray. Cook for 4 minutes more.

SWEET-AND-SOUR POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Microwave chicken according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add green pepper and onion; stir-fry until crisp-tender, 3-4 minutes. Drain pineapple, reserving the juice in a 2-cup measuring cup; set pineapple aside. Add enough water to the juice to measure 1-1/3 cups; stir in vinegar, soy sauce and ketchup. , In a large bowl, combine brown sugar and cornstarch. Stir in pineapple juice mixture until smooth. Gradually add to the skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Stir in chicken and pineapple; heat through. If desired, serve with rice and sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds.

POPCORN CHICKEN (TAIWANESE)

Steps:

• Combine chicken pieces, soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, five-spice powder, white pepper, salt, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl. Let marinate for 10 minutes.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Whisk egg in a small bowl until smooth. Pour tempura batter mix into a second small bowl. Dip chicken pieces one at a time into the egg, then dredge in tempura batter mix, shaking off any excess. Lower chicken pieces carefully into the hot oil in batches. Fry until chicken is golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Serve chicken sprinkled with basil leaves, green onions, white pepper, and salt.

BBQ POPCORN CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) and spray a baking sheet with nonstick oil.
• Cut chicken breasts into bite-size pieces and place in a bowl.
• Add the barbecue sauce to bowl with chicken and stir.
• In a large ziplock bag, crush the barbecue chips into desired crumbs (to replace bread crumbs).
• Coat each piece of chicken in chip crumbs until fully covered and place on prepared baking tray.
• Bake chicken until golden brown, about 12 minutes.
• Serve with a side of ranch dressing or any sauce!
• Enjoy!

JAPANESE POPCORN CHICKEN (KARAAGE) RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Combine the chicken with the garlic, ginger, soy, sake, sesame oil, and sugar in a bowl until evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
• Heat oil in a pot over high heat until about 340°F (170°C).
• Give the chicken a stir to re-incorporate the marinade, then sprinkle the potato starch on top. Lightly toss until somewhat combined, but do not mix until each chicken piece is evenly coated because the uneven pockets of potato starch will give the chicken its signature unique texture.
• Fry half of the chicken at a time, until light golden and bubbly, about 5-7 minutes. The oil temperature will drop to about 320°F (160°C). Rest the chicken on paper towels and increase the heat.
• Heat oil to about 390°F (200°C), then fry the chicken again for about 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Drain the chicken on paper towels.
• Serve with lemon and parsley.
• Enjoy!

POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• For the honey sriracha mayo: Stir together the mayo, sriracha and honey to taste. Season with salt. Transfer to a small serving bowl and drizzle with a little extra sriracha. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• For the chicken: Put the paprika, garlic powder, cayenne and 1 teaspoon salt in a large resealable plastic bag and shake to mix. Add the chicken and shake to thoroughly coat.
• Put the flour in a large bowl. Beat the buttermilk and eggs together in another large bowl.
• Bring a large, wide pot with about 1 1/2 inches of oil to 350 degrees F. Line a tray with paper towels.
• Dredge half of the chicken in the flour. Remove from the flour, shake off the excess and dip it in the buttermilk mixture to coat. Let the excess drip off, then return it to the flour. Carefully put the chicken in the oil and fry, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and cooked through, about 4 minutes. Transfer to the paper towels with a slotted spoon and sprinkle lightly with salt. Return the oil to 350 degrees F and repeat with the remaining chicken.
• Top with chives and serve with the honey sriracha mayo.

TAIWANESE POPCORN CHICKEN WITH FRIED BASIL

Steps:

• In a large bowl, season chicken thighs with soy sauce, sugar, five-spice powder, white pepper and 2 teaspoons salt. Set aside to marinate about 1 hour at room temperature, or refrigerate it overnight.
• When ready to cook, fit a medium pot with a cooking thermometer and heat vegetable oil over medium to 350 degrees. Coarsely grind the peppercorns in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle and mix with the remaining 2 teaspoons kosher salt. Set aside.
• Wet your hands and toss marinated chicken with tapioca flour and about 1 tablespoon water until the tapioca flour looks like small beads and clings to the chicken. (Adding a little moisture to your chicken helps the tapioca flour form small beads that will also stick to the chicken and give it a very crunchy crust.)
• Working in batches, add the battered chicken to the hot oil and fry until golden brown and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. With a slotted spoon or spider, transfer fried chicken to a paper towel-lined plate and season each batch with peppercorn mixture.
• Fry basil leaves until translucent and crisp, 1 to 2 minutes, then scatter over the fried chicken. Serve with leftover peppercorn mixture for sprinkling to taste.

GARLIC POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a baking pan.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Combine bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese in a bowl.
• Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over low heat, about 1 minute. Add garlic; stir and remove from heat. Coat chicken in the oil and dip into the bread crumb mixture. Transfer coated chicken to the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and crispy, 15 to 20 minutes.

BUFFALO POPCORN CHICKEN BITES

Steps:

• In a deep sided skillet heat 1 1/2 inches of vegetable oil over medium heat. If you wish to test the oil, add a 1-inch cube of bread to hot oil. If it turns deep golden brown in color in a count of 40, the oil is ready.
• While the oil is heating make the batter. In a wide mixing bowl combine 2 cups of the pancake mix, 1 1/4 cups water and about 6 teaspoons hot sauce. (Use a regular teaspoon you would stir coffee with ¿ that's what I did. I don't, technically, have a set of actual measuring spoons.)
• Place the remaining plain 1/2 cup pancake mix in another wide mixing bowl. Arrange the batter and the bowl of plain pancake mix near the cook top and the heating oil. Line a plate with a few sheets of paper towels and keep within reach.
• Once the oil is heated and ready, toss the chicken pieces in 2 teaspoons of hot sauce then toss in the plain pancake mix, coat evenly and shake off excess. The plain dry pancake mix will help the batter stick to the chicken pieces. Add some of chicken to the batter, you are going to want to work in 3 to 4 batches coating and frying. Using a fork, toss the bites in the batter. Remove the first batch from the batter, shaking off the excess batter as you carefully add them to the hot oil. Fry for 2 minutes on the first side, or until the first side is a deep golden brown, flip and continue to fry for another 2 minutes or until deep golden brown all over. Remove from the oil and drain on the paper towel lined plate, season with salt. Repeat until all the popcorn chicken bites are fried. Serve immediately with refrigerated, good quality creamy blue cheese prepared dressing with chopped scallions and black pepper stirred into it for dipping. Garnish platter with celery sticks.

SPICY EXTRA-CRISPY FRIED POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine flour, garlic powder, chili-lime seasoning, black pepper, seasoned salt, Cajun seasoning, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl.
• Mix eggs and hot sauce together in a separate bowl until well blended.
• Dip chicken pieces in egg mixture; coat lightly in flour mixture. Dip into eggs again and coat thoroughly in flour mixture.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) until a drop of water dropped on the pan sizzles. Add chicken; cook until crispy and golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate.

CHEDDAR RANCH POPCORN CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Chop chicken breasts into bite-size pieces.
• In a large bowl, combine chicken, buttermilk, and ranch packet.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• In a large zipper storage bag, crumble the cheese crackers into desired crumbs (to replace bread crumbs).
• Place cracker crumbs into a medium bowl and coat each piece of chicken until fully covered.
• Heat oil to 350°F (180°C) and fry chicken until crackers turn golden brown (3 minutes).
• Place on a paper towel to dry.
• Serve with a side of ranch or any sauce.
• Enjoy!

POPCORN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Bake chicken according to package directions. Meanwhile, for dressing, in a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, honey, vinegar, mustard and oil until smooth., Divide lettuce between two plates; top with the peas, bean sprouts, oranges, chicken and noodles. Drizzle with dressing.

BBQ POPCORN BREADED CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Wash and drain the chicken breasts.
• In a medium bowl, mix the hot sauce, BBQ sauce, peri-peri sauce, and lemon juice.
• In a separate bowl of the same size, mix the smoked paprika, chili powder, brown sugar and half of the BBQ seasoning.
• Drizzle the wet mixture on the chicken breasts, making sure to get both sides.
• Sprinkle the dry mixture on the chicken breasts, making sure to get both sides.
• Marinate the chicken breasts in the fridge for 4 hours.
• After 4 hours or so, preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
• Put a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Melt the coconut oil in the saucepan. Put 3 or 4 kernels of popcorn in the saucepan. Once they pop, add the rest of kernels, put on the lid and take off the heat. After 30 seconds or so, place back onto the stovetop. Shake often. Once the popping reduces to every 4 seconds, remove from heat.
• Pour the melted butter on the popcorn, stirring to get all of the popcorn. Add the rest of the BBQ seasoning, stirring to get all of the popcorn.
• Grind ⅔ of the popcorn along with the BBQ chips. Sprinkle this over the marinated chicken breasts, making sure to get both sides. The marinade should adhere the popcorn crumbs.
• Bake the chicken for 18-20 minutes. Once ready, serve with the rest of the popcorn and the BBQ sauce.
• Enjoy!

TAIWANESE POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine chicken pieces, garlic powder, black pepper, curry powder, ginger, soy sauce, cinnamon, five-spice powder, and salt in a large bowl. Let marinate for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle tempura batter mix over chicken; toss to coat lightly and evenly.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Fry chicken in the hot oil in batches until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
• Increase oil temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Fry Thai basil leaves until crisp, about 1 minute. Drain on paper towels. Fry chicken a second time, 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Drain on paper towels.
• Serve chicken with basil leaves.

TAIWANESE POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• cut the chicken to 1 inch cubes.
• add the garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sugar, five spice, and sesame oil, marinate for at least half an hour in refrigerator.
• roll the chicken pieces in the sweet potato starch to cover evenly.
• heat oil to about 350 degrees Fahrenheit (if you throw some sweet potato starch in the oil, it should sink to the middle of the frying pan, then float to the top).
• carefully drop the chicken one piece at a time and fry for about 2 minutes or until done, turning at least once.
• remove from oil and place on paper towels, sprinkle white pepper and salt while hot, enjoy!

CHIPOTLE POPCORN CHICKEN RECIPE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Cut chicken breasts into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Place in mixing bowl and cover with buttermilk and pureed chipotle chilis. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Once the chicken has had time to sit in buttermilk, dredge the chicken in seasoned flour and fry in a 350°F fryer. Once out of fryer, season with salt, pepper and chopped cilantro.

CHIPOTLE POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together chipotle peppers, buttermilk, egg, cornstarch, salt and pepper.
• Cut the chicken breasts into 1 inch pieces. Place the chicken in the batter and let it sit for at least a couple hours in the fridge or overnight.
• Pour some panko breadcrumbs in a shallow plate.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet.
• Coat each piece of chicken with breadcrumbs, add more breadcrumbs as needed and fry on both sides for 3 to 5 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Place on paper napkins to soak up some of the oil. Repeat with all chicken pieces. Only add a few pieces of chicken to the skillet at a time so as not to over crowd, so the chicken turns out crispy.
• Once out of fryer, season with more salt, pepper (if desired) and chopped cilantro to taste.
• Serve with your choice of dip.

POPCORN-COATED POPCORN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• In a large releasable plastic bag, combine the chicken, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and black pepper. Seal and then shake and massage the bag so all the chicken pieces get coated with the seasoning. Set aside.
• Add the popcorn to a separate large resealable plastic bag. Close the bag and, using a rolling pin, crush the popcorn into small pieces.
• Set up your breading station using 3 pie pans. In the first pan, add the flour. In the second pan, whisk together the buttermilk, hot sauce and eggs. In the third pan, combine the popcorn, panko and paprika and stir to combine.
• Working in batches, dredge the chicken pieces first in the flour, then in the buttermilk mixture and finally in the popcorn breading mixture, pressing the chicken into the breading mixture to make sure it gets completely coated. Place on the prepared baking sheet in 1 even layer. Spray the tops lightly with cooking spray.
• Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes, flipping each piece halfway through. Serve immediately.