Air Fryer Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken

Name: Air Fryer Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 2 lbs chicken thighs; 2 tbsp Soy sauce; 1 tsp Ginger powder; 1 tsp Garlic powder; 2 tsp Sugar; 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar; 1 tbsp chinese 5 spice; 1 tsp Pepper; 1 tsp MSG; 1 egg white; 1 cup corn starch; olive oil spray; 1 bushel basil; 1 tbsp 5 spice; 1 tsp Pepper; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Sugar; 1 tsp MSG

9 steps

Prep:15minCook:15min

When I'm craving some easy and delicious, this is now a go to for me! In under 30 minutes you can recreate this Air Fryer Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken and you won't be able to stop eating it. The chicken is marinated in a delicious mixture, then air fried until golden and crispy. The crispy basil gives it a nice additional layer of freshness and flavor and the spice mixture elevates everything even further.

Updated at: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:05:54 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories599.6 kcal (30%)

Total Fat28 g (40%)

Carbs51.3 g (20%)

Sugars5.5 g (6%)

Protein44.9 g (90%)

Sodium1301.3 mg (65%)

Fiber11.9 g (42%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

2 lbschicken thighs

2 Tbspsoy sauce

1 tspginger powder

1 tspgarlic powder

2 tspsugar

1 Tbsprice wine vinegar

1 Tbspchinese 5 spice

1 tsppepper

1 tspmsg

1egg white

1 cupcorn starch

olive oil spray

1 bushelbasil

Spice Mixture

1 Tbsp5 spice

1 tsppepper

1 tspsalt

1 tspsugar

1 tspmsg

Instructions

Step 1

Start by slicing your chicken thighs into small bite size pieces.

chicken thighs2 lbs

Step 2

Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees.

Step 3

In a large bowl add your chicken bites along with soy sauce, ginger powder, garlic powder, sugar, rice wine vinegar, Chinese 5 spice, pepper, MSG, and your egg whites. Mix everything together.