{"id":32026,"date":"2025-03-27T08:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/?p=32026"},"modified":"2025-03-27T08:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:42:08","slug":"the-best-taiwanese-fried-chicken-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/the-best-taiwanese-fried-chicken-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken (air fried or baked too)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taiwanese popcorn chicken nuggets are probably my favorite kind of fried chicken. <\/strong><\/p>\n

They’re a super crunchy, deeply savory, absolutely addictive snack, and probably one of the best things to ever come out of Taiwan. The other best thing being boba tea, of course. I have many, many fond memories of late nights at boba tea places, munching on fried chicken, Taiwanese scallion pancake beef rolls<\/a> and drinking boba tea.<\/p>\n

There was even that one summer after college when my friends and I would hangout every night, playing mahjong into the wee hours of the morning. We were fueled by takeout bubble tea, beef rolls, Taiwanese popcorn chicken, and the pure joy of youth. We were all working in-between kind of jobs that we didn\u2019t care about. All that mattered was our obsession with the clink of those green and white MJ tiles and snacks. The best snack of all being Taiwanese popcorn chicken of course!<\/p>\n

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What is Taiwanese popcorn chicken?<\/h2>\n

Taiwanese popcorn chicken is an addictive night market snack from Taiwan. Like all good street foods, it has made its way into the cultural fabric of Taiwan and is now served in restaurants in Taiwan and all over the world.<\/p>\n

Just as with other extra crunchy deep fried chickens (Korean fried chicken<\/a>, chicken karaage<\/a>), Taiwanese fried chicken is twice-deep fried: first in a low temperature oil to cook through, then in a high heat oil to add crunch. As it comes out of the fryer, it\u2019s tossed in a salt and pepper seasoning and garnished with deep fried basil leaves.<\/p>\n

Oh, and of course I have to mention, these little nuggets also come supersized as GIANT Taiwanese crispy fried chicken cutlets. Those giant chicken steaks (sometimes bigger than your head!) are served either whole, in a bag, that you can hold onto and bite, or cut up into pieces that you can eat with skewers or chopsticks.<\/p>\n

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Taiwanese fried chicken ingredients<\/h2>\n