Description
Hainan Chicken Chop is a dish of crispy fried chicken chop served and drenched in onion gravy with fried potatoes, tomatoes and mixed vegetables.
Ingredients
Chicken
Marinade
- 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp five-spice powder
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
Gravy
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 medium white onions, sliced into wedges
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp potato starch
- 4 tbsp water
- freshly ground black pepper
- oil
Others
- 5 servings crinkle cut fries
- 3 pcs tomato, cut into wedges
- 3 cups green peas
- 3 tbsp butter
- Vegetable oil for deep frying
Instructions
Chicken
- In a large bowl combine all marinade ingredients together, add and coat chicken with the sauce. Let chicken marinate for at least one hour.
- In a bowl lightly beat eggs, set aside.
- Place tapioca or potato starch in a large plate, set it aside.
- Prepare a wok, heat oil to 180C.
- Dip chicken in egg then into the tapioca starch to coat then deep fry chicken for 12 minutes or until cooked. Set aside cooked chicken.
Gravy
- In a sauce pan add oil then sauté garlic and onions.
- Pour the Worcestershire Sauce, soy sauce, chicken stock, ketchup and sugar into the saucepan, bring it to a boil.
- Mix potato starch with water then pour into the sauce pan, simmer until sauce is thick.
Others
- In a small sauce pan add and melt butter in low heat. Once totally melted add and toss the peas then cook in low heat for 5 minutes, Set it aside.
- Cook crinkle cut fries according to packet instructions. Set aside and sprinkle salt on top.
Bringing it all together
- Place a piece of fried chicken thigh and leg in a plate. Pour a really good amount of sauce on top (be generous), add green peas on top, place crinkle cut fried on the side then garnish with tomato wedges.
We only have this at one place here, all the rest would serve the regular grilled or deep fried chops…