Air Fried Fermented Tofu Chicken 气炸腐乳鸡块

Recipe adapted from noobcook.com

When I made Oven Baked Prawn Paste Chicken Wings (虾酱鸡) final week, I inadvertently disappointed mortal at abode because he's allergic to anything prawns. My oh my....how could I disappoint my Dad? I knew I had to uncovering an option to prawn glue together with hopefully accomplish a like fermented flavour that my sometime folks crave for. Since the keyword was 'fermented', I idea I should laissez passer this Air Fried Fermented Tofu Chicken 气炸腐乳鸡块 a try! After all, survive it prawn glue or tofu, the cardinal to my sometime folks' tummy together with pump is to accept the dish delivered inwards 'fermented' style!

I rarely deep tyke for wellness reasons. My sometime folks are both over seventy years old. It does non experience together with audio correct to create them nutrient that has gone through a thorough hot crude bath. I usually resort to oven baking or air frying. Bear inwards heed that I was cooking for my aged parents. Hence, for slowly consumption, I used boneless chicken chops or thigh meat (cut into pieces) instead of chicken wings. Surely, y'all may apply the same to chicken wings.

Ingredients (enough for 4 pax) :

3 pieces of boneless chicken chop (pre-marinated amongst a piffling tabular array salt together with sesame oil)(cut each slice of chicken chop into 4 small-scale pieces of identical sizes)

Just Before Cooking

2 tbsp corn starch flour
2 tbsp evidently flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cooking crude (to sprinkle on chicken earlier air frying)

For Marinating

2 pieces or two tsp of spicy fermented tofu (available at supermarkets or local grocery stores)
1 tsp fermented tofu sauce (that comes inwards the bottled fermented tofu)
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp shaoxing wine

(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon)

Method :

Mash the fermented tofu inwards a bowl.
Add all marinating seasonings into bowl together with mix well.
Combine chicken pieces together with mixture into a large bowl together with mix well.
Cover amongst cling roll together with function out to marinate inwards fridge for one-half a twenty-four hours or overnight.
Remove chicken pieces from fridge 30-45 minutes earlier cooking. Allow adjustment dorsum to room temperature.
Before cooking, combine corn starch flour, evidently flour, baking powder, baking soda inwards a dry out bowl together with mix well.
Place chicken pieces (one yesteryear one) into the flour bowl together with ensure chicken pieces are evenly coated amongst flour mixture.
Arrange chicken pieces into air fryer amongst peel facing up. Do non overlap or stack. (may accept to air tyke inwards two batches, depending on size of air fryer.)
Drizzle a piffling cooking crude onto the chicken pieces.
Air tyke at 190 degrees celsius or 374 degrees fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
Remove from air fryer when cooked. Chicken peel should survive crispy yesteryear then. Otherwise, air tyke for another v minutes.
Serve whilst hot.

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Whilst I must acknowledge deep frying nevertheless produces ameliorate results inwards comparing to air frying, I am contended to accept my crispy chicken peel together with tender chicken meat. I gauge the usage of chicken thigh meat was a security bet every bit it's non slowly to overcook this business office of the chicken.

I asked my hubby if my Air Fried Fermented Tofu Chicken 气炸腐乳鸡块 was tasting anywhere merely about the prawn glue version. I was elated when he said "Yes!". It means a lot to me to uncovering an option to accomplish this fermented flavour that's hence dearest to my parents' hearts.