What are the best side dishes for fried chicken? There are many side dishes for stir-fried chicken. The most commonly used one is chili. Whether it is dried chili or fresh chili, stir-fried chicken is very delicious. Stir-fried chicken with dried chili is made into spicy diced chicken, and fresh chili is made into small stir-fried diced chicken. The important thing about chicken is not the side dishes, but how to make the chicken dry and fragrant. When choosing side dishes for fried chicken, try to choose ingredients with as little moisture as possible. Let me share with you a home-style recipe for stir-fried chicken.
====Stir-fried chicken home-style version====
Ingredients to prepare: chicken legs or whole chicken, green and red bell peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, green onions, ginger slices, garlic cloves, Cooking wine, light soy sauce, salt and MSG, salad oil.
Preparation method:
1. Chop the chicken legs into small pieces, clean them, wash them twice, soak them in water for about 20 minutes, and then wash them again, so that the blood in the chicken can be removed Soak some to reduce the fishy smell. Add water to the pot, add scallions, ginger slices, and cooking wine. Add the cleaned chicken pieces, boil the water and skim off the foam, cook for about 10 minutes, blanch the chicken, take it out, drain the water and set aside.
2. Pour salad oil into the pot, raise the oil temperature to 6-70% hot, add the drained chicken pieces, fry until the surface of the chicken pieces is set, take it out, wait for the oil temperature to rise again When it is 6-70% hot, add the chicken pieces and fry until the surface of the chicken pieces is golden brown. Remove the chicken pieces and set aside. Wash the green and red beauty peppers and cut them into thin slices diagonally. The thickness of the slices should be about 0.3 cm. Do not cut them too thin. Preheating the peppers will soften them. Too thin slices will affect the appearance of the dish.
3. Add an appropriate amount of salad oil to the pot. When the oil is hot, add chopped green onion, ginger slices and garlic cloves and stir-fry until fragrant. Add Sichuan peppercorns and stir-fry until fragrant. Turn off the heat and add the chopped bell peppers and fry. of chicken pieces, add salt and MSG, then pour in a little light soy sauce, stir-fry evenly over high heat. The chicken pieces stir-fried in this way have a spicy flavor, and the chili pepper ingredients will not become soft due to being heated for too long. Use less light soy sauce or the color will turn dark.
Tips: Do not add dark soy sauce when frying chicken nuggets or diced chicken. The color of dark soy sauce is too strong, and the fried dishes will be very dark, which affects the appearance. When frying diced chicken with fresh peppers, the heating time should not be too long, because the fresh vegetables will become soft when preheated and water will flow out. If the heating time is too long, the vegetables will deform and the skin of the chicken will become soft, making it unpalatable. Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Affect taste.
Summary: In addition to peppers, the side dishes for fried chicken include lettuce, garlic, yam, carrots, fungus, etc. Many ingredients can be used to stir-fry chicken. When using the above ingredients to stir-fry chicken, it is best to choose chicken breast. Slice the chicken breast into thin slices, then cover it with a layer of starch paste, blanch the chicken breast in water or oil, and then make stir-fried chicken. , so that the chicken will be very smooth and tender.