Ji Pai (Taiwanese Fried Chicken patty)

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts
1 cup of flour
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup of sweet potato flour

Marinade: 

3 T of soy sauce

1 tbsp rice wine

1 tbsp of sugar

some white and black pepper (3- 5 shakes each)

1/3 teaspoon of five spice powder

3 pieces of garlic chopped

2 serrano chili sliced (optional)

1 spring onion

5 - 10 dash of sesame oil – all blended together by hand

Directions:

• slice the chicken breast sideways open into three times the size, then tenderize.
• put these chicken pieces in the marinade for half an hour or more in your fridge
• coat the chicken pieces fully in flour, then egg, then sweet potato flour, making sure it’s stuck on well into hot oil add the pieces of coated chicken, fry until golden brown
• take the chicken out, get the oil very hot and put the chicken pieces back in for about 10 seconds only.