Description
The hidden ace of Yansuji stalls that makes you drink endlessly: chicken cartilage (Yagen/breastbone tip) seasoned with soy and garlic, deep-fried crispy in sweet potato flour batter.
Restaurants serving Deep-fried Chicken Cartilage
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Chicken Yagen cartilage
- Sweet potato flour
- Taiwanese basil
- Garlic
- Five-spice powder
- White pepper
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Cartilage Prep] Prepare chicken 'Yagen cartilage (Y-shaped breast cartilage; ones with a little meat attached are delicious)'.
- Put in a bowl, massage firmly with soy sauce, grated garlic, rice wine, a little sugar, and the keystones of Taiwanese food: 'five-spice' and 'white pepper'. Marinate
- mins.
- Leaving some surface moisture, generously coat with coarse 'sweet potato flour (Digua Fen)', wait a few mins until the batter sets damp.
- Drop into high 180°C oil, fry briefly (~2-
- mins) until the crust is crispy golden (cartilage cooks fast).
- Right before done, toss a handful of raw 'Jiucengta (Taiwanese basil)' into the oil to flash-fry until crisp.
- Drain, put in a bowl, sprinkle special pepper salt (Jiao Yan Fen) and chili powder, toss vigorously to coat.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic aroma of Five-spice and Basil
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese chicken knee cartilage (round cartilage) fried
Pairing
Ice-cold Taiwan Beer or Highball
Trivia
[For Youth] Similar to Japanese tavern 'fried cartilage', but Taiwan's adds 3 elements: 'crunchy sweet potato flour batter', 'exotic five-spice aroma', and 'Taiwanese basil', evolving it completely into a violent 'Taiwan night market flavor'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Pierce the crunchy cartilage (with a little meat attached) and crispy flash-fried Taiwan basil together with a bamboo skewer, tossing it in your mouth along with the spice powder!
Allergen
Chicken, Wheat, Soy