POPCORN CHICKEN

Popcorn Chicken image

Made this over the weekend for a movie time snack, perfectly crunchy for a movie night at home adjust seasoning to taste you can have it more spicy or not at all.

Provided by Anouska Evans

Categories Chicken

Time 25m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

150 g plain flour
2 teaspoons chili peppers
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon marjoram
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon parsley
2 teaspoons ceyanne pepper
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon English mustard powder
1 tablespoon chicken seasoning (without salt)
salt, season
1/2 pint milk
4 chicken breasts, cut into nuggets
300 ml vegetable oil

Steps:

Mix the all dry ingredients together in a bowl, then put a 1/4 of the mix in one of the bowls and mix with the milk until a med thick batter, at this stage you can taste the batter to see if it need more chilli or salt just a tiny bit will let you know if it needs more or not.
Wash the chicken and cut into small nugget/popcorn size pieces.
Put your cut chicken in the bowl with the seasoned batter and mix well let it sit for 20-40 minutes.
Heat the vegetable oil in a deep frying pan or deep-fat fryer to 180°c (at which point, a cube of bread dropped in it should turn golden brown after 30 seconds).
Using a fork pick out the chicken piece by piece and dip the chicken pieces in the dry flour mixture, cover with flour and Fry, in batches, for 8 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with salt and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1056.1, Fat 81.9, SaturatedFat 13.8, Cholesterol 101.3, Sodium 125.4, Carbohydrate 42.4, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 0.4, Protein 37.9