Chinese Popcorn Recipes

Steps:

• Combine chicken pieces, soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, five-spice powder, white pepper, salt, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl. Let marinate for 10 minutes.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Whisk egg in a small bowl until smooth. Pour tempura batter mix into a second small bowl. Dip chicken pieces one at a time into the egg, then dredge in tempura batter mix, shaking off any excess. Lower chicken pieces carefully into the hot oil in batches. Fry until chicken is golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Serve chicken sprinkled with basil leaves, green onions, white pepper, and salt.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, add seasoned flour ingredients. Mix well.
• Place half of the flour mixture into a large zip lock bag, reserve the rest.
• Add the shrimp to the bag and shake until each shrimp is coated with flour. Shake off any excess flour.
• In a separate bowl, add egg, milk, and cajun seasoning. Mix well.
• Dredge the floured shrimp in the egg mixture, then coat with the fresh seasoned flour mixture.
• Heat oil at 350°F (180°C).
• Fry shrimp for a few minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
• Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
• In a large shallow roasting pan, combine popcorn, chow mein noodles, and peanuts.
• Melt butter.
• Add sesame oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, and ginger.
• Pour over popcorn mixture; toss to coat evenly. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes
• Spread on paper towels to cool.
• Store in airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
• Combine popcorn, chow mein noodles, and peanuts in a large bowl.
• Whisk butter, soy sauce, lime juice, sesame oil, Sriracha, and ginger together in a small bowl. Drizzle the butter mixture over the popcorn, tossing to evenly coat. Distribute evenly on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, stirring halfway through. Remove baking sheet from oven. Set aside to cool before storing in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Place popcorn, sugar, oil, five spice powder and salt in a large kettle or pot with a tight fitting lid over medium heat. When corn begins to pop, shake the pot constantly. When popping slows, remove from heat, sprinkle with sesame seeds and transfer popped kettle corn to a bowl.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, season chicken thighs with soy sauce, sugar, five-spice powder, white pepper and 2 teaspoons salt. Set aside to marinate about 1 hour at room temperature, or refrigerate it overnight.
• When ready to cook, fit a medium pot with a cooking thermometer and heat vegetable oil over medium to 350 degrees. Coarsely grind the peppercorns in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle and mix with the remaining 2 teaspoons kosher salt. Set aside.
• Wet your hands and toss marinated chicken with tapioca flour and about 1 tablespoon water until the tapioca flour looks like small beads and clings to the chicken. (Adding a little moisture to your chicken helps the tapioca flour form small beads that will also stick to the chicken and give it a very crunchy crust.)
• Working in batches, add the battered chicken to the hot oil and fry until golden brown and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. With a slotted spoon or spider, transfer fried chicken to a paper towel-lined plate and season each batch with peppercorn mixture.
• Fry basil leaves until translucent and crisp, 1 to 2 minutes, then scatter over the fried chicken. Serve with leftover peppercorn mixture for sprinkling to taste.