These 10 Minute Crispy Skillet Salt and Pepper Chicken will be in your tummy before you can even get Panda Express delivered!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time5 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Keyword: quick, salt and pepper
Servings: 4
Equipment
Skillet or wok
Ingredients
Seasoning
½tspsalt
½tsppeppereither black or white works!
¼tspbrown sugar
Batter
1lbchicken breast or thighscubed or sliced
1egg
½Ccornstarch
Shallow Fry
⅓Ccanola oil or your preferred cooking oil
Instructions
Mix the Seasoning ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
Heat the oil in a skillet or wok over medium high heat. While the oil is heating up, stir and mix the egg into the chicken bowl. Add the cornstarch and continue mixing until the chicken is coated and there is very little dry cornstarch left.
Spread the chicken pieces out evenly and fry for about 2 minutes or until browned and crispy on the bottom side. Flip the chicken to brown the other side and fry for another 2 minutes or until browned and crispy on the bottom side. Depending on how big your skillet or wok is, you may need to shallow fry the chicken in batches.
Transfer the chicken to a paper towel lined plate (to soak up extra grease). Sprinkle and toss the seasoning with the chicken.