Taiwanese-style popcorn chicken

Taiwanese-style popcorn chicken (鹽酥雞)

Recipe by Kathy Liu, Asian Home Cooking, Facebook

Marinade (for 4 pieces of b/l s/l chicken thighs):

2 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce

2 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp finely-grated ginger**

1 Tbsp finely-grated garlic**

1/4 tsp 5-spice

1 egg

**I was too lazy to grate the garlic & ginger, so I used 3/4 tsp each of garlic and ginger powder

Marinated chicken overnight in soy sauce, sugar, egg, garlic, ginger, and 5-spice. 

Coated with COARSE sweet potato starch, and air-fried for 15 minutes with a little Pam. 

Threw in some Thai basil towards the end. Tossed with some pepper salt & a dash of chili powder.