If you asked me what my favorite kind of fried chicken was, I would probably say Taiwanese popcorn chicken nuggets.Taiwanese popcorn chicken is a super crunchy, deeply savory, absolutely addictive snack that is probably one of the best things to ever come out of Taiwan.The other best thing being boba tea, of course.

I have many, many fond memories of late nights at boba tea places, munching on fried chicken, Taiwanese scallion pancake beef rolls and drinking boba tea.There was even that one summer after college when my friends and I would hangout every night, playing mahjong into the wee hours of the morning.We were fueled by takeout bubble tea, beef rolls, Taiwanese popcorn chicken, and the pure joy of youth.

We were all working in-between kind of jobs that we didn’t care about – all that mattered was our obsession with the clink of those green and white MJ tiles and snacks.The best snack of all being Taiwanese fried chicken of course! What is Taiwanese fried chicken? There’s probably no surprise to you that Taiwanese fried chicken is from Taiwan.Over there it’s just called salty crispy chicken and it’s most known as being a street food snack sold in their famous-for-food night markets.

Taiwanese fried chicken is little bite-sized pieces of chicken coated in potato or sweet potato starch and deep fried until crispy.It’s then tossed in a salt and pepper seasoning and garnished with deep fried basil leaves.It started out as street food, but like

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