Battered chicken balls
These battered chicken balls are so quick and easy to make and go really well dipped in sweet and sour sauce. Make sure you make enough as they will go very quickly….
What goes well with these delicious chicken balls?
These chicken balls go really well along side any noodle or any Chinese chicken dinner and dipped in sweet and sour sauce.
Little top tip when making these chicken balls
If after a minute or two it might be worth checking that your chicken balls have not stuck to the bottom of the frying basket, if so, you will need to unstick them gently. They are generally cooked once they start floating.
Battered chicken balls
Equipment
- Deep fat fryer
Ingredients
For the chicken
- 2 chicken breast, cut into bite size chunks
- pinch of salt
- pinch of white pepper
- 1 tbsp self raising flour
For the batter
- 100 g self raising flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 100 ml cold water
- ½ tsp sesame seed oil
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into bitesize chunks and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Add 1 tbsp of self-raising flour, coat the chicken all over and set aside.
- To make the batter, in a large bowl add the self-raising flour and salt together. Add 100g of water to the flour and mix together so there are no lumps. Add the sesame seed oil and stir.
- Heat the deep fat fryer to 170º, once the oil is hot enough dip the chicken pieces into the batter and then pop into the fryer and keep repeating. Do not pack the fryer too much as they need to move around so you may need to do this in batches.
- Fry the balls for about 4 minutes until the batter is golden. If the balls are not floating after 4 minutes, leave for an extra 1-2 minutes. Top tip: If after a minute or two it might be worth checking that your chicken balls have not stuck to the bottom of the frying basket, if so, you will need to unstick them gently. They are generally cooked once they start floating.
- Once all the chicken balls are cooked, serve alongside some sweet and sour sauce.