Recipe: Tasty Taiwanese soul food super crispy pork chop (paigu fan)

Taiwanese soul food super crispy pork chop (paigu fan). What is a typical Taiwanese fried pork chop? Taiwan style pork chops are a flavorful, crispy and chewy dish that is usually served bento style along with. If you're a pork chop fan, Taiwanese-style pork chops are definitely up your alley.

The meat is marinated in a mixture with Chinese five-spice powder. When I lived in Taiwan back in the late seventies and early eighties, this kind of pork chop could be found on almost every street and alley. I don't think anyone ever got tired of it. You can cook Taiwanese soul food super crispy pork chop (paigu fan) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Taiwanese soul food super crispy pork chop (paigu fan)

1. You need 4 pieces of pork chops.
2. It's 70 ml of soy sauce (for marinated).
3. It's 1/2 tbsp of white pepper (for marinated).
4. Prepare of black pepper a lot (for marinated).
5. You need 1/4 tbsp of cinnamon powder (for marinated).
6. It's 5 of spices powder 1/4 tsp (for marinated).
7. Prepare 2 tsp of chinese oyster sauce (for marinated).
8. Prepare 3 tbsp of sugar (for marinated).
9. It's 100 ml of water (for marinated).
10. Prepare 100 ml of cooking wine (for marinated).
11. It's 3-4 of eggs.
12. You need 8 tbsp of tapioca starch.
13. Prepare 8 tbsp of potato starch.

Step up your pork chop game with our recipe for Crispy Pork Chops! Combine coating mix, sesame seed and ginger. Coat chops with coating mixture; place in single layer in baking dish. Mix together eggs, milk and garlic and let set for flavors to mix.

Taiwanese soul food super crispy pork chop (paigu fan) step by step

1. Few quick cuts to keep the chops from curling.
2. Hammer the pork chops to make it tender.
3. Place the meat into ziploc then add all materials for marinated.
4. Stay in fridge overnight.
5. Next day, coat the meat with egg, tapioca starch and potato starch.
6. Bake with 220°c(428°F) per side for 10 min, total 20 min.
7. Pan fry to make it extra crispy!!!.

Place panko crumbs in a shallow dish. Coat pork chops with breadcrumbs and herbs and then crisp them to perfection in a skillet. Flatten the pork chops with the dull edge of a cleaver or heavy knife to give the surface an almost fluffy texture and This recipe is from Taiwanese-American cook Lisa Cheng Smith's spectacular Lunar New Year feast. Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Lillian Chou, prop styling by Beatrice Chastka. The only way to properly fry anything in Taiwan is to use sweet potato starch.

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