Grammy's Kitchen · Fried Chicken · Chinese Five Spice Fried Chicken Drumsticks
One of 57 fried chicken recipes we measured
from thewoksoflife.com
It ranks #5 of 57 for greasiness among the fried chicken recipes we compared. 6 cooks on thewoksoflife.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 57.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| dairy | 0% | 3% |
| egg | 0% | 0% |
| liquid | 0% | 4% |
| leavener | 0% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
| fat | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 21600 g | 12 chicken legs |
| salt and black pepper ((to taste)) | |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 1 tablespoon five-spice powder ((divided)) | |
| 100 g | 2 eggs |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon water |
| 190 g | 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ((190g)) |
| 10 g | 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon white pepper |
| peanut or vegetable oil ((for frying)) |
Method: 4 steps, published by thewoksoflife.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. Bill, you have done it again!!! Followed direction exactly except I took the skin off the drumsticks I cooked it in my air fryer oven. Since we are in UK I used 205 c for 15 minutes, squirted with a bit of spray oil. Didn’t ev” — a cook, 5★
“1st recipe I'm going to try, and 1st one to use the 5 spice. wish me luck!” — a cook, 5★