This is a popular dish commonly served in Chinese restaurants serving wok-fried dishes. It's an excellent dish to serve with steamed white rice. Truly for the Marmite lovers.
First wash, rinse and drain well the chicken. Then cut into big pieces.
Marinate the chicken pieces with salt for at least 30 minutes.
Then place the pieces of chicken in a big bowl.
Using an egg separator, separate the yolk from the whites and slightly beat the whites.
Add the beaten egg whites into the chicken pieces and mix well.
Then add in potato starch.
Coat the chicken evenly with the potato starch. And we're ready to deep fry them.
To fry the chicken, first heat up enough oil in wok over medium high heat. Test to make sure oil is ready by dipping a wooden chopstick into the hot oil. Bubbles will appear around the chopstick when oil is ready to be used.
Working in batches, deep-fry chicken pieces until golden brown and cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Using a strainer, remove the fried chicken from the hot oil.
Drained the fried chicken on paper towel and set aside.
Prepare ingredients to make the sauce.
Combine all the sauce ingredients, except water in a bowl and stir till the Marmite is dissolved.
To cook the sauce, first heat up water in wok or pan over medium high heat.
Pour in the sauce mixture.
Mix well and cook the sauce mixture till slightly boiled and starts to thicken.
Quickly add in the deep fried chicken.
Stir fry until sauce dries up and toss everything together until the fried chicken are evenly coated in the sauce.
Marmite is a brand of yeast extract. Do not add more than is required.Otherwise it will overpower the taste of other seasonings.Besides potato starch, cornstarch or cake flour can be used to coat the marinated chicken pieces.