Tender and juicy meat with a light and crispy skin — this is the Cantonese answer to fried chicken. Silas Li, a chef who specializes in Cantonese cuisine, shows us how he makes this classic dish. It looked super complicated, but we tried it! Did we succeed?
The Juicy, Crispy Fried Chicken You Don’t Get at KFC
Lisa Cam and Tiffany Y. IpMar 20, 2023
Lisa Cam
Lisa is the host and producer of SCMP's Eat Drink Asia video series and enjoys reporting all things about food, travel and anything in between. At the end of the day, she likes nothing more than kicking back with a good dose of true crime podcasts and cooking tried-and-true recipes from sticky old cookbooks.
Tiffany Y. Ip
Tiffany Ip is a contributor at Goldthread. She is a master of five languages including Russian, Spanish and Mandarin. When she laughs, she can't stop.