Text and Photographs Courtesy of Yueh Tung Restaurant
Video by MJ (@mjeatstoronto) and Warren (@followe.da.eatah)

Yueh Tung’s Famous (and Secret) Manchurian Chicken Recipe

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Yield: Makes 4 to 5 servings.

Ingredients

• 2 skinless, boneless chicken thighs (about 500 grams)

• 2 cups cooking oil (preferably peanut)

• 1 cup potato starch

• ½ Spanish onion

• 3 or 4 green Thai chilis; reserve 2 for optional garnish

• 3 cloves of minced garlic

• 1 tablespoon ginger

• 1 jar of Vooka by Yueh Tung restaurant’s famous Hakka Manchurian sauce; or follow ingredients to make sauce

Ingredients for sauce

• 1 bunch of cilantro

• 2 tsp dark soy

• 1 tsp light soy

• 1 tsp cooking wine (preferably shaoxing)

• 1 tsp table salt

• 1 cup water

• Slurry: 1 tbsp water mixed with 1 tbsp potato starch

Preparation

Serve with rice and enjoy!