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Yan su ji is the night-market deep-fried chicken snack: marinated boneless chicken pieces fried with basil leaves, dusted with house pepper and chilli salt.
Salt and pepper chicken is a Taipei night-market staple, the boneless cousin to Hot Star's larger fried-chicken cutlet. The dish came from 1980s Taipei street culture as cheap fried protein dusted with five-spice salt. Almost every night market in Taipei has multiple yan su ji counters; the Bib Gourmand-listed ones rotate through Tonghua and Shilin night markets.
2 editor picks for Salt and pepper chicken in Taipei, ranked by editorial score. All Taipei signature dishes · Salt and pepper chicken across every city.
Shilin Night Market is Taiwan's largest, 500-plus stalls. Hot Star fried chicken, stinky tofu, ai yu jelly and the reopened underground food court.
TipOpen 16:00-24:00 daily. Take MRT Tamsui-Xinyi to Jiantan Station, walk 5 minutes.
Tonghua-Linjiang Night Market is the locals' Da'an strip with about 200 stalls in a residential zone, Bib Gourmand listings for stinky tofu and tangyuan.
TipOpen 18:00-01:00 daily. MRT Xinyi Anhe, Exit 1; 5-minute walk.
Salt and pepper chicken makes more sense with someone from Taipei explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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