, place the sugar in a bowl and cover with hot water, let sit for a minute and stir until the sugar is mostly dissolved. Add all remaining ingredients except cilantro and toasted rice dust. Let it sit until ready to serve.

Combine chicken with white pepper, soy sauce and fish sauce. Set aside while you make the toasted rice dust.

Make the toasted rice dust: In a dry saute pan or wok, add the rice, lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves. Turn the heat on to medium high and stir constantly until the rice is a deep brown colour (it will get a little smokey). Transfer onto a plate to cool. Once cooled, place the toasted rice and herbs, sugar, salt and white pepper in a coffee grinder and grind for a few seconds just until it's mostly fine with some bigger grains mixed in (don't let it turn into a completely fine powder so you get a bit of texture). Place the "dust" in a large mixing bowl.

Heat about 1.5 inches of oil to 375°F. While waiting, toss the chicken in cornstarch or flour, making sure all the pieces are separated, then toss the chicken in a sieve to remove excess flour. Fry the chicken only for 1-2 minutes until the chicken is fully cooked. Remove and set aside. Once all the chicken is fried, place all of the chicken into the dust bowl and toss to thoroughly coat all the pieces. (If you want to throw the chicken like I did in the video, try not to breathe while doing it because you'll end up inhaling some!)

by adding the chopped cilantro and the toasted rice dust. Serve immediately, enjoy!

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