Step-by-Step Guide to Make Super Quick Homemade Korean Fried Chicken

Korean Fried Chicken
Korean Fried Chicken

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, korean fried chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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If you don't tolerate heat at all leave it out altogether do a taste test and add a tiny amount if you feel it needs a little heat. Nicknamed "candy chicken," Korean fried chicken is known for its addictively crunchy exterior and its thick sweet-and-spicy sauce. Increasingly popularized in recent years, Korean fried chicken was. Suspend the chicken in the oil for a couple of seconds for it to set before letting it slip completely into the oil, otherwise the chicken will fall and stick to the bottom of the pot.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook korean fried chicken using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Korean Fried Chicken:
  1. Take 1 lbs Chicken Thigh/Breast (boneless & skinned)
  2. Take 0.5 cup Milk (optional)
  3. Take 0.25 tsp Salt
  4. Prepare 1 pinch Pepper
  5. Make ready 0.5 tsp Garlic (minced)
  6. Get 0.5 tsp Ginger (minced)
  7. Get 1 tbs Rice Wine (if not using milk)
  8. Take 1/3 cup potato starch (or corn starch)
  9. Take Oil for Deep Frying
  10. Get 1 tbs Soy Sauce
  11. Take 3 tbs Rice Wine (or Mirin)
  12. Take 2 tbs Apple Cider Vinegar (or Rice Wine Vinegar)
  13. Get 1 tbs Gochujang (Korean red chili pepper paste)
  14. Make ready 0.25 tbs Dwenjang (Korean soy bean paste)
  15. Take 1.75 tbs Honey
  16. Take 2 tsp Sesame Oil
  17. Prepare 2 tbs Brown Sugar
  18. Make ready 1 tsp Garlic (minced)
  19. Prepare 1 tsp Ginger (grated)
  20. Prepare 1 pinch Pepper
  21. Get 2 tbs White Sesame for garnish

How to Make Korean Fried Chicken The method is really easy. First, you coat the chicken with potato starch. Make the fried chicken sauce by mixing Gojuchang red pepper paste with honey and other ingredients. Korean fried chicken is typically crispy and crunchy, achieved by double-frying and with creative batter mixes.

Instructions to make Korean Fried Chicken:
  1. Soak the chicken pieces in milk for at least 2 hours in the fridge (this is to soften the chicken). This step is optional.
  2. Drain thoroughly. Remove any visible fat. Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces. Mix with the salt, pepper, rice wine (if you didn’t use milk), garlic, and ginger. Let it stand for 30 minutes.
  3. In a pan, add all the sauce ingredients, and stir well. Bring it to a boil. When it starts to bubble, reduce the heat to medium low, and simmer until it thickens slightly, about 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the heat off.
  4. Add the potato (or corn) starch to the chicken, and mix well to coat evenly.
  5. Pour about 1 inch of oil in to a heavy bottom pan. When the oil is sufficiently hot (350°F or starts smoking), drop the chicken pieces in one at a time. Fry them in two batches. Overcrowding will drop the oil temperature too quickly. Cook until light golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and set them on a wire rack or a paper towel-lined plate.
  6. Reheat the oil to 350°F. Deep fry again until golden brown, about 30 to 40 seconds. You can do the second frying in one batch.
  7. Heat the sauce over medium low heat. Add the chicken and stir well until the chicken pieces are evenly coated. Sprinkle the sesame seeds as garnish.

Make the fried chicken sauce by mixing Gojuchang red pepper paste with honey and other ingredients. Korean fried chicken is typically crispy and crunchy, achieved by double-frying and with creative batter mixes. It's a modern Korean take-out food and drinking snack often served with beer and pickled radishes called chicken-mu. Korean market-style fried chicken Korean-style fried chicken is similar to American fried chicken in that it has a crispy coating and juicy meat. Two things set it apart: The sauce—a sweet or spicy sticky concoction that thinly coats the chicken The double-frying process that yields an incredibly crispy, crunchy exterior.

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