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Korean Fried Chicken

Crunchy eggshell-thin coated fried chicken, glazed in a sweet and spicy sauce

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/korean-fried-chicken • Posted by buttercup303

The original recipe calls for frying for the chicken twice. I fried it just once and still got a very crispy fried chicken.

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

7 h 00

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

The original recipe calls for frying for the chicken twice. I fried it just once and still got a very crispy fried chicken.

Instructions

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    Marinate chicken in this rub: > 1 medium onion, grated > 5-6 cloves of garlic, minced > Salt and pepper to taste.

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    Rub the above mixture all over the cleaned and dried chicken drumsticks and marinate in the refrigerator for 6 hrs or overnight.

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    In a pan, Take 3 tbsp vegetable or olive oil. As it heats up, Add 4 chopped scallion white and 5-6 chopped garlic cloves. Saute for a min.

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    Add > 6 tbsp ketchup > 2 tbsp honey > juice of one lemon > 1 tbs korean chilli flakes(I used paprika powder) > salt to taste. Mix well. add a spoon of water or oil if it gets too thick. Turn off heat and keep aside.

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    In a wide bowl mix: > 3/4 cup cornstarch > 1/2 cup flour > 1/2 tsp salt > 1 tsp sugar > 1/2 tsp pepper powder > 1/2 tsp baking powder

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    Heat oil for deep frying the drumsticks. When oil is hot enough, Add 3/4 cup of ice cold water to the Batter mix and make a thin batter. Dip and coat each drumstick in the cold batter and deep fry till golden brown and crispy.

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    Warn the Glaze and toss the fried chicken drumsticks. Toss to coat all over.

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    Garnish with Dry roasted white sesame seeds and chopped scallion greens.