Korean Fried Chicken

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

Posted by buttercup303

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

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You Will Need (1 thing)

  • Chicken Drumstick , 8 skinless

Steps (8 steps, 420 minutes)

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    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.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

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