Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, korean fried chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. When made right, even the bones become crunchy enough to eat.
Korean Fried Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Korean Fried Chicken is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have korean fried chicken using 29 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Korean Fried Chicken:
- Get Chicken and Marinade :
- Prepare 4 chicken breasts - sliced into long thick strips
- Get 240 ml buttermilk
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp white pepper
- Make ready 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- Take Crispy Coating :
- Take 180 g plain flour
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Take 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp celery salt
- Take 1 tsp dried thyme
- Make ready 1 tsp paprika
- Get 1 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1 tsp chili flakes
- Make ready 1 litre vegetable oil for deep frying
- Take Sauce :
- Take 2 tbsp gochujang paste
- Get 2 tbsp honey
- Prepare 4 tbsp brown sugar
- Take 4 tbsp soy sauce
- Get 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- Take 2 tsp minced ginger
- Prepare 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp sesame oil
- Prepare 1 spring onion, finely sliced
- Take 1 tsp sesame seeds
- Make ready 1/2 tsp chili flakes
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee, the author of "Quick and Easy Korean Cooking," said fried chicken became popular in Korea when fast-food places opened there after the war. Korean fried chicken, usually called chikin (치킨, from the English "chicken") in Korea, refers to a variety of fried chicken dishes created in South Korea, including the basic huraideu-chicken (후라이드 치킨, from the English "fried chicken") and spicy yangnyeom chicken (양념 치킨, "seasoned chicken"). In South Korea, fried chicken is consumed as a meal, an appetizer, anju (food. The best Korean Fried Chicken - crispy coated buttermilk fried chicken smothered in a spicy Korean-inspired gochujang sauce.
Steps to make Korean Fried Chicken:
- Place the chicken in a bowl. Add the buttermilk, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Mix together, cover and place in the fridge to marinade for at least 1 hour up to over night.
- Preheat the oven to a low heat (to keep cooked chicken warm). Heat the vegetable oil in a pot on low heat.
- Mix together the crispy coating ingredients in a bowl.
- Take the chicken out of the fridge. Lift a piece from the buttermilk and allow the excess to drip off. Dredge the chicken in the crispy coating mixture - ensuring its fully covered. Place on a tray and repeat until all of the chicken is coated.
- Once the oil hot enough, add in 5-6 of the chicken. You can add more or less depending on the size of your pot, just be sure not to overcrowd the chicken.
- Cook until golden brown and cooked in the middle. Place on a tray in the oven to keep warm whilst you cook the rest of the chicken.
- Meanwhile make the sauce. Place all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan and stir together. Bring to boil, then simmer for 5 minutes until thickened.
- Pour over the crispy chicken and carefully toss together, then top with spring onions, chili flakes and sesame seeds before serving.
The sauce is so rich, flavourful and complex and it comes together very easily - just throw all the ingredients in a pan and bubble it up. Find the best Korean Fried Chicken near you on Yelp - see all Korean Fried Chicken open now and reserve an open table. Add the chicken and toss well until evenly coated in all areas. Transfer the chicken to a rack, shaking the chicken well to get rid of any excess coating. And all Korean fried chicken should be enjoyed with pickled radishes!
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