Korean Fried Chicken is a crunchy fried chicken which is spicy, sticky and sweet. The chicken itself is super juicy and so crispy.
Korean Fried Chicken Recipe
One of my favorite recipe is fried chicken. I have been recently addicted to korean fried chicken. Love the spicy, sweet sauce coated crispy chicken. The sauce is very simple and straight forward. The main ingredient for korean fried chicken is korean spice like gochujang and gochgugaru.
How to Make Korean Fried Chicken
- Take chicken in a bowl, add in ginger, garlic, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Add in flour, cornflour and potato starch and toss to coat the chicken.
- Heat oil for deep frying. Drop chicken in and fry on medium high heat for 10 to 12 mins. Now drain the chicken.
- Now increase the heat of the kadai. Add the chicken back in the oil and fry for another 10 mins till crispy. Drain and set aside.
- Take sauce ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.
- Heat oil in a wok. Add in ginger, garlic and saute for a min.
- Add in sauce ingredients and mix well.
- Cook for 1 to 2 mins.
- Add in chicken and toss well.
- Serve with a garnish of spring onions and sesame seeds.
How to Fry Chicken for Korean Fried Chicken
- Marinate the chicken as mentioned.
- Fry the chicken for 8 to 10 mins till it is ¾th cooked and set aside.
- Fry it again in much higher temperature just before serving for crunchy texture.
- Toss the chicken in the sauce just before serving so it stays crispy for a longer time.
Pro Tips for Korean Fried Chicken
- Make the sauce in advance. You can store in fridge upto a week.
- Always use a larger pot for frying so the chicken has plenty of room to fry.
- Using of potato starch gives the crispy texture.
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Korean Fried Chicken | Korean Fried Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken
- ½ cup All Purpose Flour
- 3 tbsp Cornflour
- 3 tbsp Potato Starch
- 1 tbsp Ginger
- 1 tbsp Garlic
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Oil for deep frying
FOR SAUCE:
- 2 tbsp Gochujang
- 3 tbsp Gochugaru
- 1 tbsp Rice vinegar
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Corn syrup
- Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp Garlic finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Ginger
- Spring onions and sesame seeds as needed
Instructions
- Take chicken in a bowl, add in ginger, garlic, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Add in flour, cornflour and potato starch and toss to coat the chicken.
- Heat oil for deep frying. Drop chicken in and fry on medium high heat for 10 to 12 mins. Now drain the chicken.
- Now increase the heat of the kadai. Add the chicken back in the oil and fry for another 10 mins till crispy. Drain and set aside.
- Take sauce ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.
- Heat oil in a wok. Add in ginger, garlic and saute for a min.
- Add in sauce ingredients and mix well.
- Cook for 1 to 2 mins.
- Add in chicken and toss well.
- Serve with a garnish of spring onions and sesame seeds.
- Serve.
Video
Korean Fried Chicken with Step by Step Pictures
1)Make the sticky sauce. Take gochujang
2)Add in gochugaru
3)Add in rice vinegar
4)Add in soy sauce
5)Add in sugar
6)Add in tomato ketchup
7)Add in rice syrup or honey
8)Mix well
7)Take chicken in a bowl, add garlic
8)Add in chopped ginger
9)Add salt and pepper
10)Add in all purpose flour
11)Add in cornstarch, potato starch
12)Toss well.
13)Like this
14)Heat oil in a pan. Add in chicken
15)Fry for 10 mins on medium high heat.
16)Drain it once.
17)Add it back into the hot oil and fry til crispy and golden.
18)Drain. This double frying will make chicken super crispy.
19)Heat oil in a kadai.
20)Add in ginger and garlic. fry till crispy.
21)Add in sauce
22)Add little water.
23)Cook till sauce gets glossy.
24)Add chicken in
25)Toss well.
26)Serve
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jk
Can this be made with paneer? What modifications would you recommend?
Anonymous
Do we fry in two batches or fry one batch two times?
shankar das
I followed the formula exactly. I utilized chicken wings. My entire family concurred they were the best wings we've ever eaten. Simply an astounding formula.
Much appreciated