Korean Fried Chicken
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4.9
Korean Fried Chicken
Description
This Korean Fried Chicken recipe involves seasoning chicken pieces with rice wine, minced ginger, salt, and black pepper before coating them thoroughly with potato starch. This coating crisps perfectly during deep frying, creating a crunchy exterior that contrasts with juicy, tender meat inside. The double frying step enhances the crunch and ensures the chicken remains crispy even after saucing.
The sauce combines ketchup, gochujang (Korean chili paste), honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, minced garlic, and sesame oil. This blend offers a balance of spicy, sweet, salty, and earthy tastes that cling to the chicken's crust, enriching each bite with layered flavors and a glossy finish.
After frying, the chicken is tossed in this sauce and topped with optional toasted sesame seeds and finely chopped green onions, adding texture and a mild nutty aroma. This dish is great as an appetizer or main dish accompanied by plain rice or simple sides to balance the bold seasoning.
Ingredients
MAIN
- 1.4 kg chicken 3 pounds), cut into pieces or chicken wings / drumsticks / boneless chicken thigh - choose from these based on your preference, rinsed, whole
- 2 Tbsp rice wine
- 2 tsp ginger minced
- 1 tsp salt fine sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper ground
- 1 cup potato starch or corn starch
- Some neutral cooking oil for deep frying (I used rice bran oil, generic cooking oil
KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN SAUCE
- 3 Tbsp tomato sauce / ketchup
- 2 Tbsp gochujang (Korean chilli paste), add 1/2 Tbsp more to make it spicier
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp garlic minced
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
OPTIONAL – TO GARNISH
- sesame seeds toasted
- green onion finely chopped or thinly shredded
Instructions
- In a bowl, place the chicken, rice wine, ginger, salt and black pepper. Combine them well. Then evenly coat the chicken with the starch and set side. (To get the effect like the picture, dip the individual chicken pieces into the bowl of starch, roll the chicken around a bit then take them out and set aside.)
- In a deep saucepan (or frier) add a generous amount of oil and heat it until the oil temperature reaches 175 C / 347 F (or boiling). Start adding the battered chicken carefully and fry them until they cook (between 3 to 5 mins, depending on the size of chicken). Do not overcrowd the pan. (It might be useful to use a grease splatter screen if you have one. It’s super handy! It minimises oil splatter.) Take out the done chicken and place them onto some kitchen paper while frying the remaining chicken pieces. Once the first set of deep frying is completed, quickly scoop out any floating debris from the oil using a skimmer. Then deep fry the chicken again when the oil temperature reaches 175 C / 347 F (or boiling). Fry them until the batter is golden and crisp. (The second time frying is shorter than the first time, 2 to 3 mins) Set aside.
- In a separate saucepan, add in the Korean fried chicken sauce ingredients (listed above). Heat the sauce over low medium heat and stir well. Once it starts bubbling, remove the pan from the heat. Place double fried chicken into a large mixing bowl then pour the fried chicken sauce over the chicken to coat. Mix them lightly and thoroughly. Alternatively, serve the fried chicken and the sauce separately and use the sauce as a dipping sauce.Once all the chicken is coated with the sauce, serve it hot immediately. Leftover chicken can be refrigerated for a day or two and eaten cold. But it won’t be as crunchy.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 685 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 685kcal | 34% |
| Carbohydrates | 69g | 23% |
| Protein | 35g | 70% |
| Fat | 29g | 45% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 126mg | 42% |
| Sodium | 1290mg | 54% |
| Potassium | 851mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 33g | 66% |
| Vitamin A | 300IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 7.6mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 63mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2.7mg | 15% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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