Recipe: Crunchy Korean fried chicken

Crunchy Korean fried chicken. Pic supplied

Crunchy Korean fried chicken. Pic supplied

Published Jul 11, 2018

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Makes 12 pieces

Ingredients

- 12 pack chicken braai pack 

- 1 tsp fine sea salt

- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

- 1 cup of Maizena corn flour

- Cooking oil for deep frying 

Sauce

- 3 Tbsp Tomato Sauce

- 2 Tsp Chilli paste

- ¼ Cup honey

- ¼ cup brown sugar

- 2 Tbsp Soy sauce

- 2  Tbsp minced garlic

- 1 Tbsp sesame oil

Optional

Sesame seeds

Chopped spring onion

Method

- In a bowl mix Maizena, salt and pepper. Coat the chicken pieces on the dry corn flour mix, remove place on a dish

- Add approx. 60ml water to remaining Maizena to make a batter  

- In a deep saucepan add a generous amount of oil on a medium heat until the oil temperature reaches 175 C / 347 F.

- Dip floured chicken piece into the Maizena batter right before carefully placing in the oil, fry for 3-5 minutes in small batches to avoid overcrowding.

- Take out the done chicken and place them onto some kitchen paper while frying the remaining chicken pieces. 

- Place all the ingredients for the sauce in a pot and bring to the boil, remove from the heat

- Deep-fry the chicken again when the oil temperature reaches 175 C until the batter is golden and crisp.

- Coat the chicken in the sauce completely and serve with a sprinkling of sesame seeds or spring onion. 

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