A Heartwarming Korean Style Fried Chicken Recipe With Personal Tweaks
This Korean style fried chicken recipe is a heartwarming dinner dish in a cold fall night with your loved ones.
Ingredients
- 300 g Rice (2 cups of rice) Make sure to rinse and clean it before cooking.
- 250 g Chicken It is preferable to add boneless chicken such as chicken breast. You can around 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs.
- ½ Egg Beaten Or whisk an egg and take 1/2 the amount or 2 Tbsp.
- ¼ cup Corn Startch
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp White Pepper
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- 4 tsp Sunflower Oil You can add more or less as it is according to your taste. Alternative (Any heat resistent oil).
For The Sauce
- 3 tsp Butter Alternative (Plant based margarina).
- 3 tsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tsp Minced Garlic
- 1 ½ tsp Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Maple Syrup Alternative (Honey).
- 1 ½ tsp Soy Sauce
- 7 tsp Sriracha Sauce Alternative 3 Tbsp Gojuchang (Korean chili paste).
For The Serving
- A handful chopped spring onion
- 2 tbsp Sesame Seeds Roasted.
Instructions
Preparation Instructions
- Prepare the rice by rinsing it. Then cook it according to your taste. Then set aside.
- Cut the chickens into bite-size pieces.
- In a large bowl, mix the chicken bites with the beaten eggs.
- In a medium-size bowl, combine the corn starch with salt, white pepper, and garlic powder.
- Make sure to cover every piece of chicken with the corn starch mixture.
Main Instructions
- Pour the sunflower oil into a large, heavy pot to a depth of 1 1/2 inches. Heat to 350 degrees. Then, fry the chicken in the hot oil thoroughly until its golden brown crisp.
- In the meantime, put together the other ingredients into another pan.
- Begin heating the pan with the sauce ingredients on medium heat and let all the ingredients come together. (don't let the sauce cook for too long for the soy sauce).
- As soon as the chicken is ready and golden brown in color and the other pan's mixture is ready, move the chicken pieces into the other pan and let it simmer for a while.
Serving Instructions
- Now, put the rice into a bowl, then scoop the chicken on top and drizzle all the remaining sauce over it.
- Finish it off by adding the chopped green onions and the roasted sesame seeds on top. You can add anything else that suits your taste!
- Serve yourself and enjoy it!
Notes
- Make sure the chicken is fried thoroughly before transferring it into the sauce.
- Don't overcook the sauce as the soy sauce will burn, and the taste will be bitter.