Korean food at home - Super tasty sweet & spicy Korean fried chicken recipe!

Have you ever craving for the Korean fried chicken that you’ve seen in the K-Drama? Now, you can try to make it for yourself at home! This sweet and spicy Korean fried chicken is not complicated to make at all with the recipe below. 

#Ingredient

For the chicken: 

  • 2 pounds chicken wings
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ½ cup potato starch 
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
  • Vegetable oil for frying 

For the sauce:

  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • ⅓ cup ketchup
  • ⅓ cup rice syrup or honey
  • ¼ cup gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste)
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar

#How to cook

Fry chicken: 

1. In a frying pan, heat 4 cups of oil over medium heat for about 10 to 12 minutes until it reaches 330-350ºF.

2. While the oil is heating, add chicken, salt, ground black pepper, starch, flour, baking soda, and eggs into a bowl then mix it well.

3. Add the coated chicken into the hot oil one by one. Fry the chicken for about 12 minutes until it turns golden then take it out.

Seasoning sauce:

1. In a frying pan, heat 2 tsp of vegetable oil over medium heat. Add garlic in and stir for 30 seconds then add ketchup, rice syrup/honey, gochujang, vinegar and stir well. Reduce the heat to low and stir until bubbling then removes from the heat.

Second fry:

1. Heat the oil over medium heat until it reaches 330-350ºF.

2. Fry the chicken one more time for another 12 minutes until it becomes very crunchy then put aside.

3. Reheat the sauce over medium heat until it’s bubbling again. Add all the hot crunchy chicken and mix until well coated.

4. Lastly, sprinkle the sesame seeds and transfer them to a serving plate. Serve with pickled radish (optional).

Source: Maangchi

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