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Korean Fried Chicken

Ingredients

MAIN
Whole Chicken
1.4 kg Whole Chicken
Rice Wine
2 Tbsp Rice Wine
Minced Ginger
2 tsp Minced Ginger
Fine Sea Salt
1 tsp Fine Sea Salt
Ground Black Pepper
0.5 tsp Ground Black Pepper
Potato Starch
1 cup Potato Starch
or corn starch
Cooking Oil
Cooking Oil
for deep frying (I used rice bran oil)
KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN SAUCE
Tomato Sauce
3 Tbsp Tomato Sauce
/ ketchup
Gochujang
2 Tbsp Gochujang
(Korean chilli paste), add 1/2 Tbsp more to make it spicier
Honey
0.25 cup Honey
Brown Sugar
0.25 cup Brown Sugar
Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
Minced Garlic
2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
Sesame Oil
1 Tbsp Sesame Oil
OPTIONAL – TO GARNISH
Toasted Sesame Seeds
Toasted Sesame Seeds
Green Onion
Green Onion
finely chopped or thinly shredded

Korean Fried Chicken

My Korean Kitchen (Sue | My Korean Kitchen)

ServesPrepCookTotalShares
410 min30 min40 min5

How to make sweet, spicy and sticky Korean fried chicken! It's super crunchy and hugely addictive!

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Recommended Equipment

Large mixing bowl

Large mixing bowl

Bowl

Bowl

Saucepan

Saucepan

Thermometer

Thermometer

Deep saucepan or frier

Deep saucepan or frier

Grease splatter screen

Grease splatter screen

Kitchen paper

Kitchen paper

Skimmer

Skimmer

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.)
  • 1.4 kg Whole Chicken
  • 2 Tbsp Rice Wine
  • 2 tsp Minced Ginger
  • 1 tsp Fine Sea Salt
  • 0.5 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  • 1 cup Potato Starch
    or corn starch
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.
  • Cooking Oil
    for deep frying (I used rice bran oil)
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.
  • 3 Tbsp Tomato Sauce
    / ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp Gochujang
    (Korean chilli paste), add 1/2 Tbsp more to make it spicier
  • 0.25 cup Honey
  • 0.25 cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
  • 1 Tbsp Sesame Oil
Korean Fried Chicken

Korean Fried Chicken

My Korean Kitchen (Sue | My Korean Kitchen)

ServesPrepCookTotalShares
410 min30 min40 min5

How to make sweet, spicy and sticky Korean fried chicken! It's super crunchy and hugely addictive!

appetizer
Save this recipe to your personal collection, manage your grocery lists and access the step-by-step cooking assistant with the TastyBites app.
Login to Continue

Recommended Equipment

Large mixing bowl

Large mixing bowl

Bowl

Bowl

Saucepan

Saucepan

Thermometer

Thermometer

Deep saucepan or frier

Deep saucepan or frier

Grease splatter screen

Grease splatter screen

Kitchen paper

Kitchen paper

Skimmer

Skimmer


Ingredients

MAIN
Whole Chicken
1.4 kg Whole Chicken
Rice Wine
2 Tbsp Rice Wine
Minced Ginger
2 tsp Minced Ginger
Fine Sea Salt
1 tsp Fine Sea Salt
Ground Black Pepper
0.5 tsp Ground Black Pepper
Potato Starch
1 cup Potato Starch
or corn starch
Cooking Oil
Cooking Oil
for deep frying (I used rice bran oil)
KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN SAUCE
Tomato Sauce
3 Tbsp Tomato Sauce
/ ketchup
Gochujang
2 Tbsp Gochujang
(Korean chilli paste), add 1/2 Tbsp more to make it spicier
Honey
0.25 cup Honey
Brown Sugar
0.25 cup Brown Sugar
Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
Minced Garlic
2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
Sesame Oil
1 Tbsp Sesame Oil
OPTIONAL – TO GARNISH
Toasted Sesame Seeds
Toasted Sesame Seeds
Green Onion
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.)
  • 1.4 kg Whole Chicken
  • 2 Tbsp Rice Wine
  • 2 tsp Minced Ginger
  • 1 tsp Fine Sea Salt
  • 0.5 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  • 1 cup Potato Starch
    or corn starch
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.
  • Cooking Oil
    for deep frying (I used rice bran oil)
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.
  • 3 Tbsp Tomato Sauce
    / ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp Gochujang
    (Korean chilli paste), add 1/2 Tbsp more to make it spicier
  • 0.25 cup Honey
  • 0.25 cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
  • 1 Tbsp Sesame Oil