Simple Korean Fried Chicken
Our Simple Korean Fried Chicken is easy to make and full of flavor! Made with simple ingredients and pantry staples.
Ingredients
- 2½-3 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs chopped into 2 inch pieces
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup tapioca starch
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3 eggs scrambled
- oil enough to deep fry
- ¼ cup green onions chopped for garnish
- 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds garnish
Korean Fried Chicken Sauce
- ½ cup gochujang (Korean pepper paste)
- 8 Tbsp seasoned rice vinegar
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar
- 4 Tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
- Combine chicken and garlic and mix well and cover, and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine gochujang, seasoned rice vinegar, dark brown sugar and soy sauce. Mix well.
- In a deep pan fill with oil high enough to deep fry. Heat oil to Medium/High heat.
- 1st, coat chicken in flour. 2nd, place in egg bath.3rd, coat in tapioca starch.
- Place coated chicken pieces into hot oil and fry until batter is chicken is fully cooked and the batter is golden brown
- Drain the fully cooked fried chicken and place the pieces into the bowl of Korean Fried Chicken sauce and toss to coat.
- Top with green onions and toasted sesame seeds and serve with Korean pickled daikon (Korean Radish).
Notes
Korean Fried Chicken is best paired with Korean pickled daikon (Korean Radish).
Recipe for Korean Pickled Daikon is available >> here <<.