# Korean Fried Chicken

Korean fried chicken is fried chicken with an extra crispy batter and juicy meat.

- Cuisine: Korean
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 kg chicken thighs
- 35 g salt
- 35 g sugar
- 500 ml water
- to taste aromatics
- 350 g wheat flour
- 350 g potato starch
- 15 g salt
- 10 g chemical yeast
- 1 spoon curry
- to taste iced water
- 70 g gochujang
- 30 g ketchup
- 20 ml soy sauce
- 25 ml mirin
- 35 g honey
- 10 g brown sugar
- 2 grated garlic cloves
- 20 ml white vinegar
- 125 ml soy sauce
- 30 ml rice vinegar
- 60 ml mirin
- 125 ml brown sugar
- 1 grated garlic clove
- 2 cm grated ginger
- pinch dried chilies
- 10 g cornstarch diluted in water
- 1 chopped fried onion
- 1 spoon curry
- 2 spoon yellow mustard
- 1 spoon Dijon mustard
- 0.5 spoon garlic powder
- 3 spoon honey
- 1 spoon rice vinegar
- 2 spoon mayonnaise
- splash water

## Instructions

1. Cut chicken thighs into pieces.
2. Place the chicken in a zipper bag.
3. Prepare the brine with salt, sugar, water and aromatics.
4. Pour brine into the bag with the chicken and let it rest for half an hour, or overnight.
5. Prepare the batter with wheat flour, potato starch, salt, chemical yeast, curry and iced water.
6. Dip the chicken in batter.
7. First humid and then dry.
8. Fry in oil for 5 minutes at 170°C and then 2 minutes at 200°C.
9. Mix all the ingredients for the gochujang sauce over medium heat, bathe the chicken and it's ready.
10. Prepare the honey and mustard sauce, and grind everything with mayonnaise.
11. Just mix it.
12. Prepare a sweet soy sauce with a little vinegar.
13. It goes great with a little scallion to accompany it.

## Equipment

- knife
- bowl
- zipper bag
- pot
- tray
- whisk
- deep fryer
- spatula
- immersion blender

## Tips

- Marinate the chicken in brine overnight for juiciness and tenderness.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE5HQDQoJZO/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/34223f55-a290-4b1c-a9bc-2313ec374bed
- Extracted: 2025-05-07

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