Indulge in some crispy chicken this evening to ensure you get your daily intake of protein. With sesame seeds to top, this Korean recipe is sure to create a party in your mouth. Yum.
Serves 4
Cooking time: 20 minutes
What You’ll Need:
- 16 chicken wings
- Cornflour, for dusting the chicken
- 1⁄2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp dark brown sugar
- 1 tbsp Korean sweet chilli paste, we recommend using a brand like Very Lazy 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 200ml water
- 3 large cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp Korean ground chilli pepper or chilli powder
- 100g Rachel’s Greek Style honey yogurt
- Vegetable oil, for frying
What To Do:
- Dry the chicken wings with kitchen paper and roll in cornflour and a little salt. This process will help crisp the chicken.
- To make the sauce combine the sugar, sweet chilli paste, soy sauce, water, garlic, ginger, sesame oil and chilli powder in a pan and boil until it starts to get syrupy. Taste the sauce and add more chilli pepper as required. Allow to cool and stir in the yogurt.
- Strain the sauce through a sieve to remove the solids. Removing the solids will again help to crisp the chicken.
- Add about 2” inches of vegetable oil into a heavy bottomed saucepan and heat. To test the oil drop a small piece of bread into the pan and if it is hot enough it will sizzle and brown.
- Take the chicken wings, making sure they are as dry as possible and fry them in batches for 10 minutes in the hot oil, whilst moving them about with a slotted spoon. Ensure they are fully submerged into the oil. Transfer to a plate after ten minutes and continue with the other batches.
- Once the chicken has been fried once, place each piece in again to make them golden brown.
- Whilst still warm pour the sauce over the top. The chicken will absorb some of the moisture and go sticky.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.
Recipe from Rachel’s Organic New Summer Recipes 2013.
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