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Korean Fried Chicken & Rice

Korean fried chicken and rice has got to be one of the most comforting meals out there. Here is my new favorite way to make it.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Korean
Keyword: chicken, fried, fried rice, korean

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken leg (quarter)
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ cup corn starch
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup water

Sauce Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp gochujang
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 clove minced garlic
  • ¼ cup water

Fried Rice Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups day old rice
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 2 bunches scallions
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp white pepper
  • 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp crispy garlic
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • ½ cup frozen vegetables

Garnish

  • 1 egg
  • green onions

Instructions

  • Debone the thigh section of your chicken quarter. To do this, you want to slowly make cuts along the bone of the thigh. Then slowly scrape away the meat from the bone of the thigh, removing the bone from the meat.
  • Into a bowl mix together flour, corn starch, and all the seasonings. This is your seasoning flour.
  • Take ¼ cup + 1 tbsp of your seasoning flour and add it into another bowl. Mix this with an egg, and ¼ cup of water. This is your wet batter.
  • Add your chicken into the wet batter making sure that it is completely coated.
  • Drop chicken into the dry seasoning flour and coat well until there are no more wet spots.
  • Place into hot oil at 350F for 15 minutes or until golden brown and crispy.
  • While the chicken in cooking, I like to cook the remaining components.

Sauce Instructions

  • Into a pan, mix together all the sauce ingredients, bring it up to a simmer and reduce to your desired consistency.

Fried Rice Instructions

  • Into a high heat pan add oil, and scramble an egg.
  • Add garlic and diced scallions, stir 30 seconds.
  • Add day old rice along with soy sauce, white peppers, sweet soy sauce, crispy garlic, oyster sauce, and frozen vegetables. Stir until combined and ready to eat.

Serving

  • Pour our sauce on top of the fried chicken, serve with fried rice, a crispy fried egg and green onions.