TongDak 통닭 (Fried Chicken)

TongDak 통닭 (Fried Chicken)

Ingredients:

7 boneless Chicken Thighs (skin on), quartered or 16 pcs Chicken Wings or Drummettes

2 medium Sweet Potatoes, washed, peeled, and quartered

1/2 tsp Salt

1/4 tsp ground Black Pepper

1/4 cup All-purpose Flour

1/4 cup Corn Starch

1 Large Egg (room temperature)

1 Egg White (room temperature)

Deep-frying Oil

Dipping Condiments:
Salt and Black Pepper *optional
Honey Mustard *optional
Sweet Spicy Sauce *optional (see recipe below)

Instructions:

Season the quartered chicken thighs with salt and black pepper.

Set aside for 5 minutes to marinate.

Add-in flour, corn starch, egg, and egg white.

Mix thoroughly with your fingers until chicken is evenly coated. 

Add-in sweet potatoes, mix lightly until coated with the flour mixture.
Set aside for 15 minutes.

Fry the chicken and sweet potaoes.

In a deep wok, Add-in about 2 1/2 cups of deep-frying oil. Heat the wok up.

Deep-fry the chicken first by batches over medium-high heat for about 10~15 minutes, or until lightly brown.

Then put the fried chicken into a strainer.

Fry them once again for 1 minute.

Then, place on a paper towel to drain excess oil.

Deep fry the sweet potatoes next over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes, or until cooked through. Drain excess oil on paper towel.

Serve fried chicken and sweet potatoes warm with salt and black pepper, honey mustard, or/and sweet spicy sauce.

Happy Eating!!

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Sweet Spicy Sauce

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Ketchup

1 tsp Mayonnaise

1/4 cup Acacia Honey

1 tbsp Brown Sugar

1 tbsp Cooking Wine

1 tsp Red Peper Paste

1/2 tbsp Minced Garlic

1/2 tsp Asian Sesame Oil

1/2 tbsp Canola Oil

1/4 tsp ground Black Pepper

Instructions:

In a small bowl, add-in all the ingredients for the sauce. Mix well.

In a large wok, pour-in the sauce mixture. Heat until the sauce mixture starts to boil and thicken.

Turn off the heat, and transfer in a sauce bowl.
Serve with fried chicken.