Korea

Yangnyeom Chicken

Name: Yangnyeom Chicken
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Korea
Ingredients: 800 g Chicken pieces; 6 tbsp Potato starch; 3 tbsp Gochujang; 2 tbsp each Honey & rice syrup; some of each Garlic & ginger; 1 tbsp each Soy sauce & rice vinegar; to sprinkle Sesame

Korean fried chicken in a sweet-spicy glaze

Yangnyeom chicken is the glazed version of Korean fried chicken, which has swept the country since the 1970s. “Yangnyeom” means “seasoned”.

Double-fried chicken is tossed in a sticky sauce of gochujang, garlic and honey – crisp, sweet and fiery all at once.

Servings3

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken pieces800 g
Potato starch6 tbsp
Gochujang3 tbsp
Honey & rice syrup2 tbsp each
Garlic & gingersome of each
Soy sauce & rice vinegar1 tbsp each
Sesameto sprinkle

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Salt the chicken and coat generously in potato starch.
Pre-fry at 160 °C, let rest briefly.
Fry again at 190 °C until crisp.
Simmer gochujang, honey, rice syrup, garlic and vinegar into a sauce.
Toss the chicken in it, sprinkle with sesame, serve at once.

Make it original

Gochujang and rice syrup give yangnyeom chicken its glaze – in the Asia Boutique.

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