Youlinji (Chinese deep fried chicken)

Name: Youlinji (Chinese deep fried chicken)
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 pieces Chicken thighs; 2 tbsp Chopped spring onion; 1 tbsp Sake (cooking rice wine); 1 tsp Sugar; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1 pinch Pepper; 5 tbsp Potato starch; <Sauce>; 3 tbsp Soy sauce; 3 tbsp Water; 1 tbsp Vinegar; 1 tbsp Mirin; 2 tbsp Sugar

Saori Fujimoto @cook_2635889

Singapore

Youlinji (Chinese deep fried chicken)

Saori Fujimoto @cook_2635889

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Ingredients

4 servings

3 piecesChicken thighs
2 tbspChopped spring onion
1 tbspSake (cooking rice wine)
1 tspSugar
1/4 tspSalt
1 pinchPepper
5 tbspPotato starch
<Sauce>
3 tbspSoy sauce
3 tbspWater
1 tbspVinegar
1 tbspMirin
2 tbspSugar

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Steps

1

Cut the chicken thighs into large bite size.
2

Mix the 1tbsp Sake, 1 tsp Suger, 1/4tsp Salt and 1pinch pepper. Marinate the chickens and leave for 10 to 15 minutes.
3

Remove the excess moisture from the chickens. Wrap the chicken with paper towels and damp dry.
4

Just before frying, coat the chickens with potato starch and dust off the excess powder.
5

Heat the frying oil to between 170 to 180 degrees, then put the chickens in, turn them over, cook through, and fry till golden brown.
6

While frying chickens, make a Youlinji sauce. Mix the Sauce ingredients to a heat resistant bowl. Use microwave at middle heat(600W) for 1 minuet. Add the chopped spring onion.
7

Place the chickens into the youlinji sauce off while the chickens still hot. Let it mix well.