Korean Food: Yangnam Chicken

Korean Food is an exciting cuisine which has caught on in England especially over the last 10 yrs. I appreciate that a new cuisine such as Korean can be daunting to replicate and the ingredients seem different, but the good thing is that most dishes can be made with just a handful ingredients. I have learnt to appreciate and enjoy Korean food through my Korean wife so rest assured that my Korean food posts are authentic.


From this picture you will see a collection of Korean Ingredients,  Mirin, Soy sauce, Ginger,  Garlic, Starch Syrup, Korean Chilli Powder and Korean Chilli paste( Red Tub).These ingredients will make about 80 percent of Korean dishes. So if you stock these you can easily make a majority of dishes and you can add a few more ingredients as time goes on to make a few more. In England, you can get all the ingredients in China town, New Malden  ( Korean Town) and of course the Internet.

Yangnam Chicken

One thing Korea is good at is fried chicken and there are lots of different dishes but today we will focus on Yangnam Chicken.

Ingredients

500g Chicken Thigh fillets cut into bite size pieces
2.5 Tbsp of Starch Syrup
1 Tbsp of Ketchup
0.5 Tbsp of Korean Chilli Paste
0.5 Tbsp of  Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp of Minced Garlic
0.5 Tbsp of Korean Chilli Powder
1 Tbsp of Sugar
Cornstarch or Tempura Powder to coat the chicken.

Method

1) Mix the  Bite Size pieces of Chicken with the Cornstarch powder and shall fry. Alternatively create a batter by mixing  water with the cornstarch or Tempura powder and deep fry, then place on a piece of kitchen paper to drain the oil
2)Add all the other ingredients into a pan and boil up ( this makes the sauce)
3) Toss the chicken into the sauce so the chicken becomes covered and serve up.



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