Cooking Korean: Yangnyeom tongdak (seasoned fried chicken) and hobakjeon (Squash Pancakes)

I made a two recipes from Maangchi.com for dinner tonight.  The seasoned fried chicken and the squash pancakes(zucchini) - you know to have a well rounded meal.  I had some chicken left over from a big grocery store sale, so I was in the market for a chicken recipe (I'm trying to clean out my freezer before going to Japan). I remembered seeing a interesting spicy friend chicken recipe at Maangchi's site on a day when I didn't have chicken.  Unlike today . . . when I do have chicken.  You can see the recipes at the links.  Or you can watch the videos here!





I made a half batch of the chicken.  It was easy to half the recipe(I used an entire egg).  I also used honey as I don't keep corn syrup.  As the meal was super super delicious I imagine it didn't effect the taste any.  The whole thing turned out really well. I made the squash pancakes during the final fry of the chicken and it worked out perfect.

zucchini ready to go

Chicken breaded and ready

Oil getting hot!

Fry number 1

Resting

Double fried!

Frying away in the pan

Coated in sauce!

See cooked all the way through!

Nice and brown

Super delicious dinner with ninja

I must say this might be the best chicken I have ever made.  Ever.  It is just fantastic.  In fact, it might be the best fried chicken I've ever eaten.  The crust was just so crispy and stayed on great!  I imagine it is the mochiko flour that makes it awesome . . . and all the potato starch.  It is just perfectly spicy and awesome.  The squash pancakes were also delicious.  Not quite as mind blowing, but a really nice veggi side for the meal.  The whole thing was really easy to make and pretty fast.  Took may be 40 minutes to get everything done.  I will note that I used chucks of chicken breast (fairly small ones) and I did not have to fry for nearly as long as Maangchi did (about 5 minutes each time).  Don't worry it was cooked through, no pink chicken!