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Spicy Mini Chicken TwiGim

미니 양념 치킨, MiNi YangNyeom Chicken

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Today’s recipe is Korean styled mini fried chicken with a sweet and mildly spicy sauce. The reason I use the name “mini” for this recipe is because I will use bite sized pieces of chicken breast for it. It is nice to eat since the pieces of fried chicken are small without the bone and skin. Try this delicious dish for a party or football game someday. 😀

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson

  • JakEun (작은) = Small
  • Keun (큰) = Big

Video Instructions


Chicken Ingredients

  • 1 Chicken Breast
  • ½ Tbsp Cooking Wine
  • 3 Pinches Salt
  • 2 Pinches Black Pepper
  • Some Oil for frying

Batter Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp Cornstarch (Coating)
  • 1 Egg White
  • 4 Tbsp Cornstarch
  • ½ Tbsp Water

Sauce Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp Ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp Honey or Corn Syrup
  • 1 Tbsp Cooking Wine
  • 1 Tbsp Finely Chopped Onion
  • 1 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Sesame Seeds
  • 1 tsp Mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp Red Pepper Paste
  • ½ Tbsp Olive Oil
  • ½ Tbsp Minced Garlic
  • ½ tsp Sesame Oil
  • 1 Pinch Black Pepper

Directions

 

Cut 1 piece of chicken breast into half-inch cubes.

 

Mix 3 pinches of salt, 2 pinches of black pepper, and ½ Tbsp of cooking wine with the chicken. Set it aside for about 10 minutes.

 

Add 1 Tbsp of cornstarch to cover the chicken. That will help the batter stick better to the chicken.

 

To make the batter, combine 4 Tbsp of cornstarch, 1 egg white, and ½ Tbsp of water.

 

Put the chicken into the batter and mix.

 

To make the sauce, mix 2 Tbsp of ketchup, 2 Tbsp of honey or corn syrup, 1 Tbsp of sugar, 1 Tbsp of finely chopped onion, 1 Tbsp of cooking wine, ½ Tbsp of minced garlic, ½ Tbsp of olive oil, 1 tsp of red pepper paste, 1 tsp of mayonnaise, 1 tsp of sesame seeds, ½ tsp sesame oil, and 1 pinch black pepper.

 

Fry the chicken twice to make it extra crispy.

 

When the chicken pieces are light brown, remove them from the oil.

 

Fry them once more.

 

Fry until they become golden brown like this.

 

It is delicious without sauce too. hehe 😀

 

Cook the sauce on medium heat. Once the sauce starts to boil, cook 1 more minute on medium heat.

 

Add the fried chicken into the sauce, and mix it well.

 

Add 1 tsp of sesame seeds. If you do not want sesame seeds, you can use chopped peanuts instead.

 

Wow, it looks very delicious. Enjoy. 😉

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Comments

  2. This dish surprised me a little. I generally don’t like sweeteners with meat, but I like this dish. It is a little sweet and spicy. The taste is not like any American flavor I tried before. It is worth making just to try a new flavor. 😉

    • Hi, honey~~
      Yep~~ sometimes, the taste can break your imagination about the food…once you try it !!! that way, its good to try new food sometimes… right ?? 😀

  3. omg! i totally made this! but i forgotten to cook the sauce! LOL i ate it raw 🙁
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    • Hi, Heng Jovi
      Oops ~~~ oh… I can make same mistakes… you could cook the chicken with sauce..if you forgot to cook the sauce.. I hope your raw sauce wasn’t that bad to eat. Thanks !!!

  4. I am making this for my super bowl party. WOOHOO! i can’t wait. 🙂 i’ll let you know how it turns out.

    • Hi, farleen
      Oh~~~ will you ?? One thing I need to tell you is.. this sauce is good…but several people told me.. the chicken turned out not that crispy.. I’m going to test more and get better recipe for batter later. What I can recommend you is.. use ice water for batter.. see if it helps a little.. Thanks !!!

  5. I made this aeri and it was SO GOOD! it had just the right spiciness and sweetness and all that good stuff. 🙂 they ate ALL of it. woohoo!
    i didn’t make the batter for the chicken watery looking…i added water to the cornstarch until it resembled a really thick glue and added the egg white. it was REALLY crispy and it stayed crispy even with the sauce on it 🙂

    • Hi, farleen~
      So your choice for super bowl menu was good !!! hehe..I’m very happy to hear that. “they ate ALL of it” haha That proves that your food was yummy. Good job, farleen again ~~~ Thank you very much, you saved my time and effort to test another batch of that dish. I will tell people how it can be crispy. thanks !!! 😉

  7. I made this tonight. It was so great. My husband ate almost the whole plate! I had garlic fried rice and fresh green beans as the sides. Thanks for a great recipe. I will be trying our your Korean steaks tomorrow!

    • Hi, crys
      thanks for sharing me this. I’m very happy to hear that your husband liked it so much..hehe garlic fried rice and fresh green beans sounds very yummy~~~ 🙂 Have a great week !!! share more happy news about Korean cooking with us. 😉

  8. Hi, Aeris! Great Recipe. I have one question though why did you add two kinds of oil to the sauce? Sesame and Olive oil right? What was the purpose of the Olive oil? Does it bring more flavour? Thanks! More Power to you!

    • Hi, jhny69
      Yes, both oils have own flavor.. oils give the sauce good texture also.. (I wonder if I can use the word “texture” here) make your sauce.. (fried chicken) look a little shiny…You can use normal oil instead of olive oil but I prefer olive oil..healthier and taste god. Sesame oil.. you don’t want to add too much for your food because it has storng flavor in it.. so if you put too much..other flavor from other ingredients will be hidden.. so use 2 kinds of oil here.. I hope my answer helped your curiosity a little. Thanks!!

  9. hi unni! i was wondering if you prefer to use honey or corn syrup? cuz i have both~~~ =)

    • Hi, Christine
      I will prefer to use honey..because it’s healthier and taste is also good for this recipe. Thanks ~~~ 🙂

  10. Thanks! By the way I already tried the recipe together with your recipe for Kimchi fried rice and everyone loved it!! I also have the same problem with retaining the crispiness of the chicken. But that aside it tasted wonderful my wife loved it. Keep up the good work! Thanks! 🙂

    • Hi, jhny69
      Wow, you are a sweet husband who cooks for a wife. 😉 Thanks for sharing your successful experience of Korean cooking. very happy to hear that !! Yes, I might have to do more experience to find a recipe to make the chicken more crispy. 🙂

  11. Hi Aeri, I just found your website. Thanks for posting a lot of videos for different kinds of Korean foods. I am planning to make the fried chicken this weekend. I will visit your website often 🙂 Take good care!

    • Hi, znoopygirl
      Nice to meet you!! I’m happy that you found my site. 🙂 I hope you enjoyed your fried chicken. haha… I will remember that you will visit my website often. 😉 Thanks !! Have a great week.

  12. hi do u have. takangjong recipe or a sweet and spicy chicken also?im looking for it badly..im crazy about this food..please help me..thanks

    • Hi, krystalmae
      aha.. I think that this recipe is the closest one among the recipes I have for you. Someday I will post “takangjong” or other fried sweet and spicy chicken recipe. Will you visit us again.right ?? hehe..thanks !!!

  13. Hi!
    I’ve been looking for korean fried chicken for some time, and i stumbled upon ur blog this morning. Tried this right away, and it was love on the first bite indeed! I added gochugaru for yet spicier sauce and apple cider vinegar to replace wine, it was so addictive, i finished the whole plate :p

    • Hi, Yasmin
      haha.. you like spicy food..right. 🙂
      I’m happy to hear that you liked this. Thanks 🙂

  14. Hi Again Aeri,
    Yes, i can’t eat my meal without something spicy. I am an indonesian, but i live in saudi arabia. I got to know abt korean food few years back when i started watching Arirang & KBS World TV. But just recently i can get some korean ingredients from my friend in Riyadh. Such a shame i haven’t find any in jeddah, which is close to the city i live. I’ll be visiting ur blog again for some other tasty recipes, thanks :))

    • Hi, Yasmin
      haha.. really.. you always need spicy food for your meal ??? I wonder if indonesian food has many spicy food. I hope you can find more Korean ingredients and try more Korean food. Plus I hope I can see you more often on my blog too. Thanks !!! 🙂

  15. HEYYYY 😀 lol i tried the recipe twice since the first time i fried the chicken to long and it got burnt 😛 so i tried it agian yesterday and it was perfect !!!! thanks soopoo much for it i even to pictures and did a vid with my little brother since i was really just playing around and actually ending up making it really good hhahahaha

    • Hi, aimee
      ^^ haha.. twice … great !!! wow.. did you take pictures and video with your brother ?? I want to see them. 😉 hehe.. anyway.. thanks for trying my recipe.

  16. Hi Aeri,
    It’s me again hehe… Wow, this is so delicious but i am a bit confusing about what to cook for my birthday: Japchae and korean BBQ chicken (just chicken breast in cubed) or maybe this mini fried chicken haha… that’s why I don’t have any idea what to choose… i am still contemplationg about this… but will decide it when I get a chance to try another korean foods haha

    • Hi, Ian aka filoguy2009
      I’m happy to hear that you feel better now… take care of yourself…
      Yes, many people tried this dish and loved it.. so try it someday. 🙂
      thanks for lots of comments today…hehe I love them. 🙂

      • Hello there!
        Yes, I am always fine, I won’t be getting sick anytime…
        So this time, I will decide on what to cook for my birthday either on this mini fried chicken or korean bbq chicken… and japchae as well =)

        • hi, Ian aka filoguy2009
          I’m sure that your birthday meal will be DELICIOUS !!! 😉 hehe.. Let me know how it turned out later okay ?? thanks !!!

          • Sure, I will let you know…
            By the way, I read reading the ingredients above like:
            * 2 Tbsp Ketchup
            * 2 Tbsp Honey or Corn Syrup
            * 1 Tbsp Cooking Wine
            * 1 Tbsp Finely Chopped Onion
            * 1 Tbsp Sugar
            * 1 tsp Sesame Seeds
            * 1 tsp Mayonnaise
            * 1 tsp Red Pepper Paste
            * 1/2 Tbsp Olive Oil
            * 1/2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
            * 1/2 tsp Sesame Oil
            * 1 Pinch Black Pepper
            >>>>> Same of the above that I already have: honey, corn starch, red pepper paste, mayonnaise, and ketchup (or if we called Tomato Sauce here in Australia)…
            And Should I need to buy Sesame Seeds, Sesame Oil, Cooking Wine (like I saw it here)? please let me know do I really need to add those or if it’s optional… i dunno hehehe

          • Hi Ian aka filoguy2009,
            It will be good if you have sesame seeds, sesame oil, and cooking wine…but if you don’t have.. that’s fine.. You can skip them. Thanks 🙂

  17. OH MY GOD. THIS WAS THE BEST CHICKEN I EVER ATE IN MY WHOLE LIFE.. I tried alot of korean yangyum chicken in Korea like Pelicana, BBQ, or Kyochon but this is the best!! Will post a photo soon! Thanks soo much Aeri!

    • Hi Alex,
      wow.. it was that good ? @,@ Thank you so much~~~ hehe.. I can’t wait for your picture… 😉 Have a great weekend.

  18. Thank you for posting this! Ive had KFC from a korean bar back in Washington and it tasted just like this except hotter and when they served it it was like a whole mini hen. Anyway, I moved to Hawaii and was pretty happy that a local chain made KFC… until I tried theirs. It is too soupy and hardly spicey at all. It funny because their sauce smells just like this recipe but they taste comepletely different. Ive made the sauce a few times and given it to people. They love it as much as I do.
    Thanks again!!

    • hi KK,
      wow… It’s great that you like this recipe. Yes, you can make it at home.. save money..and taste good !!! right 😉 Thanks ~~~

  19. This looks so yummy!!! I am going to try this tonight for dinner. I hope that it is kid friendly, I have a two and four year old.

    • hi K. Kim,
      I wonder how it turned out. You can cut a little spicy ingredients for your kinds. I hope they liked it. thanks 🙂

  23. This was so good!! I just made it for dinner for the entire family, and everyone raved how good it was!! Thank you!! Guess I know where I’ll be going for my recipes now. Right here. xD

    • hi 13SUJULove,
      hehe..good job !!! 😀 I learned a new word from you today..”raved” hehe.. oh.. then I can see you more often here.. assa.. thanks 🙂

  24. This is my 2nd time making this yummy dish. It makes my kids happy and all you hear is om nom nom nom. Thank you!

    • hi Summer,
      haha.. nom ?? what that means ??? wow… your kids love this that much ?? I hope I can make it for my son soon also.. hehe

  25. hi Aeri,
    I tried this recipe for lunch today — it was so good! the sauce is just perfect, sweet but not too sweet, and the chicken was crunchy outside and very delicate inside. thank you! i love your site!

  26. I love love this fried chicken. Everyone was quiet eating it and then attacked it for seconds. I made it a second time without hot pepper paste, onions, and sesame seeds because my friend was missing those ingredients but it turned out good still. It’s definitely the best with those ingredients but without them it was still good. Tasted similar to sweet and sour chicken.

    • hi Samantha,
      oops.. I didn’t reply to this comment.. @,@ I missed it.. anyway.. thanks for your comment. yes.. I agree.. it tastes similar to sweet and sour chicken.. ^^

  28. is it crunchy like those korean chicken shops (bons, kyochon, bbq chicken)?
    love those chicken. =]

  29. Can i make this not fried? If I make this unfried, do i still have to cover with cornstarch? by the way, I LOVE YOUR WEBSITE!!!!! You are really awesome aeri! Your recipes are so much better than other korean recipe sites. It tastes like my mom’s food!

    • hi coolod,
      You mean.. you don’t want to do deep frying ??? then.. what will you do ? just fry in a pan.. or bake ?? yes.. You can do that if you want.. the sauce taste will be same.. just you will not get the fried flour flavor.. thank you very much for your comment..

  30. I just wanna know if I can replace
    th corn starch with the corn flour…It would be a big difference? (Well, besides that I still missing some ingredients: cooking wine; sesame oil) 🙁

    • hi ioanna,
      what is corn flour ?? you mean corn meal?? if it’s what you are asking.. I will say.. don’t use that.. how about just normal flour instead of corn starch if you don’t want.. or don’t have.. that will be better to use ^^ you can skip cooking wine and sesame oil too.. thanks

  31. Dear Aeri, I am so happy!! According to your recipe I was able to cook 양념 치킨 successfully!!! It was my second try. The first time I failed badly but now I could do it. Thanks a lot!! I will cook it soon agian. It’s too delicious and yummy!!!

  32. This recipe is fantastic! Thanks so much, Aeri. Maybe potato starch could be used instead of corn flour? I have seen it used in Japanese recipes.

  33. 😀 안녕하세요 Aeri Si
    I tried this recipe and it tasted great, but i have one issue 🙁 , I’ve fried the chicken for a very long time, about 8 minutes but the chicken is cooked but it won’t turn that golden brown color. Please help.
    감사합니다

    • this is the first time making my mother inlaw korean food. do you recommend any good sides that I can make? 😉

      • hi Kylee,
        Sorry for late reply. I hope it’s not too late. Can you give me a little hint ?? what kind of food your mother in law likes ???

  36. Hi,
    I saw your videos on youtube and love your recipes!!! I live in Korea and I’m happy that I’m learning to make these great dishes with your simple instructions!
    I have a question about this recipe. When I fry the chicken twice, do I just take them out, then put them back into the oil again? Do I need to cool the chicken or do anything else to the oil before I fry the chicken again??

    • hi Rain,
      Actually there is no rule for it. By the time, you finish frying the first time.. the fried chicken will be cool down a little..and the oil will be drained a little on a paper towel.. Usually.. after I fry the first time, I make the sauce..and right before I serve the chicken..I fry second time..and quickly coat them with the sauce and serve.. ^^

  37. Waaaahhhh Aeri I just made these today and they turned out GREAT…everyone at the dinner table loved it….it got finished within seconds. 🙂
    It was my first time cooking it…and thank god it turned out perfectly….kyaaa…
    ^^

  38. Hi Aeri! I’m just about to make this tonight. I’ll tell you if it’s success or not! I’ll try to not make the batter too watery and let the chicken stay extra crispy. 🙂

    • I tried it out and everyone loved it! I didn’t fry it twice so it wasn’t as crispy, because I had to make it for eight. It ended up very well! I also substituted the Korean pepper paste with Chinese chili garlic paste since we couldn’t find it here in the grocery. 🙂 But it was very yummy, and my parents recommended I do it again next weekend. 🙂
      Thanks for the recipe!

  40. Hello Aeri,
    i made this for yesterdays dinner and i loveeed it so much. i had to skip the mayo though because mine was already expired 🙄 , but it was still really tastyyyy!! i could dip anything into this sauce! hihi 😆

  41. Aeri Lee – we cooked this tonight and we were amazed at how awesome it tasted – better than any take out we have ever ordered…so crispy…excellent flavor! We cooked everything according to your instructions but for the sauce – we like spicier food so we added dried chili flakes and spicy garlic chili sauce to the sauce and then cooked it all up. We are already planning to make this again and also going to try it with shrimp (no double fry on them though). Thank you for the terrific recipe!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

    • hi Dashon
      The only ingredient that makes this spicy is red pepper paste..so if you skip that it will not be spicy.. just it will change the flavor and I don’t know how it will be like with mainly ketchup flavor.. if you like ketchup flavor.. just skip red pepper paste..and follow other ingredients same and make the sauce.. thanks.

    • hi Dashon,
      If you want.. yes you can try.. just make sure.. hot sauce has sour flavor too..so 1 tsp can be too much.. drop a little bit of hot sauce..and taste it if you like it..and if you want more.. add some more.. thanks 🙂

  45. Hello Aeri, I found your website yesterday while i was searching for some special recipes. I am from Lebanon (Beirut) and i am planning to try your recipes on Thursday for dinner (having a surprise party for my mother). Anyway really lovely website and practical.. I chose 3 dishes from your site and i’ll give u my feedback when i do them 😛 Thank you and hope you would add some more recipes.. 😳

  46. I can’t begin to describe how much I love this sauce. The first time I made it was a while back for myself, and then I made it for my family. My mom told me it was just like the sauce she had back in Korea.
    Thank you so much for all of your recipes!

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