Sweet and crispy chicken wings ("dak kang jung")

Full recipe is on my website: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/dakkangjung
Dak kang jung is another popular traditional Korean dish and is usually made with chunks of chicken from a whole chicken. But I'm using chicken wings with the same recipe. Each chicken wing is coated with a sweet and crispy sauce, it's really mouthwatering.


Ingredients:
40 pieces of chicken wings, salt, flour, starch powder, eggs, ground pepper, vegetable oil, ginger,soy sauce, brown sugar, corn syrup (mulyeot), vinegar, peanuts, sesame seeds, dried andcrushed red hot chili pepper.

Bread and Deep fry:
1. Prepare 40 chicken wings or chunks of chicken, rinse them off in cold water and drain them.
2. Transfer the chicken into a big bowl.
3. Add 2 ts of salt, 1 ts of ground pepper, 2 eggs, and the mixture of ½ cup of flour and ½ cup of starch powder. Mix it by hand.
4. Deep fry the chicken wings in vegetable oil 2 times at about 350-380 degrees (F).
Sauce for coating:
1. Prepare a big wok or pan.
2. Place 1 cup of water in the wok and heat it up.
3. Slice 1 cup of ginger thinly after peeling the skin off and washing, and add it into the boiling water.
4. Add 2 tbs of soy sauce, 1 cup of brown sugar, ¼ cup of vinegar and boil it over medium heat.
5. 5 minutes after, add 1 cup of corn syrup and keep boiling over low medium heat about 30 minutes.
6. Raise a spoon of the sizzling sauce above the wok in the air and drop it until the sauce begins stopping halfway. Then turn off the stove.
Mix it up:
1. Reheat the sauce.
2. Add the deep fried chicken, 1 cup of peanuts (or any kind of nuts), 1/2 tbs dried red hot chili pepper, and ½ cup of toasted sesame seeds into the sizzling sauce and mix it with a spatula. The amount of sticky sauce will decrease while you are stirring. Then turn off the heat and you are done!
Tip: Before the chicken cools down, you may have to separate each piece of chicken wings to prevent them from sticking to each other.
For spicy food lover:
You can sprinkle 2 tbs of dried and crushed red chili pepper instead of 1/2 tbs.
For vegetarians:
Just make the sauce following the recipe above, and then add whatever dried ingredients you like and make candy! You can use sliced ginger, nuts (almond, walnuts, pine nuts, and peanuts), or sesame seeds.
1. Place plastic wrap on your cutting board
2. After mixing all the dried ingredients with the sticky sauce, spread it on the plastic wrapper on your cutting board. Wait a few minutes for it to harden.
3. Cut it into bite size pieces and enjoy!

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[nogshim]

i tried making this last friday...used chivken breast cut into small pieces...followed the recipe all the way through...but the sauce go really hard, i mean rock hard once it cooled...it stuck to the plate and would not come off until we heated it up in the microwave. what did i do wrong...?

[Maangchi]

@nogshim oh sorry to hear that. The sauce must have been cooked too long. If it turns out too sticky and hard, add more water and boil it to thin it out.

[kitsumekat]

Can the peanuts be omitted?

[Maangchi]

@kitsumekat of couse you can skip peanuts. 

[sn0306]

hello maagchi im a fan of you, im portuguese and we dont have some stuff, so what can i use instead of corn syrup ??? thank you and keep on

kisskiss

[Maangchi]

@sn0306 you can use brown sugar or honey.

[ExiledStardust]

You are too cute.  Watching this video makes me hungry.

[kitsumekat]

@Maangchi Thank you :)

[ladysoy]

I just finished making this dish, its like candy chicken. (lol) I ate a couple of pieces right away. I will cut up the pieces that you suggested in the recipe. The sticky sauce did get a brunt taste to it, as I was trying to spoon all sauce on the chicken. (lol)

[vloggingrapefruit]

I just did my second attempt at this recipe and I nailed it! Check it out on my channel, ive also done a video response to this vid. Love this recipe.

[judayxlo]

Omg I just made this....and it FAILED.

The sauce wasn't getting sticky enough so my mom and I added SO MUCH CORN SYRUP. T_T;

It looks really good, but it tastes like candied chicken.

[berek290]

3:29 MAGIC!