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

Full recipe is on my website: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/dakkan...
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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[kenjihoon]

i remember trying this once and my sauce thickened up too much and became like candy. 물엿을 너무 많이 넣었나... It was still tasty but the chicken became too hard and the sauce got stuck in my teeth. 도와주세요!

[Maangchi]

Cook the sauce for a shorter period. Or add just 1-2 tablespoons water to the sticky sauce if it turns out.

[RocketRodder]

I wonder how this recipe would work with boneless wings or even chicken tenders... the sauce I mean.

[Maangchi]

yes,It will work well, too.

[thescarletcars]

I. Love. You. Your korean fried chicken got me laid. This is the second recipe I am going to try and I am expecting great things.

[Maangchi]

yay! Good luck with making super crunchy and sweet chicken!

[Tjinster]

Hahaha I really love the written jokes. :-D

[toechesse]

Where'd you get the metal strainer I would love to have that.

[sheela guina]

LOOOVE the music hahahaha

[DabbsBiotch]

I love the actual chicken wing I cook and eat those too there isn't much meat but they get so crispy!

[bullsnutsoz]

Man thanks for that

[Spencer comeaux]

Maangchi can i use hot pepper flakes instead of crushed pepper?

[gizzel11368]

Will there ever be a re-make of this video? The quality makes me cry everytimeT__T

[ItaloCanadese]

I love that last part. Wash them down with a Steamwhistle.

[beebee C]

I love Korean food!! I could eat it everyday, thanks for this WONDERFUL Recipe!!!!