This post is by: Kay (my lovely wife and founder of K’s Kitchen!)
Is it only kids who love fried chicken? Nope! I still love fried chicken and this ‘Yu Lin Chi’ is even more special for adults because it goes well with chilled beer!! This dish is popular among EVERYONE-drinkers and non-drinkers, adults and children.
The ‘Yu Lin Chi’ recipe is also from my mom which I learned more than 13 years ago. Having lived outside Japan for 10 years, I’ve been absent from my mom’s cooking class (yes, she teaches cooking), but I still get her recipes from time to time and try out new dishes. It is not always easy to cook some dishes without the right ingredients but I’ve learned how to substitute some ingredients with other items by now! The beauty of this ‘Yu Lin Chi’ is that you can cook with generally available ingredients. OK. Here we go!
Ingredients (for 2 people)
Chicken thigh: 400g
Leak: 1/3 of a long leak (finely chopped)
Yummy, yummy Yu Lin Chi Special Chicken Sauce!
Ginger: 1/2 Tablespoon (finely chopped)
Lettuce 5-6 leaves
(a) Marinade for chicken
Salt:1/3 teaspoon
Soy sauce: 2 teaspoons
Sake: 1Tablespoon
Pepper to taste
(b) Special Sauce
Soy sauce: 3 Tablespoons
Vinegar: 2 Tablespoons
Sugar: 2.5 Tablespoons
Sesame oil: 1 teaspoon
Chicken broth (or clear soup with the stock): 1Tablespoon
How to cook (preparation time: 15 min; cooking time: 20 min)
(1) Cut the chicken to open it up and keep the thickness even.
(2) Marinade the meat with (a) for 5-10 minutes, just long enough to give it a nice coating.
(3) Finely chop the leak and ginger, and tear the lettuce into pieces.
(4) Put the ingredients for sauce together in a small bowl.
(5) Heat oil, enough to cover the chicken, up to 160 C (315 F) and throw in the chicken (well don’t throw or you’ll get burned by the oil!). Keep the flame of the stove in the middle range until the center of the chicken is cooked fully.
(6) Turn up the heat for a minute to make the chicken crispy.
(7) Put the chicken on top of a bed of lettuce on the plate. Pour on the sauce. That’s all!
If you like to eat with rice, please check how to cook rice in the recipe for Nishoku Gohan.
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Looks fabulous and sounds easy enough to make. Can’t wait to try it out! Keep up the great entries.
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It looks delicious and seems like not difficult to make, I think I will give this a try!
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Great! Report back how it all goes
it really does look yummy!!