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Asian fried chicken burger recipe

Fried chicken, homemade gochujang ketchup and Asian slaw make up the Asian fried chicken burger served up in The Living Space.

Ingredients

Makes 4 chicken burgers

  • 2 large chicken breasts - split lengthways on the horizontal

  • 1 free-range egg

  • 4 burger buns

  • oil for deep frying

  • Coating flour

  • 180g potato flour (fecule)

  • 60g rice flour

  • 80g self-raising flour

  • 1 tbs baking powder

  • 1/2 tsp ground white pepper

  • Salt

Gochujang ketchup

  • 3 tbs Heinz tomato ketchup

  • 2 tbsp Korean chilli paste

  • 1/2 tbs soy sauce

  • 1 tbsp maple syrup

  • 1 tbsp sesame oil

  • 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar (or white wine vinegar

Place all ingredients into a saucepan, stir to incorporate, bring to a boil and remove from the heat.

Slaw

  • 100g chinese leaf

  • 1 carrot - peeled and cut into matchsticks

  • 200g mooli - peeled and cut into matchsticks

  • 50g coriander - picked

  • 1 red chilli - deseeded and cut into fine strips

  • 50ml white vinegar

  • 250ml greek yoghurt

Place all the vegetables into a bowl, season with salt, add the vinegar and the Greek yoghurt and fold together, finally add the coriander.

Method

  1. Heat your fryer oil to 180C

  2. Place the 4 pieces of chicken into a bowl and crack in the egg. Mix with your fingers until the chicken is coated. 

  3. Place the flour into a separate bowl and add the drained chicken, coat the chicken and place it into the fryer for around 4-6 minutes depending on the thickness of the chicken, you can check with a thermometer (70C).

  4. While the chicken is frying, cut the buns in half horizontally and toast.

  5. On the bottom half of each bun, place a spoon of slaw.

  6. Once the chicken is cooked, remove and allow to drain. 

  7. Place a piece of chicken on top of each mound of slaw. 

  8. Spoon over the gochujang and replace the top bun to serve. 

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