This mochiko chicken dish is deep-fried after a 24-hour marinade. Spice it up however you like!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 day |
| Total Time: | 1 day 35 mins |
| Servings: | 7 |
Ingredients
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup white rice flour
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- ½ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ tablespoons salt
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 5 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
- 4 cups oil for frying, or as needed
Instructions
- Mix together eggs, rice flour, soy sauce, green onions, sugar, cornstarch, garlic, salt, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl until well combined. Add chicken; stir to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
- Heat oil in a deep fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Working in batches, cook battered chicken in hot oil until golden brown and crisp all over. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of chicken should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Drain fried chicken on a paper towel-lined plate.
- The nutrition data for this recipe includes information for the full amount of the marinade ingredients. Depending on marinating time, ingredients, cooking method, etc., the actual amount of the marinade consumed will vary.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 709 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 43 g |
| Cholesterol | 321 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 84 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 3821 mg |
| Sugars | 16 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It came out fantastic. Net try I’ll use the Hawaiian soy sauce. Maybe a little more corn starch.
3/4 cup of soy is better for lower saltiness
I cut down the salt to a teaspoon since the soy has salt and I added sesame seeds and used thighs instead to chicken breast. The family loved it
Great recipe, but an important point is left out. A lot of people found it to be too salty. This comes from the soy sauce you use. Most people in Hawaii are using Aloha shoyu by default. On the main land, you are probably using kikoman. Kikoman is really salty, so either cut out the salt all together, or use a low sodium variation.
Great recipe. Would reduce salt to 1 tablespoon, but overall spot on taste like I remember growing up in Hawaii.
This dish is best made with boneless and skinless chicken thighs.
My husband and I enjoyed it. I chose not to add any additional salt since shoyu has a lot of salt already. I also used Low Sodium Aloha shoyu. Kikoman Brand gives it a whole different flavor that my husband isn’t crazy about so I use Aloha. The flavor was great and the saltiness was just right. Will be making this again and again.
We didn’t care for this very much, unfortunately. It also made a huge mess. I won’t be making this again.
This was really good! I only marinated for about 8 hours and it was very flavorful. I used breast tenders and next time will fry at 360 ° instead of 350° as they got a little dried out trying to get them nice and golden brown. Leftovers were just as good. I made a dipping sauce out of soy sauce, sesame oil, siracha, rice wine vinegar and sugar. I think I enjoyed the leftovers even more. Definately will make these again soon.
THESE ARE FANTASTIC!!! I had never heard of Mochiko Chicken before. I’ve already made them twice in ten days and can’t get enough. I’m not a meat-lover but these I can’t resist. Family really liked these and gobbled them up. The chicken came out looking exactly like the photo, was easy and quick, using ingredients I mostly had on hand already; used EV coconut oil for one batch and combo veg. oil for the other. I never add salt when recipes call for soy sauce. Didn’t have green onions, only dehydrated so I used those. I keep wanting to upload a photo but they literally don’t last until the whole batch is fried! Thank you, thank you for this incredible recipe!
Love the recipe. I’ve noticed that some people think that it’s too salty or strong so I have a suggestion. I don’t know if this is available everywhere but….I use Aloha Shoyu, which is a Hawaiian version of regular soy sauce. It is has a much lighter taste than the regular soy sauce. Mochiko chicken is a popular dish in Hawaii and uses Aloha Shoyu instead of soy sauce. I use it all the time and never salty.
I made mochiko chicken for the first time using this recipe and agree about the saltiness. The next time I’m going to use low sodium soy sauce and not add salt. For those of you using a deep fryer set the temperature to 350 degrees frying for 7 minutes using medium size drumsticks and thighs.
This recipe is definitely too salty. Next time I will make this recipe with no salt in it as the soy sauce makes it salty enough. I did not marinate it over night and it was potent enough and yes it does dirty the oil. :)I will make this again tweaking the ingredients or adding maybe others (honey etc) and experimenting. Besides the salt issue it was pretty good.
This came out great! I didn’t add the salt just because of the fact that soy sauce is plenty salty enough.
Our family thought this was ok, but we weren’t all that impressed. Too salty, for sure.
This recipe was a bit hit with my family and friends. It was easy to make and tasty. My only concern ws that this recipe dirties the oil
It was ok but I’ve had better. I think I will keep looking for the perfect recipe.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Moist and tender, flavorful and perfectly browned. I took the extra time to make sure the tendons and connecting tissues were removed. It was worth the time spent!
I’ve tried other Mochiko Chicken recipes and think that this one is the best. This recipe makes a huge batch so I halfed it and was still able to feed 4 people for dinner. This is a good item to have ready in the fridge…when I come home from work, I just fry it up and we’re ready to chow down!
I found your recipe a long time ago, and have used it so many times since! We absolutely love it! Big hit at parties, it’s always the first appetizer to go! =)
I lost my recipe for this and couldn’t believe I found yours on here.I heard to try it with coconut,sounds delicious!Love you!!!