This is a recipe from my family that was originally saved on a printed email from a neighbor from the time we lived in Mililani. We’ve never consumed it with sauce, although it is optional. For frying, big chopsticks are suggested. With white or fried rice, enjoy!
| Cook Time: | 3 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 3 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup cornstarch
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 3 pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Whisk eggs, soy sauce, and sugar together in a large bowl.
- Combine cornstarch, flour, sesame seeds, and salt in a separate bowl. Whisk in egg mixture. Fold green onions and garlic into the batter.
- Stir chicken into the batter until each piece is coated. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator, 8 hours to 2 days. Stir 1 to 2 times per day.
- Fill a heavy saucepan with 1 1/2 to 2 inches of oil. Heat on medium-high heat until a small amount of batter sizzles when dropped in.
- Stir chicken again to coat evenly with batter. Fry in batches until deeply browned, about 3 minutes per batch. Drain on a large plate lined with paper towels or newspapers.
- Use excess batter to make hush puppies if desired.
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of batter. The actual amount of batter consumed will vary.
- We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. Amount will vary depending on cooking time and temperature, ingredient density, and specific type of oil used.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 520 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 176 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 29 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 1550 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 28 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |