Cuisine
Time
25 mins mins
Servings
2 people people
The Marinade
The Garnish (optional)
1. First, finely dice your garlic cloves and set to one side. Then place the chicken drumsticks and thighs into a large mixing bowl and pour over the light soy sauce, sake and sesame oil. Introduce the diced garlic to the bowl along with a teaspoon of sugar and a pinch of both salt and black pepper, and thoroughly massage all of the ingredients into the chicken pieces.
2. At this point, you can leave the meat to marinate overnight, but if you are short for time it is just as effective to get cooking immediately! Just before you are ready to cook, combine your cornflour and plain flour in a large mixing bowl. (Hint: you may not need all of the flour recommended in this recipe - please alter the quantities according to the size of your chicken pieces!). One by one, roll your marinated chicken pieces through the flour mix, ensuring that each piece has an even but thin coat of flour covering the skin. Dust off any excess flour and then place the chicken on a large plate, ready for deep-frying.
