What could there be better than a super crispy chicken inside a fluffy steamed Bao Bun? This combination is an epic sandwich and real comfort food, you have to try. Learn how to make a super crispy chicken that is still juicy inside. I will share with you a recipe with all the secrets and step-by-step instructions to get the perfect results every time. With this recipe, you can make perfect crispy chicken at home like a professional in a restaurant.
With a mandoline or a sharp knife, cut the red cabbage in small stripes. Season with salt, vinegar, and sesame oil, and rub everything in the cabbage until it starts to create a liquid. Just before using the salad, add red onions in julienne cut with a mandoline or a sharp knife. Finish the salad with some cilantro leaves and chopped cilantro stems if you like.
For the Gochujang Mayo
Put the egg and the seasonings in a high mixing cup and add the oil on top. Place the blade of the hand blender on the bottom of the cup and switch it on. Now slowly pull up the blender until everything forms a mayonnaise. This is a much easier and quicker way to make perfect mayonnaise than slowly adding the oil.
Keep the mayonnaise in the fridge until serving.
To marinate the super Crispy chicken
In a bowl, add the yogurt and all the spices for the chicken marinade, and mix well. Separate 200g of the mixture and keep it in the fridge. Use the rest to marinate the chicken.
Cut the chicken breast in stripes against the grain (muscle fibers) like this the meat will keep more tender. Marinate the chicken in a bowl with the rest of the marinade (the smaller amount). Cover and let the marinated chicken rest in the fridge for at least one hour or overnight.
For the breading of the super Crispy chicken
In a separate bowl, mix the flour with all the dry ingredients to bread the chicken. Pass everything through a fine sieve to mix well.
Take out the yogurt mixture from the fridge (the 200g), which we separated in step 1. Add the two egg yolks and mix everything well.
Meanwhile, fill a large pot with oil for frying and bring it to 160ºC (320ºF). This is the perfect temperature to fry the chicken.
Now for the important part of the breading. Work in patches and don't bread all the chicken at once. For this the sequence is: marinated chicken in flour mixture, then in yogurt with egg, then flour mixture again. (Details in the next steps)
So take the chicken one by one out of the marinade and pass it through the flour mixture. Make sure that the chicken pieces get totally covered in the flour mixture.
Next, pass the floured chicken through the yogurt mixture with the egg yolk. And now finally again in the flour mixture before frying.
The easiest way is to work with your hands. Little Tip: To avoid getting your hands breaded too, work with one hand in the dry ingredients while the other hand passes through the yogurt mix. Press the chicken a little bit into the flour mixture, so it sticks better and gets a perfect crust.
Deep-Frying the super Crispy Chicken
To keep the chicken hot after frying turn your oven on 100ºC (212ºF). Prepare an oven grill with some paper underneath for the fried chicken.
Like mentioned before, the perfect temperature to fry the chicken and get it super crispy is 160ºC (320ºC). The best way is to use a kitchen thermometer to get to the perfect temperature.
To avoid that the oil temperature doesn't fall too much, don't put all the breaded chicken in the hot oil at once, but in small patches.
Once the chicken pieces are nice golden colored and crispy, take them from the oil and put them on the oven grill, with paper underneath. If you place the chicken pieces directly on the paper, it will create humidity and get the crust a little bit soggy.
To build the Bao with super Crispy Chicken
Open the Bao and spread some of the Gochujang mayonnaise. Put in some super crispy chicken pieces and top with the salad. Done, enjoy!!