Hawaiian-Style Fried Chicken

Name: Hawaiian-Style Fried Chicken
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1 (3-ounce) piece, ginger, unpeeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 4 , garlic cloves, peeled; 1 cup, water; 1/2 cup, soy sauce; 3 tablespoons, packed light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, toasted sesame oil; 2 pounds, boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed and halved crosswise; 2 1/4 cups, potato starch; 2 tablespoons, sesame seeds; 1 1/2 teaspoons, baking powder; , Salt and pepper; 3 quarts, peanut or vegetable oil; 1/2 cup, seasoned rice vinegar; 1/4 cup, soy sauce; 1/4 cup, lemon juice (2 lemons); , pepper

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2016, Cook's Country TV

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Just how much flavor can you pack into fried chicken? In Hawaii, the answer is “more.”

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour marinating and 30 minutes chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To give our boneless chicken thighs big flavor, we marinated them in a mixture of soy sauce and water, flavored with finely chopped ginger and garlic, brown sugar, and sesame oil. For a crispy coating, we turned to a mixture of potato starc...

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