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    Thai-marinated fried chicken

    by Pim under Cook with 59 Comments

    Tuesday, November 18, 2008

    If you’ve been to Thailand, you’ve seen those fried chicken carts at practically every street
    corner, with the giant wok smoldering like a witch’s cauldron filled with dark, smelly oil that
    seems as ancient as the broken down cart itself.  What those carts produce are the bright, bright
    gold, impossibly crisp, mind-blowingly flavorful pieces of fried chickens, so good you willingly
    suspend all your hygienic concerns.  Who cares how long those chickens lingered in the tropical
    heat with only the dodgiest "refrigeration", who gives a damn about how many times the oil has
    been re-used.  I’m going to take a big bite and let that crisp, garlicky, chicken-y goodness shatter
    into a million little pieces in my mouth and just die happy.  Wouldn’t you?

    Luckily, you won’t need to hop on a plane – or get a special dispensation from your doctor –
    before you can eat one.  I’ve figured out how they’re made.  And it’s so very simple.  The trick
    is, let me just come out and tell you, rice flour.  You dredge the chicken pieces in rice flour,
    that’s what give them the crispiest skin.  I also marinate them in a paste made with garlic, oyster
    sauce, and fish sauce to give them a bit extra kick in the flavor department.

    I just made a batch of this for lunch on the boat yesterday.  They were still a little crisp (and still
    dee-lish) even after a few hours in a cold box.  I’d show you a picture but we devoured them all
    before I could get the camera out from the cabin…

    Thai fried chicken, or, the crispiest fried chicken ever


    8-10 pieces of chicken, drumsticks or thighs, or both (a little over 2lbs or 1kg)
    4-6 cloves of garlic, peeled
    about 1 tbsp of chopped cilantro roots (or just the bottom part of the stalks)
    about 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
    1 tsp kosher or (large-grained) sea salt (If all you have is fine salt, skip it.)
    3tbsp oyster sauce
    1/4 cup fish sauce
    Enough canola oil or other high-temp oil to fill about 2-inch from the bottom of your cast iron
    pan (or a deep frying pan)

    In a mortar or a small food processor, pound or chop the garlic, cilantro roots, kosher salt into a
    rough paste.  Transfer the paste into a large bowl, add the oyster sauce and fish sauce and stir to
    mix well.  Rinse and dry the chicken pieces thoroughly, then place them into the bowl.  With
    your hands, toss and rub the chicken pieces all over with the marinate mixture.  Cover the bowl
    with plastic and let marinade in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
    When you are ready to cook the chicken, place your pan over medium-low heat, fill it with
    enough oil (I used Canola) to cover about 2inches from the bottom of the pan, or about half way
    up the side.  Let the oil come up to frying temperature, about 360F or 180C.  Meanwhile, put
    about 2 cups of rice flour into a large plate (a pyrex pie plate works very well for this.)  When the
    oil is ready, take the chicken pieces, one at a time, drop it into the flour plate and coat well with
    the rice flour.  Shake each piece once or twice to remove excess flour and place them, gently,
    into the hot oil.
    If you don’t have a thermometer, make sure your chicken pieces only gently sizzle in the hot oil. 
    Just listen to it, you should hear the oil just softly sizzling.  You should also see small bubbles
    around the chickens as they cook.  If the oil is too hot, you’ll be able to see and hear it too. 
    There will be a lot of large bubbles blowing up and spitting viciously.  It will make a lot of
    violent noises and your chicken will brown up in just a few minutes, but the inside will be rare. 
    That’s no good.  Just keep the flame low, and, when in doubt, turn the heat down just a little bit.

    Cook the chickens until brown and crisp all around.  If you’re not so sure if they are cooked
    perfectly, cut one up and see if it’s cooked all the way through.  If you see a little blood, no big
    deal.  Just warm up the oven to about 225F or 100C, place your fried chickens on a cake rack
    over a cookie sheet and let them sit for 10 minutes to finish cooking.  (Don’t forget to lower the
    heat on your frying pan so the rest of your chickens take a bit longer to cook!)  It’s a good idea to
    heat up your oven to that temperature before you begin frying anyway, you can put your cooked
    chicken pieces in there while you fry the rest.  The oven will keep everything nice and warm, not
    to mention super crispy.

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