
This originally ran in the Jewish Exponent. Keri White is a food columnist in Philadelphia. This ensures that the chicken is cooked through without drying it.
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Place the chicken on the rack over the pan in the oven and allow it to cook for about 20 minutes. Repeat this process until all pieces are fried. Cucumber red onion salad - Spicy Korean style bbq sauce. Remove the chicken from the pan and place it back on the rack. All sandos are loaded with our signature fried chicken tenders stacked on a fresh Martins. At 6 minutes, flip the chicken pieces and cook them for another 6 minutes. At 3 minutes, raise the lid and, using tongs, check that the chicken is not sticking to the bottom. Do not crowd the pan a large skillet holds 3-4 pieces at most.Ĭover and cook the chicken for 6 minutes.

When the oil reaches 350 F (use a candy thermometer) place several pieces of chicken in the pan. Heat the oil in a large cast-iron skillet or similarly heavy pan with a lid. Place a wire rack on a baking tray and, one piece at a time, shake off the marinade and place the chicken in the flour mixture, shake it to coat, remove it and place on the rack. Mix the coating ingredients in another large zip-seal bag and shake the bag to mix. About 2 hours before cooking, remove the bag from the refrigerator and allow it to come to room temperature. In a large zip-seal bag, mix all the marinade ingredients and place the chicken in the bag to coat. 6-8 cups canola oil or solid vegetable shortening such as Crisco it should be about 1½ inches deep in the pan.½ cup mayonnaise mixed with ½ cup water to achieve a milk-like consistency.2 large bone-in chicken breasts, cut in 2 or 3 pieces, each about the size of a woman’s fist.The cooking time may slightly vary if the pieces are thinner and smaller. Quantities can be adjusted for your crowd as needed, and you can substitute the cuts that you prefer, such as drumsticks, wings, etc. This served two of us generously with two pieces left for lunch the next day. I used two large bone-in breasts, which I cut into three pieces each for a total of six pieces. If it’s done, you have let some of the flavor and juice escape if it’s not, you are putting a cut piece back into the sizzling fat. The technique I used to finish cooking the chicken in the oven was a cinch one of the challenges with frying chicken is ensuring that it is cooked through without cutting it open or piercing it with a meat thermometer. Instead, you can substitute a nondairy milk, mayonnaise mixed with water or oil. The traditional version of this recipe uses buttermilk as the marinade, but for kosher and kosher-style diners, this is a problem. The chicken is delicious but - like all fried food - is best enjoyed in small doses and on rare occasions.

We do not share data with third party vendors. We gorged on chicken every time that we visit, so we can' report.Get Baltimore Jewish Times Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories You could alternative chicken with bulgogi, bibimbob, or scallion-seafood pancakes. On top of the chicken, they have a small menu of Korean dishes. Noisy enough that kids are clearly welcome, and Bon Chon an enormous projector that makes this a spectacular spot for wings and Ravens games. At even the first dinner service, it was bouncing with a 20s crowd - salted with a few tables of salt-and-pepper hair. Most tables, some high tops, some seats at the bar. The restaurant has a modern, clean design. I get the idea that the franchise got heat from the central Bon Chon company. The Rte 40 restaurant offered "Old Bay" and "honey-hot" flavors for a few weeks this summer, but those are gone now. My other advice is to ask for the pickled radish side dish because crunching radish cubes can cool down your mouth. My advice is order half-and-half or even one-quarter spicy (if they'll do that). The garlic-soy is actually mild, and the spicy starts at fiery delicious, then can become just too much to handle. The only issue is that spicy hot can just be really, really hot. I just think they're more meat-to-crisp.)

Those are my favorite ratios of meat to crunch, although the wings are superb. We order wings and "strips" - which are thin slices of white meat. You'll get a bowl of pickled white radish cubes. Their chicken comes incredibly crisp, and there is skill in everything from that chicken to the coleslaw.īon Chon's chicken comes in spicy or a soy-garlic. Bon Chon has been frying up chicken for more than a year now, and it's one of the happiest places to return - although their missing "local options" make it harder to return as often as we could.īon Chon is a pleasure.
