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Japanese Oven Fried Chicken Legs Recipe


Japanese Oven Fried Chicken Legs Recipe
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Impressive presentation in a very flavor enhanced healthy fried alternative...not your everyday chicken dish! Goes well with my Popeye recipe and my Japanese Potato Salad recipe!

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Ingredients
  • 10-12 chicken legs or thighs or combo
  • 1/4 cup sake
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup peanut oil
  • 2 tsp fresh grated ginger
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 8 scallions, sliced thin
  • 2 cups panko bread crumbs
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
  • 2 TBS sweet red chili sauce
  • 2TBS rice vinegar
  • 1/4 cup roasted peanuts, crushed

Directions
  1. Rinse the chicken legs and pat dry with paper towels.
  2. Combine in a plastic bag: sake, 1/4 cup soy sauce, oil, ginger, garlic, and half the scallions. Add the chicken legs, cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  4. Spray oil a baking dish.
  5. Place panko bread crumbs in a large bowl, season with salt and pepper, and stir well to combine.
  6. Take chicken pieces from bag and roll and press them in the seasoned panko.
  7. Place the breaded chicken legs on the bake dish in a single layer.
  8. Bake for 30 minutes, turn the pieces over, and bake for 30 minutes more or until cooked through. Can be cooled now for later use.
  9. While chicken is baking, make the sauce:
  10. Whisk hoisin, chili sauce, vinegar, and 2 TBS soy sauce together.
  11. Place chicken legs in a single layer on a platter or on individual plates and drizzle with sauce and scatter over the crushed peanuts and remaining scallions.
  12. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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Comments


Beautiful and I love the flavors. I'm sure this will be delicious - thanks!


If they taste as good as they look, they will be fantastic... thanks.


This looks fabulous and I have all the stuff on hand. Sounds like dinner tonight. I'm going to have them with my cold sesame noodles :-) Thanks, Laura


I'm drooling

...and kind of angry that I'm not eating this RIGHT NOW! ;-)


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