Crispy Thai Fried Chicken Legs

Ingredients for Crispy Thai Fried Chicken Legs:

1. Chicken drumstick (thighs) – 1 kg

2. Lemongrass – 2 stems

3. Garlic – 1, full

    Pepper – 1 big spoon

    Cilantro stem (only) – 7 or 8

4. Oyster sauce – 2 big spoons

    Soya sauce – 2 big spoons

    Salt – For taste

    Sugar – 1 big spoon

    Corn flour – 1 cup

5. Kaffir lime leaves – 1 bundle

6. Oil – As required

How to prepare Crispy Thai Fried Chicken Legs?

1. Clean chicken drumsticks and draw deep cuts in the flesh.

2. Make a fine paste of lemongrass and marinate chicken.

3. Grind ingredients no: 3 (never smoothly grind) and mix it with chicken.

4. Finally marinate chicken using ingredients no: 4 and allow it to rest for a few hours.

5. Chop Kaffir lime leaves to thin pieces.

6. Heat oil in a non-stick pan and deep fry chicken pieces till they turn golden brown.

7. Lemongrass mixture should turn crispy.

8. Transfer fried drumstick to a serving plate and sprinkle lime leaves soon. Then only chicken pieces get the pleasant aroma of lime leaves.

9. Serve your crispy Thai chicken drumstick with Thai sweet chilli sauce.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, April 1-14, 2020

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