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 the 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 into 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 drumsticks 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 drumsticks with Thai sweet chilli sauce.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, April 1-14, 2020

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