Korean Fried Garlic Chicken (Original video)

Ingredients:

• 24 whole cloves of garlic
• 3 whole bananas
• Korean glucose syrup
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup rice wine
• Sesame seeds
• Parsley
• 2 lbs boneless, skin-on chicken thighs
• Neutral oil for frying
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp MSG
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp onion powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 1 tsp hot paprika
• Water

Instructions:

1. Saute 24 whole cloves of garlic in a wok with neutral oil until browned. Transfer to a food processor and blitz.
2. Blend the garlic with 3 whole bananas and Korean glucose syrup until a paste forms.
3. Prepare a soy sesame sauce by combining soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, rice wine, sesame seeds, and parsley in a saucepan. Thicken with a cornstarch slurry.
4. Cut chicken thighs into 1-inch chunks.
5. Prepare the chicken batter by mixing flour, cornstarch, salt, MSG, garlic powder, onion powder, baking powder, turmeric, curry powder, and hot paprika. Separate some batter for later use.
6. Coat chicken in the batter and fry in neutral oil until crispy and golden brown.
7. Cook the garlic-banana sauce until sticky, then toss the fried chicken in the sauce.
8. Serve the Korean Fried Garlic Chicken garnished with dried parsley.