#maketto

@westeroswolf i do not know if you enjoy some fried chicken but one of my faves in the dc area is the chicken from maketto. it is crunchy, sweet, savory, spicy and a bit funky! here is the recipe.

Here is what I would do differently.

Use only egg whites (not egg yolk) and add two tablespoons of vodka to eggwash.

For the two tablespoons of 5 spice, I would add 1.5 tablespoon to the flour/potato starch mix and 0.5 tablespoon to the sauce (otherwise the sauce is too thick to coat the chicken).

I also add a tablespoon or so of rice wine vinegar to the sauce. I added to the sauce some chopped shallots and minced garlic too. I added some thinly sliced spicy red chili peppers to the sauce too.

the chicken did not get very crispy - i plan to reduce the amount of flour (from two cups to one cup) and replace some of it with combination of tempura mix and more potato starch (cup in total).

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken tenders

2 cups flour

½ cup of potato starch, preferably sweet potato starch

2 tablespoons Chinese five-spice blend

1 tablespoon chili oil

2 tablespoons honey

2 tablespoons fish sauce

2 eggs

Fresh herbs like basil and scallions

Fried shallots

Oil for frying

Step 1: Start by dredging your chicken. Beat eggs in a bowl and in a separate bowl, combine flour and potato starch. Dredge your chicken in the flour mix, then submerge in the beaten eggs, and then once more in the flour for a full coating. Set aside.

Step 2: To make the sauce, combine fish sauce, honey, chili oil, and Chinese five spice. Set aside.

Step 3: Heat the oil in a deep pan (or fryer if you have it) and fry prepared chicken until each piece is golden brown.