Mochiko Chicken

Mochiko chicken is a popular Hawaiian style fried chicken dish and one of my go-tos! It’s sorta like popcorn chicken, but better. This recipe is super easy to make and you’ll end up with a perfect combination of sweet and salty. It tastes well with rice and shoyu, a mac salad, or just by itself! 
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Ingredients
- 3-4 lbs of boneless chicken thighs- ½ cup shoyu (soy sauce)
- ½ cup beaten eggs 
- ½ cup sugar 
- 2 oz mochiko flour
- 1 tbsp garlic 
- Panko 

Instructions
- Cut the chicken into long strips or bite size pieces 
- Whisk the wet + dry ingredients together until smooth. Exclude the panko. 
- Marinate the chicken overnight. 
- Bread chicken with panko and fry until the internal temperature hits 165 ºF. 
- Serve over hot rice or a mac salad!

​-Himari Fujimoto, '23