Soy Sauce and Garlic Butter Chicken
This Asian garlic butter chicken is covered in a delicious soy and garlic butter sauce. Ready in less than 30 minutes!
Ingredients
Soy Sauce and Garlic Butter
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 10 cloves peeled roasted garlic
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 5 tsp soy sauce
Instructions
Prepare Soy Sauce and Garlic Butter
- Put 10 garlic cloves in an oven safe bowl or ramekin. Cover garlic cloves with ~3 tablespoons of olive oil or just enough to cover the top of the garlic without overfilling ramekin. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover tightly with a piece of foil. Bake in oven or toaster oven for 25-30 minutes or until cloves are tender when pierced with a fork.
- Once garlic cloves are tender, carefully remove garlic cloves from the olive oil.
- In a microwave safe bowl, soften 1/2 cup of butter in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Add minced garlic, lemon juice, soy sauce, and roasted garlic cloves to the softened butter. Use a fork to mash the garlic cloves and mix everything together. If you prefer a saltier butter, add salt and pepper to taste. Use immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Soy Sauce and Garlic Butter Chicken
- Prepare soy sauce and garlic butter as mentioned. Set aside 1/2 cup of butter and let rest at room temperature.
- Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Cut onion into slices. Marinade chicken in mirin and soy sauce for 15 minutes in the fridge.
- Once chicken is done marinating, place 1 cup of potato starch in a plate or large ziplock bag. Remove chicken from the marinade and place into potato starch bag. Mix chicken in potato starch and make sure all pieces are equally covered.
- Heat up 1 1/2 cups of oil in a large frying pan at medium to high heat. Once oil is hot add in chicken in small batches. Cook one side for 5 minutes then flip chicken and cook other side for another 5 minutes. Cook until chicken are golden brown and 165ºF internal temperature. Cool chicken on rack or on top of paper towels and set aside.
- After all chicken has been fried, remove leftover oil in pan. Heat the pan using low heat and add in 1/2 cup of soy sauce and garlic butter. Once all of the butter has melted, add in fried chicken. Mix until all chicken pieces are equally coated with butter sauce.
- Serve immediately with some rice or with a salad!