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Potato or corn starch
Also called cornstarch, potato starch, cornflour, 전분
What it is
A fine starch for slurries and fried-chicken crusts. Potato starch is the Korean fried-chicken favourite.
Origin
Global.
Flavour
None if cooked.
How to use it
Dust chicken, or mix with cold water to thicken a sauce at the end.
Storage
Dry cupboard.
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Ingredient challengeQuestions about Potato or corn starch
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What is Potato or corn starch?
A fine starch for slurries and fried-chicken crusts. Potato starch is the Korean fried-chicken favourite.
How do I use Potato or corn starch?
Dust chicken, or mix with cold water to thicken a sauce at the end.
How do I store Potato or corn starch?
Dry cupboard.
What does it taste like?
None if cooked.
What allergens should I watch?
Wheat. Check the packet in your kitchen.
What can replace Potato or corn starch?
a gluten-free blend (not plain rice flour alone for bread) (medium for coating, thickening, some baking). Coatings and roux can swap. Yeast breads need a blend designed for gluten-free baking.
Nutrition
Per 100g · estimate · USDA FoodData Central averages and equivalent published tables. Values are typical, not lab tests of your shopping bag.
Allergens: Wheat
Recipes using it
Yangnyeom chicken
양념치킨
Twice-fried Korean chicken in a sticky sweet-chilli glaze — the reason 'chimaek' became a word.
1 hrMedium🌶️🌶️
Dakgangjeong
닭강정
Bite-size fried chicken in a sweet-soy-chilli glaze — snack-bar energy, not a whole bird.
45 minMedium🌶️🌶️
Haemul pajeon
해물파전
A crispy-edged spring-onion and seafood pancake — the rainy-day order, and the one you tear with your hands.
35 minMediumNo chilli
Kimchi-jeon
김치전
A sour, lacy kimchi pancake — the fridge-door dinner when the kimchi is too ripe to be polite.
22 minEasy🌶️🌶️
Jajangmyeon
짜장면
Thick wheat noodles under a black-bean gravy of pork and fried chunjang — Korea's Chinese-restaurant hug.
45 minMediumNo chilli
Korean corn dog
핫도그
A sausage or mozzarella stick in a yeasted batter, fried, then rolled in sugar — the street snack that is not a state-fair dog.
1 hr 30 minMediumNo chilli
Ebi tempura
海老天ぷら
Prawns in a cold, thin batter, fried so the shell is lace — tempura as a technique, not a thick breadcrumb.
35 minMediumNo chilli
Agedashi tofu
揚げ出し豆腐
Lightly fried tofu in a hot dashi-soy broth — crisp for a minute, then silky, which is the point.
25 minEasyNo chilli
Pavlova
Pavlova
A marshmallow-centred meringue, cream and fruit — Australia and New Zealand still arguing, both correct enough to eat.
2 hr 35 minMediumNo chilli