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SheldonvilleRoasters t1_j5h37w6 wrote

It doesn't do much for browning unless you fry it in fat. You would season your meat and then coat it with either corn or potato starch and then let it sit until you don't see any white powder. Then you can fry (or air fry) and then the starch will for a very crispy crust.

Chinese restaurants use this techniques when they make that cubed twice cooked pork.

Here is a recipe for karaage if you want to see the technique. It's also called Hawaiian fried chicken as well.

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No_Dance1739 t1_j5gzvvq wrote

I’ve mostly done Korean bbq, I try to stay away from fried foods. And I have heard a lot of recipes and social media posts say to use corn starch. If they ever said why, I missed it.

I’ve been making my own oven baked buffalo style wings, with good results baking completely then broiling to crisp up the skin. I eventually got an air-fryer to aid in the process, but both yield almost identical results. Double broiling or double air-frying helps get it crispier. So I think corn starch is what’s been missing to get that extra crisp and not have to cook it as long.

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