Side Dishes

Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce

Name: Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 100 g Chicken meat; 1 Egg; ¼ lemon Lemon; 5 g Cinnamon stick; 150 g Potatoes; 20 g Baby greens; 3 Quail eggs, boiled; 0.2 g Salt; a pinch Ground black pepper; 50 g All-purpose flour; 20 g Starch; 20 g Sugar; as needed Frying oil

둥지튀김

Crispy fried 'nests' of shoestring potato filled with fried chicken bites and quail eggs, garnished with baby greens and drizzled with a simple lemon syrup. Potassium-rich lemon helps flush out sodium, and its tang means the sauce needs no salt.

🇰🇷 A twist on Yangnyeom Chicken — see the classic korean fried chicken with sweet-spicy glaze recipe →

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Cut the chicken into small pieces and season with pepper.

Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce — step 1

Mix the seasoned chicken with the egg, then coat evenly with starch and flour.

Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce — step 2

Peel the potatoes, julienne them very finely and soak in cold water to remove the starch.

Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce — step 3

Drain the potatoes, pat dry, dust with starch and shape into nests.

Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce — step 4

Simmer the lemon, sugar and cinnamon to make the sauce.

Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce — step 5

Fry the potato nests and the chicken, place the chicken and quail eggs in the nests, garnish with baby greens and drizzle with the lemon sauce.

Potato Nest with Crispy Chicken & Lemon Sauce — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

415.3Calories (kcal)

31.9 gCarbs

25.6 gProtein

20.6 gFat

92.9 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.