Coco Deep Fried Chicken - Newest Fried Chicken in Edmonton

Last Thursday night while our friend was over for dinner, he waxed lyrical about some Korean fried chicken that he recently tried in Edmonton. Needless to say my husband and I were intrigued! Not only was it any fried chicken, but he claimed it was fried chicken prepared the exact same way in Korea! 

So despite snowy weather the next night, we found ourselves heading out to try the newest Korean fried chicken in town - Coco Deep Fried Chicken. Coco is located in a strip mall on the south side of 34 Ave (3350 Parsons Rd) in Edmonton, between the chinese restaurant Tin Tin and the Korean butcher shop, Nice to Meat You. 

Coco Deep Fried Chicken seems to be more focused on take-out rather than sit down. There are about 6 tables in the space that can seat 4-6 people each. It seemed that most customers were either calling in their order and picking up, ordering take-out (like us), or sitting down for a quick meal. 

A sign near their cashier till displayed the "Coco Chicken Promise" to their customers. It was certainly nice to  know their mission statement. Originally, we wanted to order the "Half and Half Chicken - 10 piece" ($22.99) made of 5 pieces of regular crispy chicken and 5 pieces of sweet and hot sauce. Unfortunately, as it was near closing, they had run out of the sweet and hot sauce. The owner told us that they have to make the sauce from scratch each day. In the end, we decided to get the Family Crispy Chicken 10 piece pack ($21.99).

While waiting for our order to finish frying, I took some pictures of the open kitchen. It was good to see that each piece of chicken was not only fried individually but also checked with a meat thermometer.

After about 15-20 minutes of waiting, our order was finished. Here is a picture of our meal all ready to bring home. In the end, the owner managed to find some of the sweet & hot sauce for us to try. The Family pack also came with a container of pickled daikon and a can of coke.

The deep fried chicken at Coco is certainly amazing! It is likely one of the best Korean fried chickens that I have tried in Edmonton so far. The above picture was one of the pieces of chicken from our family pack. It was mostly meat with only 1 bone! The owner told us that all the meat is marinated for a full day before it is fried.

The long marinade definitely was evident in the taste of their chicken! Not only was the skin super crispy and thick, the meat of the chicken was very flavourful and moist. Without even realizing it, my husband and I polished off 4 pieces each in record time! I would definitely go back to Coco Deep Fried Chicken the next time I have a hankering for some fried chicken!

Next time, I would love to try the sweet & hot sauce chicken such as the one pictured below - from another customer's order.  The taste of the sauce that we got was great for dipping, but it would be nice to have a fully lathered hot and sweet sauce deep fried chicken.

Coco Deep Fried Chicken
3350 Parsons Rd.
Edmonton, AB

telephone: (780) 990-4304
Mon-Sat: 11-8pm
Sun: 2-7pm

Homemade Step By Step Guacamole

Homemade Guacamole is probably one of the tastiest and easiest items to make either as an appetizer with chips, or when you make home made tortillas such as my last post. To start, you will definitely need about 3-4 ripe avocados. Lately, we have been purchasing an entire bag of avocados from Superstore or Costco (depending on the price).

Ingredients:

• 2-3 ripe avocados
• 1 lemon juiced
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• ground fresh pepper 
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic

Directions:

1. Gather all ingredients together. Cut avocados in half. Using a spoon, scoop out the avocado flesh into a large bowl or into the bowl of the food processor. Juice the lemon.

Note: I often scrape away the rind of the lemon first and freeze the rind for other baked goodies.

2. Pour the lemon juice over the avocado flesh, place in the garlic cloves, add salt & pepper to taste. If mixing by hand, mince the garlic cloves into smaller pieces. 

3. Process the guacamole or using a spoon mash the items until it reaches your desired consistency. I tend to leave chunks of avocado for further texture. You can also add in cayenne pepper for an extra kick. Let the guacamole sit at room temperature and serve. Enjoy!

This Guacamole will also go well with corn tortillas! Recipe here. 

What do you like adding to your guacamole? Or do you do anything differently with your guacamole? Add a comment below! 

Quick and Easy Step By Step Homemade Tortillas

Homemade Tortillas are a great go-to meal for days where you have many random items in the fridge that could only be used for a stir fry. To start, make a stir fry with whatever items you may have in the fridge. Then, prep the tortillas.

Ingredients for Making Corn Tortillas (makes approximately 16 tortillas)

• 2 Cups of instant corn masa mix (I use MASECA)
• 1/4 Teaspoon salt
• 1  1/2 cups water

note: you can find MASECA (instant corn masa mix) at your local Superstore or online in bulk!

Directions:

1. Make the filling that you want for your tortillas. Here I made a stirfry of chicken, red peppers, tomatoes and onions. 

2. Combine two cups of the instant corn masa mix, salt, and 1  1/2 cups of water. Mix thoroughly for about 2 minutes to form a soft dough. If the dough feels dry, add more water (approx. one tablespoon at a time). Divide dough into 16 equal balls. Cover all the balls with a damp cloth to keep the dough moist. Place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom, then your ball of dough, then another piece of parchment paper. Taking a flat bottom pan press the ball until flat. Gently peel of the parchment paper.

3. Preheat a skillet (I used a cast iron pan) on medium-high heat. 

4. Cook tortillas on the pan for approximately 50 seconds on each side. 

5. Place cooked tortillas in a stack, and cover with a kitchen cloth in order to keep it soft and warm. I used a brie baker to keep the tortillas warm and wrapped a kitchen towel around it to keep the tortillas warm.

6. Prepare the rest of your fillings such as butter lettuce, mushrooms, avocado, tomatoes and lime.
Enjoy!