Korean Fried Chicken Recipe aka Bonchon Chicken

Have you been binge watching Korean Dramas and suddenly find yourself craving for Korean fried chicken? Well I got you covered with this simple Korean fried chicken recipe. 

For this recipe, we will be cooking the chicken first then cover it with our delicious glaze/sauces. I have included recipes for honey-butter, soy garlic and Korean spicy flavors for you to try. 

Fried Chicken Ingredients:

2 pounds of chicken wings (or 4 boneless chicken breasts sliced to chunks)

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

2 eggs

¼ cup potato/corn starch (you can just substitute this with flour)

¼ cup all purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking powder (very important for crisp)

For frying:

4 cups cooking oil (corn or vegetable oil)

Directions:

Step 1: Put chicken in a bowl and season with salt and pepper

Step 2: Mix all the remaining batter ingredients on a separate bowl, add the chicken, mix it well by hand.  

Frying:

Step 1: Heat up the cooking oil in a skillet or casserole (whichever is available) on over high setting for 5-7 minutes. To test: dip the tip of the chicken on oil, if bubbles come up it’s ready for frying.

Step 2: Put the chicken pieces one by one in the pan. Fry each side for 5 minutes.

Step 3: Continue frying for about 7-10 minutes while occasionally turning the chicken over util all sides are cooked and crunchy.

Step 4: Transfer to a strainer or towel lined plate to absorb excess oil. Rest chicken for about 1-2 minutes

Next and the most important part is to DOUBLE FRY. Double frying makes your fried chicken extra crunchy and yummy!

Step 5: Heat up the oil for about 1 minute and put all the chicken back.

Step 6: Cook for another 5-7 minutes or until all sides are looking golden brown.

Step 7: Strain the chicken and turn off heat.

NOW FOR THE BEST PART, here are the glaze/sauces to re-create your own “Bonchon” or Korean Fried Chicken at home. 

NOTE: You can cut or reduce the ingredients for the sauces if you are planning to make two or all the flavors.

Optional: you can add sliced nuts (peanuts, cashew or almonds) or toasted sesame seeds for additional crunch and aesthetics hahaha

Honey Butter:

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

3 garlic cloves, minced

¼ cup white or brown sugar

2 teaspoons soy sauce

2 teaspoons honey

Directions:

Step 1: Heat up a large pan then add butter and garlic. Cook garlic until fragrant and crispy.

Step 2: Add soy sauce and sugar. Stir well until the sugar has melted.

Step 3: Add honey and stir. (Note: honey is used as a flavoring, that is why we are adding it last)

Step 4: Continue stirring until the mixture bubbles up.

Step 5: Add the chicken and nuts of choice/sesame seeds.  Mix and stir well to coat evenly.

Soy-garlic:

Ingredients:

1 tbsp oil (just to cook the garlic)

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 slice of ginger (for flavor)

1 ½ tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp white or brown sugar

1 tbsp water

1 tbsp cornstarch (dissolved in 1tbsp cold water)

Directions:

Step 1: Heat up a large pan add the oil. Then add ginger and garlic. Cook until fragrant and crispy.

Step 2: Add soy sauce, water and sugar. Stir well until the sugar has melted.

Step 3: Add cornstarch and stir until the mixture thickens.

 Step 4: Add the chicken (and nuts of choice), mix and stir well to coat evenly or do it one by one.

Korean spicy:

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

3 garlic cloves, minced

¼ cup white or brown sugar

2 teaspoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon gojuchang (red chili paste)

Directions:

Step 1: Heat up a large pan then add butter and garlic. Cook garlic until fragrant and crispy.

Step 2: Add soy sauce, gojuchang and sugar. Stir well until the sugar has melted.

Step 3: Continue stirring until it bubbles up.

Step 4: Add the chicken (and nuts of choice). Mix and stir well to coat evenly.

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